The last Rainforest Cafe in Illinois fills Gurnee Mills mall — and its customers — with delicious nostalgia.
Gurnee Mills is home to the last Rainforest Cafe in Illinois. For many millennials, the family-friendly, jungle-themed restaurant represents their bygone youth.
As I rounded the corner, I quickly discovered it was neither — it was very much the same. Like the remote Amazonian territory of Vale do Javari, the cafe’s aesthetics and operation were largely unchanged. Its customs and traditions appeared to have remained intact and undisturbed by time or outside influence.
The Korean fried chicken lettuce wraps, topped with pineapple salsa and peanuts, at the Rainforest Cafe in Gurnee Mills mall. My favorite dish was the $20 China Island Chicken Salad, which had mixed greens topped with grilled chicken, Mandarin oranges, sesame seeds, carrots, crispy rice noodles, green onion, wonton strips and the restaurant’s China Island dressing. The dressing was lightly creamy and coated the lettuce well enough that there wasn’t a soup of leftover liquid at the bottom. It was a light, but flavorful salad with lots of gratifying crunch.
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