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Mystery Diner: Main Street Creamery And Smokehouse

BBQ, soups and ice cream treats featured at Marseilles restaurant

By Mystery DinerNov. 23, 2020

Join the Mystery Diner as they take a trip to Starved Rock Country’s own Main Street Creamery and Smokehouse, a hidden gem for pulled pork!

How would you craft the perfect pulled pork sandwich?
Obviously, it has to have sweet barbecue sauce.
Bacon, sure.
And loads of macaroni and cheese to top it off, why not?
I wasn't sure what I was getting myself into when I ordered Main Street Creamery and Smokehouse's new piggymac sandwich, but it all sounded great.

How would you craft the perfect pulled pork sandwich?

Obviously, it has to have sweet barbecue sauce.

Bacon, sure.

And loads of macaroni and cheese to top it off, why not?

I wasn't sure what I was getting myself into when I ordered Main Street Creamery and Smokehouse's new piggymac sandwich, but it all sounded great.

After eating it, I'm starting to think it's the perfect pulled pork combination. And I've been getting my macaroni and cheese on the side all these years.
The $8 sandwich features the restaurant's signature pulled pork with its Veterans Q barbecue sauce. Along with a few slices of bacon, the macaroni and cheese is packed on the sandwich to overflowing off the sides, so you'll need your fork to eat what falls out. The sandwich comes on a nice bun.

After eating it, I'm starting to think it's the perfect pulled pork combination. And I've been getting my macaroni and cheese on the side all these years.

The $8 sandwich features the restaurant's signature pulled pork with its Veterans Q barbecue sauce. Along with a few slices of bacon, the macaroni and cheese is packed on the sandwich to overflowing off the sides, so you'll need your fork to eat what falls out. The sandwich comes on a nice bun.

Not only was the Veterans Q barbecue sauce the perfect sweet complement to the pork, but Veterans Q is a veterans-owned company, according to the menu. They donate 100% of their profits to local and national military veteran organizations and groups. This is a fitting sauce to feature in Marseilles, because of the city's dedication to veterans reflected in the Middle East Conflicts Wall along the Illinois River.
The sandwich also is served with your choice of a side between baked beans, slaw, penne mac, potato salad, bacon ranch salad, broccoli and cauliflower salad, or mac and cheese.
I opted for the baked beans, which were pretty good.

Not only was the Veterans Q barbecue sauce the perfect sweet complement to the pork, but Veterans Q is a veterans-owned company, according to the menu. They donate 100% of their profits to local and national military veteran organizations and groups. This is a fitting sauce to feature in Marseilles, because of the city's dedication to veterans reflected in the Middle East Conflicts Wall along the Illinois River.

The sandwich also is served with your choice of a side between baked beans, slaw, penne mac, potato salad, bacon ranch salad, broccoli and cauliflower salad, or mac and cheese.

I opted for the baked beans, which were pretty good.

I also ordered the soup of the day: the chili. The chili had big chunks of seasoned hamburger, which were my favorite part. It had a little bit of spicy kick to it, but not too much, for those who don't like their chili too spicy. It was good middle ground.
Like any smokehouse, the restaurant serves pulled pork nachos (which look spectacular), brisket and smoked chicken.
I was too full for dessert, and that's a shame, because the creamery is half of the restaurant's name.
The creamery runs the gamut on ice cream treats: from sundaes to floats or hand-dipped milkshakes – mostly made from a selection of several flavors of hand-dipped ice cream.

I also ordered the soup of the day: the chili. The chili had big chunks of seasoned hamburger, which were my favorite part. It had a little bit of spicy kick to it, but not too much, for those who don't like their chili too spicy. It was good middle ground.

Like any smokehouse, the restaurant serves pulled pork nachos (which look spectacular), brisket and smoked chicken.

I was too full for dessert, and that's a shame, because the creamery is half of the restaurant's name.

The creamery runs the gamut on ice cream treats: from sundaes to floats or hand-dipped milkshakes – mostly made from a selection of several flavors of hand-dipped ice cream.

They also serve twisters (the equivalent of a Dairy Queen Blizzard) and smoothies.
Located in downtown Marseilles, Main Street Creamery & Smokehouse is a good place if you're hankering for some barbecue, grabbing a lunch, or looking for something better than fast food but are not in the mood for a sit-down restaurant.
Plus there's the whole ice cream end that speaks for itself as far as enticement.
Main Street Creamery & Smokehouse delivers to Marseilles, Seneca and Ottawa; and you can go there for carryout, or eat outdoors if you can catch a nice day.
• The Mystery Diner is an employee at Shaw Media. The diner’s identity is not revealed to restaurant staff when ordering or picking up the food. If the Mystery Diner cannot recommend the establishment, we will not publish a story.

They also serve twisters (the equivalent of a Dairy Queen Blizzard) and smoothies.

Located in downtown Marseilles, Main Street Creamery & Smokehouse is a good place if you're hankering for some barbecue, grabbing a lunch, or looking for something better than fast food but are not in the mood for a sit-down restaurant.

Plus there's the whole ice cream end that speaks for itself as far as enticement.

Main Street Creamery & Smokehouse delivers to Marseilles, Seneca and Ottawa; and you can go there for carryout, or eat outdoors if you can catch a nice day.

• The Mystery Diner is an employee at Shaw Media. The diner’s identity is not revealed to restaurant staff when ordering or picking up the food. If the Mystery Diner cannot recommend the establishment, we will not publish a story.

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