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Monday 4pm - 8pm Tuesday 4pm - 8pm Wednesday 4pm - 8pm Thursday 4pm - 8pm Friday 4pm - 9pm Saturday 4pm - 9pm

Off the Square

Name: Off the Square
Address: 810 12'th Street, Lawrenceville, IL, 62439, US
Telephone: +16187072255
Price range: $$
Rating: 5

🍽️ Locally owned & proudly serving our community.
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Prime-grade steaks, signature burgers & hometown favorites — all made from scratch

📍Downtown Lawrenceville | Open Tues–Sat for brunch, lunch & dinner

Come eat, laugh & linger Off the Square

09/17/2026

TONIGHT ONLY! 📦👇

If you want our Fall Festival dinner boxes, tonight is your last chance to grab them this week! We won't be doing them on Friday or Saturday

🍔 6 Burgers + Sides = $50
🍗 6 Crispy Chicken + Sides = $60

Doors open at 4:00 PM. Call ahead or message our page to lock yours in before they're gone! 📞🎡

*just a reminder we are CLOSED for LUNCH the rest of the week

09/16/2026

Our favorite fall festival special is back! 🎡

The food trucks are set up uptown, so we are closed for lunch today to let everyone go support them. Go grab some festival food for lunch this afternoon! 🌮🍟

We'll be open for dinner starting at 4:00 PM and we've got dinner covered for the whole family. Tonight, you can pick up our 6-pack dinner boxes:

Burger Box ($50): 6 smash burgers complete with toppings, 618 sauce, and your choice of tots or chips🍔

Crispy Chicken Box ($60): 6 crispy chicken sandwiches complete with toppings, 618 sauce, and your choice of tots or chips🍗

Local support keeps small spots like ours going and these are perfect for feeding the crew before or after hitting the fall festival

Available after 4:00 PM! You can call ahead to order or just message our page to lock yours in. See you tonight! ❤️

09/15/2026

Festival prep is underway, but we are open tonight! 🎡✨

The festival doesn’t kick off until tomorrow night, so come see us tonight at Off the Square for a normal, relaxing dinner before the town gets busy! 🤠

Just a heads up: starting tomorrow through Saturday, we will be closed for lunch so everyone can head uptown and support the festival food trucks. But we will be open every single night for dinner! 🍁

Come grab a drink and a bite tonight to jumpstart the week🍹🍔

09/10/2026

Need a fresh lunch option today? 🥗

Come grab one of our massive house salads. You can build it with whatever protein you’re craving, but this one is loaded up with grilled chicken and crispy bacon

Stop by Off the Square or call in a quick carry-out order to take back to work!

09/08/2026

We have the Italian Beef ready to roll today for $12! It comes loaded with peppers and a side of hot au jus for dipping

Available for both lunch and dinner today at Off the Square. Come grab one while they're hot!

09/05/2026

Whew, it is absolutely scorching out there today! 🥵 If you’re looking to escape the heat, come on in and park it under our AC at Off the Square tonight. We’ve got the kitchen fired up and some good old-fashioned comfort food ready for you

Here is what's cooking tonight:

Beef Tips & Gravy 🪵 Tender, slow-simmered beef swimming in rich, savory gravy, piled high over a mountain of our homemade mashed potatoes

Southern Fried Chicken 🍗 Crispy, golden-brown fried chicken served up with sweet corn and mashed potatoes, with plenty of gravy over the whole plate

French Onion Soup 🧅 A big, cozy crock of deep, caramelized onion broth baked with plenty of gooey, melted cheese

🍹 Last Call for Summer Cocktails!

Since the weather is still sizzling, it's the perfect excuse to come grab one last round of your favorite summer drinks. This is the absolute last weekend to get them before we roll out our new fall cocktail menu next week! 🍂

Doors open right at 4:00 PM. Come on by, cool off, and let us take care of supper tonight! 🍽️

09/03/2026

🥪 The $12 Lunch Combo Is Calling! 🍟

Looking for the ultimate mid-day fuel up?

We’ve got you covered. Grab any of these incredible sandwiches paired with your favorite side for just $12!

