New Restaurant Promises Locally Sourced Food, Full Bar
The owners of Harvest Restaurant are remodeling the building at the corner of 127th and Harlem.
A new restaurant coming to Palos Heights will feature locally grown, sustainable foods from growers in Illinois and Wisconsin.
Two owners of the Harvest Restaurant were granted a restaurant liquor license at Tuesday's Palos Heights City Council meeting.
The upscale restaurant is coming to the former Pancake Factory building, located at the corner of Harlem Avenue and 127th Street. Owners Michael Campas and Christ Sirigas want to add a full bar, offering such things as bloody mary brunches and mimosas with their food items. Most of what they'll offer will be made on site, including bread and pastries baked in a new bakery at the restaurant.
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"Everything we can make from scratch will be made, every morning," Campas said.
Harvest Restaurant had been previously described as a brunch restaurant but now has a full menu, set daily, for breakfast, lunch and dinner based on seasonally available goodies.
"We're trying to bypass the canned foods," Sirigas said.
The interior of the restaurant is going through a remodel. The booths, floor and lighting are being redone. The seating at the bar will be expanded to 10 seats and a section of the restaurant will be converted to a cafe with wifi access.
While the owners plans to be open from the early morning to 9 p.m. or 10 p.m., depending on the day, the liquor license will limit when alcohol can be served. They don't plan to have a late-night bar crowd.
Campas is from Palos but now lives in Orland Park. Sirigas lives in Palos Park.
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Tim Moore
9:39 am on Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Sounds good. Looking forward to it.
Mike D
9:59 am on Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Is this the Mike Campas who used to own Rokwelz in Orland Park?? - food there was not good at all - which would explain why new owners took it over recently
kate
10:32 am on Wednesday, December 5, 2012
I am excited about this!
Lisa Fasano
10:46 am on Wednesday, December 5, 2012
I hope they have saganaki!!!
Concered Citizen
11:29 am on Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Look forward to this. It will be a great place for brunch!! We need more places like this.
Ms. T
5:51 pm on Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Congrats to the both of them !! We wish them great success !
Diana
11:53 am on Thursday, December 6, 2012
Sounds great...but I wish they would have put it in the old Hobnob's site so it would be a better atmosphere
Sue Ellen
6:36 pm on Monday, February 4, 2013
I live next to door to Christ Sirigas and they tried to get the old Hobnobs site but the amount of money wanted for the lease of the space was ridiculously high.
Diana
2:29 pm on Tuesday, February 5, 2013
That's too bad...you'd think they'd rather see it leased and come down a little than to have it sit empty for so many years. We're looking forward to trying the new spot anyway :)
DJ
10:11 am on Friday, December 28, 2012
I hope it gets featured on channel 4. Those are always fun to watch. Better than that lady using 90's themed junk in her kitchen.
C. Figgins
12:23 am on Monday, May 20, 2013
Isn't it interesting that the very reason this place is a success is not even mentioned.....THE CHEF, CREATOR AND EXECUTOR OF THE MENU!!!
Oh, but I guess that won't happen now since 3 of the owners physically assaulted the Executive Chef tonight after he was told they got what they wanted from him and they had no use for him anymore. So unfortunate the lack of respect for the very person who put you on the map. It is sad people like the ones that own this place that think money is the end all be all! It's obvious that they are all shallow, unhappy wastes of flesh. So easy to read.... Good riddance Harvest Room.... Karma truly does suck!!