http://www.viewpoints.com/Jimmys-Charhouse-Elgin-IL-reviews Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:01:10 GMT Latest reviews about Jimmy's Charhouse - Elgin, IL http://www.viewpoints.com/Jimmys-Charhouse-Elgin-IL-review-fd342 <p>The food and service here are great.    There is a lot of variety on the menu.    I like the atmosphere and the bar is fun.</p>... Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:01:10 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Jimmys-Charhouse-Elgin-IL-review-fd342 kmcnol 4 http://www.viewpoints.com/Jimmys-Charhouse-Elgin-IL-review-adb3 <strong>Intro</strong><br/>We hold our martial arts classes in a Mexican restaurant, so when we get a chance to break the Mexican food rut, we're going to take it. The master of our school held a dinner meeting in appreciation of our work at the school instructing as well as helping out with other things. He took us to Jimmy's Charhouse, the same location he had taken us to a few years back. We laughed then at the 14 year old boy at our table who ordered the spaghetti. When it was brought out to the table in the enormous bowl, there was no way he was going to be able to eat it all. This year we had a 12 year old vying for the title, trying to eat that whole bowl.<br/><br/><strong>The Food</strong><br/>A few of us were a little late getting to the meeting, and appetizers had already been ordered, combination platters with calamari, potato skins, and chicken fingers. Like Kelly Pickler of American Idol fame, I also "ain't eatin' no calamari." I'm not a seafood eater, because it looks like its animal form too much, and with tentacles still on...... Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:12:03 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Jimmys-Charhouse-Elgin-IL-review-adb3 LauraBelle 4