I thought tonight we’d go to Cyd’s In The Park. They have a nice bar in there and I love their outside patio that has cool lights, wooden furniture and sculptures on display. Now that winter is tumbling down on us, I thought we should go before it’s too freezing out to enjoy the outside patio at Cyd’s In The Park, so it’s off to Cyd’s we go!

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Bar Number 254: Cyd’s In The Park, Thursday, November 5, 2026

Here we are at Cyd’s In The Park, it’s looking lovely as always out here.

Let’s go inside and see what’s happening in there.

There’s the dining room and behind that is our destination for this evening…the bar!

Kinsey was the pretty and friendly bartender on duty and here she is serving me up a bottle of Alagash White with a beautiful smile. We’re off to a fantastic start tonight!

Here’s tonight’s special guest star of the evening, my friend Marie. She’s looking pretty as always and this picture is a little out of sync. I forgot to get her photo when I first arrived because we started chatting and I forgot about the photo till our dinner arrived.

Here’s the other side of the bar and some of the inventory behind it. There’s the six beers they on tap.

There’s the dining tables behind the bar and off to the side of it.

As I was wandering around taking photos, I ran into Keith Cotton.

Always great to see Keith, he’s a very talented photographer and artist. Some of his work is on display right now at the Contemporary Art Center of Peoria. There’s an Art Reception celebrating this art display happening on November 21st from 6:30pm to 8:30pm and you can read all about that by clicking here.

I love this enclosed back patio dining area behind the dining room. What a nice ambiance in here!

Here’s the lit-up back patio area I mentioned previously.

I love all the lights out here and some of Keith’s sculptures and artwork are on display back here. This is such a cool spot to wander around at night!

Meanwhile, back at the bar, there’s Marie and Kinsey having a nice chat and I think it’s just about time for our dinner to arrive!

We split an order of the Crunchy Portobello mushrooms and they were fabulous. They come with homemade Emmy sauce which complemented them perfectly.

Here’s our main courses: Marie got a cheeseburger and French Fries and I got the Mac and Cheese. Everything looks absolutely fantastic!

Marie said the Cheeseburger and fries were very delicious and the Mac and Cheese was so tasty! It was topped with toasted bread crumbs and it was a rich and creamy treat.

The food at Cyd’s is always fantastic and tonight was no exception to that rule!