Article: Brick Oven delivers a touch of Tuscany

The Brick Oven

110 N. Main St.

Washington

(309) 444-4884

Handicapped accessible

Entrees: $7.50-$13.50

Hours: 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday; 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday and Saturday; closed Sunday and Monday.

Maybe it's an atavistic throwback to our earliest roots when cave dwellers - unashamedly decked-out in animal fur - gathered around a community fire for a good old-fashioned kill-of-the-day barbecue.

Or maybe it's our more recent memories of a beach campfire, accompanied by some dang good burned marshmallows and a few choruses of "Michael Row The Boat Ashore."

But whatever it is, there is something in us that loves to gather around a fire and eat.

Surprisingly, and simply, that's the ...

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