This week we’re traveling to a town that I’ve never featured on the blog before: Glasford, Illinois. My friend and frequent guest star, Jim/Karl suggested a bar there called Whitetails Firepit & Grill, so that’s tonight’s destination.

And it’s off to Glasford we go!

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Bar Number 189: Whitetails Firepit & Grill, Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Here we are at Whitetails Firepit & Grill in Glasford, Illinois. I think this is my first time in Glasford and it’s a nice town.

There’s my friend and frequent guest star, Jim/Karl opening the door to the 189th bar of this tour! Always great to have Karl along for the evening. He also drove, but I forgot to get the behind the wheel photo.

There’s a dining area when you walk in and there’s a nice bar behind that in the back of the room.

Deven was the friendly and pretty bartender on duty for the evening and here she is serving me up a beer with a beautiful smile! Our evening is off to a wonderful start tonight!

Now we’re joined by the other two special guest stars of the evening, my friends, Star and Kevin. who joined us last week at Billy’s Tap in Canton.

Great to see them again and cheers from all of us!

True to the name, Whitetails, there’s several deer heads on the wall behind the bar. And, as you can see, it’s a well-stocked bar back there!

There’s Deven with one of her co-workers and I apologize because I forgot to write her name down, but they both look fabulous!

There’s a gaming room opposite the bar for all of you gamblers out there.

Allisen came over and said hi while I was snapping photos around the bar.

Allisen was part of the Lock & Key Burlesque show that I covered at The Apollo Theatre back in 2017. She said she’s working on a new show that’s going to happen in Peoria Heights coming up and I hope to make that show for the blog. Allisen’s looking fantastic and it was nice to chat and catch up with her!

There’s a pool table and a dart board up in the front of the dining room.

“Big rack and a can to crack.” Who could ask for anything more?

Meanwhile, back at our table…

Karl got a fried chicken dinner with potato salad and green beans. Uh oh, I don’t think the other Karl is going to be happy about this…

“At least he’s not covering it all up with ketchup this week…mmm hmm. I sure wish he’d have ordered them French fried potaters though. Mmm hmm. Maybe we need to start calling him, Karlene…mmm hmm.”

Thanks to Deven and everyone at Whitetalis Firepit & Grill for a fun evening in Glasford!

Thanks to Karl for driving and thanks to Star and Kevin for meeting up with us. They’re hitting the road soon, so happy travels and keep in touch!

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