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Best Dining Destination

Edwardsville, Illinois

A pleasant drive from the city, Edwardsville is a picturesque college town that just happens to be home to one of the area's best restaurants. Erato (126 N. Main St.; 618-307-3203; www.eratoonmain.com) features the cooking of Kevin Willmann: inventive in design, beautiful on the plate and outright delicious from first bite through dessert. Erato alone is worth a trip, but a few blocks up Main Street is this year's Best Bakery, 222 Artisan Bakery (222 N. Main St.; 618-659-1122; www.222bakery.com). Besides turning out delicious breads and pastries, 222 roasts Goshen Coffee, a previous year's deserving winner for Best Coffee. And if you visit Edwardsville on a Saturday morning from late spring to early fall, you can shop the Land of Goshen Community Market, a farmers' market to rival any other in the region.

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  • Best Macaroni and Cheese (1)
    2009-11-22 11:11:20
    Their mac and cheese sucks.
  • Best Sports Figure Not Named Pujols (1)
    2009-11-12 15:16:46
    He's just a great guy. The baseball numbers speak for themselves.
  • Best TV News Anchor (1)
    2009-11-12 03:13:19
    Mandy Murphy is WAY better looking and a MUCH better anchor than Sandy Miller. I dont even get...
  • Best Martini (1)
    2009-11-09 16:22:48
    Yeah, not the best by far. Absolutli Goosed still has the best martini in town.
  • Best Public Park (1)
    2009-11-09 13:47:56
    We love Lafayette Park! Not only good for reading under trees, but the best walking park (no...

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