Restaurants near Hawthorne Park

Great food, drinks, atmosphere and service! Our server Brooklynn was fantastic! Thanks for making our 38th Anniversary memorable!

Christmas Eve is always a tough time when planning a dinner out. I used Open Table and made the reservation early. I'm not sure if that gave us the best table in the house, but it happened! Our waitress (Jo) was over the top happy to be there. There was no rush or push. We ordered as we were ready, and had drinks as we were ready. While I noticed some people with their coats over their shoulders, the temperature was perfect for us in sports coat and party jacket/dress. We had both looked at the menu ahead of time, but when we heard and saw the specials, we quickly changed our minds. We were "warned" ahead of time that the Caesar salad is not conventional, that it has hard boiled eggs and bacon, and onions. We adjusted our orders to remove bacon and onions. It definitely wasn't a Caesar salad....wouldn't order that again...but, we both ate most of it. The shrimp/lobster pasta was perfect and more than enough to take a dish home. My husband thought the pork was excellent. It was a dinner we had planned and counted on to make our holiday special. It didn't disappoint!

Drove through a storm to make it for our reservation and it was worth it! Came for that chicken parm you see all over social media. The chicken was so tender and moist and the it was topped with so much gooey cheese. It did not disappoint! My second favorite thing was the meatballs in the Italian Wedding soup. It was such a surprise biting into one. The most tender meatballs I've ever had. And the pasta in the soup was al dente. Calamari was very good but If they tweaked the breading I think it could be better as it would fall off as you are picking it up with a fork. The sauce is very unique and delicious. Half spicy arrabbiata and half cooling parm. The carbonara was a bit on the salty side but the sauce was super creamy and had a good amount of meat. Service was very friendly and attentive. Food comes out pretty quick and it's very high quality. We're already planning to come back for that amazing parm again and to try some other dishes. Thank you for the amazing experience!

Dinner at the cork a truly amazing experience the receptionist at the front very professional very friendly and got us our table quickly we did have a reservation which I'm sure helped they set us down the wait staff was extremely friendly extremely knowledgeable do the menu inside and out was it being our first time there they explained the menu they explained the surf and turf the cuts of meat how you could customize your meal. We didn't wait very long for our meals to come once we ordered the meats came precisely how you ordered them cuz I like my steak rare I couldn't have had a better rare steak it was absolutely amazing very succulent very juicy the ambience was absolutely amazing I can continue going on about this restaurant we will be going back that is for sure I recommend this restaurant for anyone.

We LOVE Stella’s the food is always delicious the atmosphere is cozy with a great vibe! I wish that the space was large so that they could accommodate walkins they fill to the max on Friday and Saturday so if your going make a reservation!