A Time on the Town in Arthur, IL
If you are looking for a quality good restarant for dining at an affordable price, take your date to Yoder’s Country Kitchen for a hearty-home cooked meal. Yoder’s has a selection of delicious menu choices and not to mention a wide variety of choices at their dinner buffet and salad bar. A trip to the salad bar and the buffet for all you can eat is only $8.95 per person. One can choose from Amish-made noodles, country fried chicken, green beans, potatoes and gravy, or even try some of their creative salads at the salad bar! Choices range from Snicker salad, dream salad, and your every day toss salad as well! Once both of your tummies are full and there’s some room still left for dessert, try some of Yoder’s baked apple crisp or peach cobbler with a dip of vanilla ice cream! This will be a wondeful way to begin your date-as they say: “A good home cooked meal is the way to win a man’s heart!”
After the both of you are finished with dinner, and you have managed to spark some lively conversation, head out to Rockome Gardens for some fun and a trip back to the “good ole’ days.” Rockome Gardens is set out in the country between the two towns of Arcola and Arthur, IL. You and your date can experience how life was back in the forties, and experience when the days seemed more laid back and stress wasn’t a part of everyone’s daily lives. The two of you can go shopping in their craft shops and boutiques or take a stroll through their peaceful gardens full of wildflowers and artistic man-made rock formations. Go walking through all of nature’s beauty and take time “to stop and smell the roses.”
After some lazy wandering, go check out the Blacksmith while he is at work and see his latest creation, or go find out how candy is made at their local candy shop. Get in some yummy treats for your date and satisfy your sweet tooth at the same time! And don’t forget to get a small little something for your date! Head out to the five and dime store and buy that special gift.
Finally, after some fun and learning about the “good ole days,” take your date and drive out to the edge of Arthur and visit its local community park: Ervin Park. Spend some quiet time to look back on this special day, turn on your car radio, and have a dance under the moonlight-What a wonderful way to wrap up your evening and let them know what a good time you had!
So next time you have a date and would like to do something special, head out to Arthur, IL for a taste and experience of the “golden days.” Relive an old fashioned time of days gone by.
