Traveling to Rockford for Club Nationals? MeanMachine's got your guide to dining, shopping, sights, nightlife, and more!

Note: The information below is 100% factual. IRL.

Restaurants

There is more to Rockford dining than just McDonald’s and Taco Bell’s. Below are some of our favorite options for just about any occasion in Rockford:

Sights

"Gertrude" the Guernsey Cow In downtown Rockford, at 19 feet tall, she's one of the biggest of America's fiberglass big bovines.

Hobo Fire Pit Just south of Rockford, in Rochelle, IL: A viewing platform, picnic tables, gift shops, restrooms -- and of course that Hobo Fire Pit -- so you can watch trains cross each other at a rare railroad intersection.

1967 Tornado Disaster Monument Just east of Rockford in Belvidere, IL, a stainless steel tornado, over six feet tall, engraved with the names of all 24 people who were killed by its swirling counterpart.

Tractor on a Silo Tasked by some higher calling, a farmer used a crane to hoist an old tractor to the top of his silo.

Replica Liberty Bell Why travel all the way to Philadelphia to see the Liberty Bell when you can see an exact replica in Rockford? No waiting in line here!



Shopping

Performing Arts

AMC Showplace Movie Theater Rockford 16

Tiger Tail Lounge Ambitiously billed as the finest gentlemen's club in the entire Northern Illinois/ Southern Wisconsin area.



Nightlife