MWM ISO Roadtrips. Must like food

I mentioned (er bored) a LTHers about how good Harry Potter books on tape are. And it is thrusting the VI family on roadtrip after roadtrip. I think this weekend might just be the McHenry County Fair and I am practically begging Suzy for an LTH event at John's Pizzeria (OK not begging but I hope she catches my drift....). So, I am interested if anyone has any intel on these places mentioned in a VERY earlie edition of the Stern's RoadFood. Obviously, I can google myself (or even do a Nexis search), but I am curious right now on direct knowledge of these places, as my source data is so old.

Borders on the River, a bit NW of Milwaukee. I went here many years ago, about 92ish.

Richard's Farm, Casy Illinois, s'posed to have great farm dinners and real persimmon puddin' in the fall.

The White Mill, Monnmouth, Illinois, source for giant tenderloin sammy's and other farm fare.

In addition to the above, anyone have any good suggestions for similiar type of places.

Thanks in Advance.

Rob

Here's Richard's Farm's website, but looking at the online version, it's no longer listed as a Road Food recommendation. That may or may not mean anything; they could have just not been in a long time (their Illinois recs are almost all Chicagoland now).

No sign of the others there, either.

The White Mill, Monnmouth, Illinois, source for giant tenderloin sammy's and other farm fare.

If this is the place I believe it is, then it is long gone. I went way out of my way to get there to find the place dark. I walked into a bar nearby to find out when did it close. I got the deer-in-the-headlights look as they said it closed 4 years earlier. They were surprised a total stranger was inquiring about a very local restaurant.

I would double-check my information. It was one of my more memorable Stern's driven wild goose chaise ... though I enjoyed every moment of it.

Regards,

Thanks for the link. I find it a bit vexxing that the Stern's do not keep better track of their places. On one hand, they have remarked that certain places have gone downhill or such. On the other, they never really tell you which ones, leaving you to fend for yourself. I actually had a brief exchange with Michael Stern over the Strongbow Inn. I was curious if its no longer inclusion had anything to do with quality. He said no, it was that they just used a LIFO inventory system, and that they just could not keep track of all the older places.

Rob