Experts' Choice Award Mel's Drive-In - Lombard
5 expert reviews
“This 1950s-style diner is not the real thing, but it comes close enough with period decor, tabletop jukeboxes, and brightly garbed waitresses.”
– DK Eyewitness
Frommer's "Mel's hearkens back to the halcyon days when cholesterol and fried foods didn't jab your guilty conscience with every greasy, wonderful bite." Full review
Gayot11.0
"American fare like burgers and milkshakes are served up at this Marina eatery." Full review
Not For Tourists "Diner food, great for kids. Anybody see American Graffiti?"
Time Out "Like Lori’s, this retro diner is a nostalgic throwback to the ‘50s—but it’s actually legit, because it opened in 1947 and was even used for scenes in American Graffiti." Full review
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