Eckert's Country Restaurant

There’s just something about a meal from the country that just can’t be beaten. It’s the epitome of comfort food. Tasty, filling, and unpretentious. From our famous fried chicken to our burgers, salads, and pies, you’re sure to experience satisfaction at its finest with a meal from our country restaurant.

History

Eckert’s Orchards took root in 1837 after Johann Peter Eckert immigrated to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from Dietzenbach, Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, and began farming. Johann’s son Michael followed his father’s instinctive love for the land and settled on a farm that we call Drum Hill, near Fayetteville, Illinois, which is 35 miles southeast of St. Louis. Fruit trees were planted on Michael’s farm in 1862, and then Michael’s son Henry followed suit and in 1890 planted fruit trees on his Turkey Hill Farm in Belleville, Illinois. Henry’s farm is now the hub of the Eckert family business, where the family’s largest orchard produces apples, peaches, strawberries, blackberries, and other fresh fruit and vegetables and where its Country Restaurant and Country Store operate year-round.