Glenview House is a long-time fixture on the dining scene for Chicago’s North Shore suburbs. It’s been in the same building for generations and used to be one of many tavern/hamburger joints that dotted the North Shore. In recent years, it’s been redone as a full-service restaurant, complete with video screens in almost every booth now.

The transformation from the old bar to the new restaurant really is amazing. So when we were in Glenview for a play recently with my in-laws, we picked the Glenview House for dinner with them. I can no longer eat the burgers I once loved there, so looked over the menu for a fish choice, the path I find myself following at most restaurants these days – i.e. order fish with as little on it as possible.

But rather than the usual tuna or salmon, Glenview House presented me with a fun third option, scallops on a bed of beet orgasmic rice risotto. This was a bit of a splurge for me since I’m not supposed to eat white rice, only brown. I also was a bit worried about salt in the risotto, so asked the waiter that it be cooked without any added salt, which he gladly said was possible. I was also worried about how much fat might be in a risotto, but found it wasn’t as bad as I had anticipated, at least according to SparksPeople.com.