I didn’t expect dinner in Naperville to slow me down, but Mesón Sabika has a way of doing that. One glance at the place and my brain immediately reset.
This isn’t the kind of building you rush into with a phone in your hand. The mansion has been standing since 1847, and it carries itself like it knows it’s outlasted a few trends.
The first time I visited, it struck me how unusual it felt to find something this grounded and deliberate in Illinois. The house seems aware of its surroundings, quietly existing while Illinois changed around it…