Pick your sandwich:
OTS Classic Smash 🍔
The Americana 🇺🇸
Crispy Chicken Sandwich 🍗
Grilled Chicken Sandwich 🌾
Chicken Salad Sandwich 🥣
Great Cheese (Grown-Up Grilled Cheese) 🧀

Pick your side:
Crispy Golden Fries 🍟
House Chips 🥔
Crunchy Tots 🥔

Dine-in and carry-out options are available to get you fed and back to your day fast

👇 Drop your go-to combo in the comments below! Are you team Smash Burger & Tots or Crispy Chicken & Fries?

08/25/2026

We love our town and we consider our guests family. Because of that we want to be completely transparent with you about how we run things and some of the hurdles we’ve been working through lately

When we opened three years ago we wanted to bring fresh and elevated daily specials to Lawrenceville. But we quickly realized that what people really love and want on a regular basis is great comfort food. We listened to you! We’ve always had our signature smash burgers on the menu. To give you the absolute best version of the food you love we refused to cut corners. Even with fried food we don't use cheap oils. We fry exclusively in premium beef tallow because it tastes a million times better and keeps our quality high even though it costs us a lot more

Later on we added our high-end steaks to the lineup to help us make ends meet as food costs started rising. Running a scratch kitchen is a balancing act. Shifting things up is just a normal part of the restaurant world today. It allows us to keep up with the changing market and keep our kitchen creative. It also gives you guys the chance to try awesome new things so our menu never becomes boring or stagnant

Here is the honest truth about how we have to operate right now to keep that quality alive:

🥩 Why We Run Out of Items (Especially on Weekends)
The price of beef is skyrocketing and food shortages are a weekly battle. Because our kitchen is small and our steaks are ultra-premium cuts they are incredibly expensive. We cannot afford food waste. We buy what we need for the week in limited and fresh quantities. If we are out of steaks by Saturday night it’s because people have been buying them up all week! Running out means your food is fresh and never frozen

🍔 Our Evolving Menu
We build our menu based on what actually sells. We’ve had people comment that the menu changes too much but we have to roll with what people are buying. We simply can't let expensive food go to waste just to keep an item around that only a couple of people order. We adapt so we can stay open and keep serving you

👋 New Faces Up Front
As our local student staff headed off to college this month we lost a lot of our veteran crew. We are currently training a great new group of front-of-house faces. It takes time for new hires to get their footing. We truly appreciate your patience and grace while they learn the ropes

🗣️ Talk to Us, Not Google
We are a small local business. When someone leaves a bad review on Google instead of talking to us it permanently hurts our business over a mistake that could have been fixed in two minutes. If something is wrong with your food or your service please tell your server or ask for us immediately. We want the chance to make it right for you on the spot! On the flip side if you have had a great experience with us taking a quick minute to leave us a positive review online goes an incredibly long way

We love seeing how this town rallies around local businesses when they face tough times or operational struggles. Lawrenceville is incredible at showing up when it counts and we hope our hometown community can rally behind our crew right now too. We serve a lot of wonderful travelers and visitors from out of town but nothing beats seeing our own neighbors fill the tables. The best way to support us through rising costs, training new staff, and working through equipment hiccups (like our main kitchen cooler going down a couple of weeks ago) is simply to walk through our doors, enjoy a meal, and talk to us

To our amazing regulars and everyone who has shown us grace and stuck by us through these changes, thank you from the bottom of our hearts. We couldn't do this without you and we can’t wait to see you this week!

08/19/2026

🐟 TONIGHT ONLY: $12 Fish Bite Special! 🐟

Looking for dinner plans? We have you covered tonight at Off the Square!

Come enjoy a basket of our delicious, crispy Fish Bites for just $12. It is a one-night-only deal, so grab your friends, bring your appetite, and head on over before they are all gone!

08/15/2026

🥩 TONIGHT ONLY: Prime Rib is Back at Off the Square!

We are doing a surprise dinner pop-up tonight! For one night only, our signature Prime Rib is back on the menu

Dinner service starts right at 4:00 PM

For $37 you get a thick, juicy cut of slow-roasted prime rib, a fresh side salad, and your choice of potato

We only have a limited number of cuts ready for tonight so give us a call to secure your reservation before they sell out!

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Address

810 12'th Street
Lawrenceville, IL
62439

Opening Hours

Monday	4pm - 8pm
Tuesday	4pm - 8pm
Wednesday	4pm - 8pm
Thursday	4pm - 8pm
Friday	4pm - 9pm
Saturday	4pm - 9pm

Telephone

+16187072255

Website

https://order.toasttab.com/online/the-phoenix-n-a

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