One of Chicago’s most popular restaurants has plans open a new location in a north Chicago suburb.
Avec, a Mediterranean restaurant from acclaimed restaurant group One Off Hospitality, will “soon” open in Highwood, at 250 Waukegan Avenue, the Highwood Chamber of Commerce confirmed to NBC Chicago.
More details about the opening and architectural renderings of the space are expected to be revealed at a preview party for Highwood’s 7th Annual Design Week, the Chamber of Commerce said, which takes place throughout the city Sept. 16 through 19th.
According to organizers, the free opening party will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sept. 16 “at the site of one of the city’s most iconic murals abutting the future home of One Off Hospitality’s highly anticipated Avec restaurant.”
No further details about the restaurant or when it could open were provided.
The suburb, approximately 28 miles north of Chicago, is known for its restaurant scene, with longstanding spots including the family-owned, decades-old northern Italian restaurant Del Rio and French bistro Miramar.
This past spring, local restauranters Josh Kaplan and Todd Stein opened Deere Park, at 200 Green Bay Road, in the former Greenwood space.
Avec currently has three locations in Chicago, at 615 W. Randolph St. in the West Loop, 141 W. Erie in River North and bar Avec, at 640 N. LaSalle. One Off Hospitality did not immediately respond to NBC Chicago’s request for comment.
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