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30 | April 11, 2019 | The highland park landmark dining out
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Flight Restaurant and Wine Bar fits in at The Glen
Martin Carlino
Contributing Editor
Steve Fenton believes
the moment you walk into
Glenview’s Flight Restaurant
and Wine Bar, you
should be treated like family.
And with years of experience
in the industry,
Fenton, the restaurant’s
general manager, feels
providing diners with topnotch
service makes all the
difference.
That’s why Fenton and
staff members work to instill
a strong sense of community
and a customerfirst
approach.
“We definitely go by
the motto of treat people
how you want to be treated,”
Fenton said. “I think
there’s not enough of those
places around anymore. …
The treatment of people is
kind of getting lost. And
I don’t believe in it being
lost, I believe in a staff that
cares and treating people
like family.”
Now 16 years after
founder Steven Herzon
opened Flight Restaurant
and Wine Bar at 1820
Tower Drive inside The
Glen Town Center, it’s a
spot known to many in the
community as Glenview’s
neighborhood hangout.
“I think we definitely are
the neighborhood hangout
and a place where everyone
comes to meet up or
comes after Glenbrook
South or Glenbrook North
games,” Fenton said.
From its plexiglass panels
hanging on the ceiling
meant to mimic clouds, to
its airplane wing-shaped
bar, the restaurant stays
true to its aviation-based
theme throughout both its
design and menu.
While its name may indicate
a restaurant known
for its wine and cocktails,
Flight’s extensive food
menu offers guests a bevy
of food options.
Fenton said the restaurant’s
menu has nearly tripled
in size over the last six
years, and is now altered
roughly every month, with
new specials being rolled
out and tested before they
are officially added to the
menu. Approximately 25
percent of offerings can be
changed out when an alteration
to the menu is made,
per Fenton.
Fenton always tried to
keep some of the restaurant’s
longtime staples,
like its herb fries, duck
mac and cheese, and signature
Flight burger as menu
constants.
Chefs at Flight Restaurant
and Wine Bar use
high-quality and fresh ingredients
in the makings of
the menu’s entirety. Fenton
said the restaurant tries
to be as locally sourced
as possible, with many of
its baking needs delivered
five times a week from
Northbrook’s Highland
Baking Co.
Those headed to Flight
for its wine and cocktail
offerings surely won’t be
disappointed, as it offers a
substantial menu for both.
Fenton said the alcohol
menu features 36 wine offerings
by the glass, more
than 200 different bottles
of wine and nearly 20 signature
cocktails.
Among some of Flight
Wine Bar’s specialties are
its sage cocktail, its up
in smoke Manhattan, the
Flight old fashioned and
the Mediterrian mule.
The restaurant’s drink
menu is changed over
about twice a year, with
more minor adjustments
compared to its food
menu. Fenton said about
25 percent of the wines are
switched out each year.
Flight Restaurant and
Wine Bar
1820 Tower Drive,
The Glen Town Center,
Glenview
(847) 729-9463
Flightwinebar.com
4 p.m.-12 a.m.
Monday-Friday
4 p.m.-2 a.m. Saturday
4 p.m.-11 p.m. Sunday
Flight Restaurant offers
many nightly specials
like half-priced snacks
and appetizers from 4-6
p.m. Monday-Sunday,
half-priced bottles of wine
all night on Monday and
Tuesday and select signature
cocktails for $8 on
Wednesday and Thursday.
Editors from 22nd Century
Media headed to The
Glen to test out some of
Flight’s food offerings.
We started out with
diver sea scallops ($18).
The gluten-free offering
is served with a rainbow
swiss chard, bacon, butternut
squash and topped
with a hazelnut vinaigrette.
Fenton said the dish
is made with the highestgrade
scallops.
We next tested out the
signature Flight Burger
($15.95). The half-pound
burger is made with Meyer
ranch beef, topped with
sugar-cured bacon, aged
white cheddar, red wine
onions and served with
beer-battered fries and a
side of truffle aioli sauce.
The hearty burger offering
was full of taste and
certainly will satisfy the
taste buds of most burgerlovers.
Those looking for
chicken offerings also
have plenty of options at
Flight. We sampled its
chicken francaise ($20)
dish, which featured a panseared
chicken breast and
Flight Restaurant and Wine Bar’s chicken francaise ($20) dish features a pan-seared
chicken breast served with roasted potatoes, French green beans and topped with a
lemon-garlic pan jus. Photos by Nick Fraizer/22nd Century Media
The restaurant’s cedar plank roasted salmon ($33) is prepared with a citrus-soy marinade
and served over a peppery stir-fry and rice noodles.
was served with roasted
potatoes, French green
beans and topped with a
lemon-garlic pan jus.
We next tried Flight’s
cedar plank roasted salmon
($33). The salmon is
prepared with a citrussoy
marinade and served
over a peppery stir-fry
and rice noodles. A taste
of the prosciutto and fig
flatbread ($13) concluded
our visit. The popular flatbread
choice is served with
boursin, caramelized onions,
sliced figs, calabrese
chilies, sliced prosciutto,
The Glenview eatery offers many flatbread options,
including its prosciutto and fig ($13) flatbread.
arugula, and topped with
olive oil and lemon. Flight
Restaurant and Wine Bar
offers several flatbread options,
all of which can be
prepared gluten free.