Jim’s Bistro has been serving up fantastic food in Peoria Heights for over 15 years. And in addition to the fantastic food, they have a wonderful bar in there too. In fact, it’s just about to become the 217th bar of this 365 bars tour.

So let’s get over there and make this happen!

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Bar Number 217: Jim’s Bistro, Sunday, September 20, 2026

Here we are at Jim’s Bistro in Peoria Heights. Check out the cement doggie over here! Stay, stay…good boy!

Let’s go in and start our Sunday evening in Jim’s Bistro!

The bar was completely packed, so we decided to grab a table and get some dinner while the crowd at the bar thins out. And when I say we, I mean myself and…

Amber and Joe!

We celebrated Amber’s birthday the night before, but tonight is her actual birthday, so we’re celebrating it again! Happy Birthday, Amber!

We had a nice dinner here, Amber had the French Onion Soup, Joe got a Cheddar Bacon Cheeseburger and I had the Thai Shrimp Fettuccini. The food was fabulous and after dinner we moved over to…

The bar!

As you can see, there’s plenty of seats available now, so we settled in at the end of the bar for the rest of the evening.

Flint was the friendly bartender on duty and there he is holding an Old Fashioned that he just mixed for Joe. Cheers!

Here’s the four beers on tap behind the bar and Amber pointed out that this guy had a cigarette in his mouth! I love it!

As you can see, it’s a well stocked bar and they can mix you up any drink you can think of!

There’s an elevated dining area up in the front that overlooks Prospect Road. This clown painting is nice, but a little scary too! Yes, I find clowns somewhat frightening!

There’s the owners of Jim’s Bistro, Julie and J.D. Comfort! Always a pleasure to see both of them and Julie always says to say hi to my cousin, Mary. Julie says, hi, Mary!