There’s a Giordano’s Pizza on the other side of the freeway - it takes about 45min for their deep dish pizzas but we called in our dine-in order in advance when we started walking out of the park and it was ready 10 min after we sat down - perfect.

Yukon BBQ and Windy City are the best restaurants in the park by far.

There are some great local breakfast & lunch spots near the park, but they close around 2-3pm (Tina's Italian Bake Shop, Gurnee Donuts, Riverside Cafe)

The Culver's across the street from the park is also consistently high quality, and Timothy O'Tooles Pub next door serves good food.

I prefer to eat outside the park. I like Mama K's in the little strip mall across the street, or Salutos across the interstate and west a bit if I'm looking for something a bit fancier.

Depending on where you're coming from, you may enjoy the nearby Culver's (burgers and such).

One very subpar slice of pizza at Primo's Pizzeria near The Dark Knight was $16.99. WTF.

In defense of chicken strips, the ones I had this year at the park were surprisingly delicious.

I like the Wawa on Monmouth road. In my experience the food at SF is generally bad. I try to stick to the tenders if I'm starving.

I’ve always enjoyed their turnkey leg and in the carnival/games area by Superman there’s an indoor food court with some solid safe options like chicken tenders and Chinese food! The tenders are in the yum yum cafe too

There is a decent mall just a couple miles away. Keep going straight as you leave from the main exit and it’s hard to miss. There are a few bigger chain resturaunts over there that I typically go to after a day in the park.

If you are in the mood for burgers there is a Wendys and an In-N-Out relatively closeby

If you like Korean bbq. I had enjoyed a yummy meal at Charcoal Korean BBQ Restaurant.

Vincenzos Pizza is pretty tasty! And the pies are pretty big

gyromania is in the stevenson ranch area but if you're into greek food it's really good. service is great and its open later than a lot of the other restaurants in the area.

primos pizza is so underrated imo. i got their combo for the first time a few days ago (well actually the second time but when i went a few years back i don’t remember getting any garlic knots??) and it was so good! the pizza def isn’t top tier, but it’s taste soo good when it’s piping hot. also the garlic knots? literally wonderful. crispy on the outside, warm and doughy on the inside. on the other hand johnny rockets is also good if you want a pretty good(a little bit of a hit or miss tho) burger experience. just definitely don’t get the chicken tenders, they were super dry and tasted like they’d been reheated a few too many times. and for dessert i think any of the places are really good, but first cone has in-house made cones which taste pretty good when they’re fresh, and they have some cool flavors! They’re also right at the front of the park so you can eat them on the way out. kept me pretty content on the ride home as a little kid.

Mooseburger has the best fries, Johnny rockets is decent and Chop Stixs is nice

Interested as well as I'm visiting for the first time this summer

We've been 3 times within the past month, and this is what I've found so far. Note that we only eat one meal per trip, so I don't have the most places on here, but a lot of the food is repeated throughout the park anyways:

The seasoned fries are some of the best things I've had, and I prefer the waffle ones when possible. The ones we got from Colonnades Grill were really good!

My mom loved the pizza from Primo's Pizza by Supergirl, but my friend preferred the garlic knots they had. I liked both, and the pizza slice was decently big. (This has been my personal favorite so far, but I'm also biased because I prefer pizza over most other options)

The chicken tenders from Fowl Ball aren't bad, but the nachos they have are amazing. I'd definitely recommend those.

JB's Smokehouse was amazing the time I went in 2018, but I can't speak on how good it is in 2021 since we haven't gone there yet this year.

In and Out just outside the park to the right…

Capriottis outside the park is pretty good

Jealous! The park has got to be deserted today. Make the best of it!

Which was your favorite ride?

Funnel cake near the entrance. They also sell Dole pineapple whips and floats near Colossus. I also remember liking the baked potatoes near Tatsu, but I haven’t had that in years.

Yum Yum Café is definitely my favorite place to eat, though Granny's is also great!

Granny's and Yum Yum Café have revamped menus this year, and I think the food quality is stepped up (but the portions might feel a little smaller).

Mama Flora's is a pretty good choice as well!

Very expensive and huge wait. Then of course no tables. This was a miserable experience. Must improve, cannot get worse. At Lickskillett but don't think makes a difference. All same at six flags over Georgia.  God forbid you need to eat healthy

Because the food is so expensive at the park, I'd suggest eating breakfast/brunch before you get there then eating a meal there around 3. Technically (unless you have allergies) you're not supposed to bring in outside food, but I don't think they care if you bring some little snacks in your bag to munch on throughout the day.

Strutters and off site golden corral is right up the street.

Late to the game, but someone tiktok (reported by daily mail)posted that a slice of pizza was $17? Is that true?

offsite would be great american grill or cracker barrel on site i have been there 4-5 times never have eten in the park but i lived in the area so any fast food or the grill

Grain and grill has the best quality food.

Brewhouse is best to get away from the park for a bit.

French quarter is the best hidden gem.

I know its not on the KI side, but Island Smokehouse really impressed us last summer. Even had some BangBang shrimp that was well worth it.

Brewhouse is good and has good seating to chill out with the family

Raising Cane's knock off is good and fake chipotle

I avoid German house cafeteria. It's food is a step below the rest

None of the restaurants have bad food. Enrique’s and Brewhouse are popular but can have 30-45 minute waits. Other restaurants with similar quality or almost as good have you in and out in under 5 minutes. So my favorite meals are the ones I can get with the shortest wait.

Dang. We always make it a point to go there. We must be certifried trash pandas

Id typically rank it just as good as a canes or Zaxby's.

The chicken at the German pavilion is below dino nugget

Didn't G&G join the meal pass lineup in 2024?

Grain and Grill was great last year

Bring your own food in a cooler and tailgate. Assuming they still allow re-entry, I wouldn't pay for any food at that place. It's going to be overpriced and underquality.

For Six Flags there is a ticket with a Dining Pass you can buy online that gets you a refillable cup and unlimited meals (every 90 min or something). Totally worth it to get ONE meal pass and share. My kids and shared a chicken fingers and fries as many times as we could. Got like six meals and at least 10 refills over the full day.

We were at six flags yesterday. I wouldn't prepay for food. We went to the water park and snuck food in our bag. Nothing large just enough to get through the day. If you I would do a chair rental/cabana rental so you have a home base. It is around $50 for Six flags and HH add on. The water park is fun though and large, we were there for around 5 hours plus ride time. We did rides first, did the water park and then a few rides after

Were you looking at Canobie Lake from your perspective or theirs? My 8yo loves the heck out of that park. It's huge to them. Maybe by 14 you're a little jaded... I get what you mean though, it's relatively small. We went 3x last year and 1x so far this summer. But I love how it's not exhausting for an old fart like me.

I think Six flage has a summer pass including parking for $79.00 per person who like to go more or every other weekend. Food is way overpriced so take with you in pocket.( dry food okay in a purse)