Smitty’s Bar & Grill

I have driven by here quite a few times over the past 4 years and the name Smitty’s and in Leonore, just intrigued me. Then I saw a review in the south side rag that showed the pork loin sandwich. So I finally made it at 2 on Tuesday. I was told by the bartender that the lunch rush was a madhouse. I was also told that lunch is served from 11 til 1. Ooops, didn’t know? But I was told that she would have to cook it herself in between servicing the other customers. Aces to this chic! When I was presented with the skillet that held Porky. I immediately thought that the picture had nothing on this bad boy! Well, I better get started as I only had 20 minutes of my lunch left. It was juicy, and incredibly crispy. I smeared 5 packets of mayo on this thing and it didn’t even come close to covering it. The pickles were thick cut and raw onions were falling all over. I ate the whole thing except for the top bun. When I was ¹⁄₃ the way through I started to get delusional as it looked like it was growing. I also ordered fries. They were delicious, but I would advise against it if you are tackling this alone. This was an epic dining experience and I will bring friends with me next time. All this came out to just over ten bucks with a soda. Outrageous! Dinner is from 4:30 to 8. And don’t forget it. I had to take an energy shot to finish my journey. Otherwise I’d still be in a cornfield somewhere sleeping it off!

Smitty’s catered a party for 50 people at my work. We had bacon cheeseburgers, wings, steak sandwiches and pork tenderloins as big as a wheel cover. I had a little taste of everything and loved it all. Very good quality pub food. Wings came with several sauces which was a treat.

This is an isolated rural bar&grill. I found it odd they have no draught beer just bottles/​cans. The tenderloin sandwich is ridiculously huge, although it lacked much flavor. The wings are delicious. Staff and patrons are mostly friendly farm people. Prices are great, it’s worth a stop if your lost or wandering around north central Illinois…

After learning that this establishment hosted a «coyote killing contest» just for the sport of it, I’ll never go here again.

I came here two times in a week for lunch, once becasue I lost a bet and the other because my friend forgot his hat, so ha ha I broke even as he had to buy me lunch on the return trip.
Both times great service and a nice atmosphere, the food was always good, the initial trip trip was to get the trade mark Smitty’s tenderloin. Don’t ask me how they make money off this thing it’s huge bigger than your plate (see the photo). Just getting this thing will set you up with left overs for the next 2days.
After recovering from or first dive into Gluttony, we came back to pick up my friends hat. They remember our out of town faces from days earlier and welcomed us back. This time we ordered smaller plate I order the special, while they did mess up my order they offered to fix it asap or I could keep what I had for free. I opted to keep what I had as it still looked good and the price was right ;-)