#DessertGoals are met with an array of unique dessert options for Lake County Restaurant Week.
There’s no better way to finish your three-to-four course meal than with something sweet to satisfy your soul.
Many of our Lake County Restaurant Week participants are renowned as the hostess with the moistest cakes, the sultans of crunchdom, the experts that create music to our sweet tooth and enable you to interject for ice cream and so on.
Some of these desserts are off the radar, and the best kept secrets of Lake County.
We figured we’d take this opportunity to shine a light on some of the most unique dessert options for Lake County Restaurant Week.
Attention all sweet tooth fiends: Lend us your eyes and your taste buds.
Big Bowl
Lincolnshire, IL
Unique Dessert Option
- Lemongrass Coconut Cream Pie
Cadwell’s Grille
Deerfield, IL located in Embassy Suites Chicago North Shore
Unique Dessert Options
- Mini Bourbon Bread Pudding: Raisin bread, bourbon cream, bourbon macerated berries (Optional wine pairing – Pacific Rim, Columbia Valley Riesling Sweet).
- Mini Caramel Sundae
Café Pyrénees
Libertyville, IL
Unique Dessert Option
- Profiteroles: Banana ice cream and warm chocolate sauce.
Chessie’s Restaurant
Barrington, IL
Unique Dessert Option
- Chocolate Mousse Tower
The Chocolate Sanctuary
Gurnee, IL
Unique Dessert Options
- Beignet: Semi-sweet chocolate filled beignet with vanilla creme anglaise.
- Tiramisu Cannoli: Sweet ricotta cheese, pastry cream, chocolate chips.
- Housemade Chocolates
Disotto
Highwood, IL
Unique Dessert Option
- Budinodi Pane: Bread pudding, white chocolate gelato and chocolate sauce.
Eddie Merlot
Lincolnshire, IL
Unique Dessert Option
- Eddie’s Famous Carrot Cake: Four layers of carrots, walnuts, pineapple, cream cheese icing and caramel.
Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar
Lincolnshire, IL
Unique Dessert Options
- Walnut Turtle Pie: House-made caramel, dark chocolate shavings.
Francesca’s Intimo
Lake Forest, IL
Unique Dessert Option
- Torta di Cocco – Coconut cake layered with coconut cream and cream cheese frosting served with caramel sauce, creme anglaise and fresh whipped cream.
Karma Pub

Apple Pie Taquitos at Karma Pub in Mundelein
Mundelein, IL
Unique Dessert Option
- Apple Pie Taquitos
Lynfred Winery
Wheeling, IL
Unique Dessert Options
- Wine & Fudge Pairing
Milwalky Trace
Libertyville, IL
Unique Dessert Option
- Olive Oil Cake: Blood orange sorbet, honey mascarpone, tine nuts, Thai basil.
Shakou Sushi
Unique Dessert Options
- Mochi Ice Cream
- Exotic Bamba
- Chocolate Fondant Cake
Slyce Pizza
Highland Park and Wauconda, IL
Unique Dessert Options
- Bomboloni: Italian doughnuts, honey mascarpone with sea salt, Nutella, mixed compote.
- Afegeto
Stevens’ Steakhouse
Gurnee, IL
Unique Dessert Options
- White Chocolate Banana Mousse Cake
Three Embers
Lincolnshire, IL
Unique Dessert Options
- Rocky Road Bread Pudding: Caramel sauce, candied pecans and toasted maltmallow
- Chocolate Pave: Chocolate crumble and raspberry sorbet.
- Burnt Honey Panna Cotta: Honey poached pears, honey hazelnut brittle and sugared cranberries.
For more unique dessert options for Lake County Restaurant Week, continue here.
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