Bank Lane Bistro (CLOSED)

The ride up Sheridan Road along the North Shore to this cozy, tranquil French bistro is a good excuse to expand your horizons. The menu—a rotating list of seasonal dishes and tasty standards like steak frites and roasted duck breast—isn’t anything you won’t find within city limits, but the location overlooking Lake Forest’s historic Market Street sure beats an urban landscape of snarled traffic and dumpsters. Be sure to save room for fancy housemade s’mores for dessert.