Recently my wife has been mentioning this new restaurant called "Claim Jumper". The not so subtle hints worked and we decided to give it a try. We visited the Hoffman Estates location which is at 2610 Sutton Rd inside the Poplar Creek shopping center. There are two other Chicagoland locations in both Lombard and in Wheeling.
When we pull up to the restaurant we are greeted by a very outdoors/cabin type of look. Parking is typical suburbs free and since it is in a shopping center there is plenty of it. Once inside you realize that this a very large place. A large bar area and a very large dining room help accommodate the high volume this restaurant handles. The tables are all solid wood, as are the extremely heavy chairs that you sit in. My poor wife could barely budge the chair!
We sit down to look over the menu and were floored by how large this menu is, 5 pages long! Our server arrives and she like all the other servers is wearing a badge and western themed outfit. We order the "thin" onion rings and house salads to start. My wife then orders the 5 cheese rigatoni for her dinner and I order a slab of baby back ribs. I was intrigued by the ribs due to the $26 price tag. I wondered how good these ribs could really be?
First out was the onion "rings". They were tasty, crunchy, and not rings at all. They were a tangled jumble of breaded onions that were good but should not have been called "rings". Next was the salads and they were of the loaded variety. Greens, cheddar and jack cheese, egg, bacon, and corn bread croutons made up this very crunchy and tasty salad.
Our dinners arrive and my wife's pasta is surprisingly not overwhelmingly huge. Most places when you order a pasta dish it's roughly the size of you head! Her rigatoni was nicely al dente and had lots of good cheese flavor. Texture was a plus as well with pieces of prosciutto throughout and a bread crumb topping. My ribs were next and boy was I excited! I took my first bite and thought, $26 for this? Don't get me wrong, these were definitely good ribs. But at the same time there was nothing that warranted them to be the most expensive ribs I've ever ordered. Carson's ribs are my favorite and they're $21. These are not as good as Carson's ribs or Smokey Bones ribs for that matter. The ribs were tender but had no smoke flavor. The sauce was tasty and slightly sweet but also nothing new. Good ribs-bad price.
Last off was dessert. I ordered the "Worlds Smallest Sundae" and my wife ordered the red velvet cupcake. My sundae was personal size and not really that small. It was creamy vanilla ice cream, hot fudge, and whipped cream. It was quite good and actually just the right size. My wife's cupcake was a little larger than you normal cupcake and was sitting in a pool of hot fudge. The cake was moist and tasty. While she was not a fan of their fudge, I found it to be quite good.
Final bill with tip came up to about $90. This was more than we were expecting to spend for a casual dinner out. Overall "Claim Jumper" has good food at an unreasonable price. Rating ** out of ****.
When we pull up to the restaurant we are greeted by a very outdoors/cabin type of look. Parking is typical suburbs free and since it is in a shopping center there is plenty of it. Once inside you realize that this a very large place. A large bar area and a very large dining room help accommodate the high volume this restaurant handles. The tables are all solid wood, as are the extremely heavy chairs that you sit in. My poor wife could barely budge the chair!
We sit down to look over the menu and were floored by how large this menu is, 5 pages long! Our server arrives and she like all the other servers is wearing a badge and western themed outfit. We order the "thin" onion rings and house salads to start. My wife then orders the 5 cheese rigatoni for her dinner and I order a slab of baby back ribs. I was intrigued by the ribs due to the $26 price tag. I wondered how good these ribs could really be?
First out was the onion "rings". They were tasty, crunchy, and not rings at all. They were a tangled jumble of breaded onions that were good but should not have been called "rings". Next was the salads and they were of the loaded variety. Greens, cheddar and jack cheese, egg, bacon, and corn bread croutons made up this very crunchy and tasty salad.
Our dinners arrive and my wife's pasta is surprisingly not overwhelmingly huge. Most places when you order a pasta dish it's roughly the size of you head! Her rigatoni was nicely al dente and had lots of good cheese flavor. Texture was a plus as well with pieces of prosciutto throughout and a bread crumb topping. My ribs were next and boy was I excited! I took my first bite and thought, $26 for this? Don't get me wrong, these were definitely good ribs. But at the same time there was nothing that warranted them to be the most expensive ribs I've ever ordered. Carson's ribs are my favorite and they're $21. These are not as good as Carson's ribs or Smokey Bones ribs for that matter. The ribs were tender but had no smoke flavor. The sauce was tasty and slightly sweet but also nothing new. Good ribs-bad price.
Last off was dessert. I ordered the "Worlds Smallest Sundae" and my wife ordered the red velvet cupcake. My sundae was personal size and not really that small. It was creamy vanilla ice cream, hot fudge, and whipped cream. It was quite good and actually just the right size. My wife's cupcake was a little larger than you normal cupcake and was sitting in a pool of hot fudge. The cake was moist and tasty. While she was not a fan of their fudge, I found it to be quite good.
Final bill with tip came up to about $90. This was more than we were expecting to spend for a casual dinner out. Overall "Claim Jumper" has good food at an unreasonable price. Rating ** out of ****.
2 comments:
Oi, achei teu blog pelo google tá bem interessante gostei desse post. Quando der dá uma passada pelo meu blog, é sobre camisetas personalizadas, mostra passo a passo como criar uma camiseta personalizada bem maneira. Até mais.
Well since I only speak English and Croatian, I hope your comment means you enjoy the blog. I checked yours out but unfortunately couln't read it.
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