According to an article from The Record North Shore, Ballyhoo Hospitality will soon introduce a new concept in Winnetka at the One Winnetka development site.
“The upcoming restaurant will be the anchor tenant in a development called One Winnetka that is set to break ground this spring along Elm Street and Lincoln Avenue. Ballyhoo’s restaurant will go in the corner spot, said Ryan O’Donnell, CEO of the restaurant group. The group is still developing the concept and name of the restaurant, which is set to open in about two years,” a representative of Ballyhoo Hospitality told What Now Chicago.
“O’Donnell is leaning toward a Mediterranean menu, with live fire cooking, seafood, salads, dips and more. The restaurant will be located just across the Metra tracks from Ballyhoo’s French restaurant, Pomeroy, which opened in 2021.When complete, the new 6,700-square-foot restaurant will seat about 200 people inside and 40 people outside. That’s bigger than Pomeroy, which seats about 180, O’Donnell said.”
“Ballyhoo opened its first restaurant, Gemini, in 2009 in Lincoln Park. The group focused on Chicago for the next decade. After the COVID pandemic hit, it began opening restaurants in the North Shore, starting with Sophia Steak in Wilmette. Now, half the group’s locations are in the suburbs.”
“Ballyhoo is continuing its focus on the suburbs but is still opening restaurants in the city, too. It opened Petit Pomeroy — a miniature version of Pomeroy in Winnetka — in September in River North. It is set to open its third Sophia Steak location next month, just downstairs from Petit Pomeroy.”
