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Italian Restaurant

Rosemary & Jeans Public House

About

Rosemary & Jeans Public House is an Italian restaurant in a white 1920s Colonial house at 116 S Main St in downtown Lombard. Chef-owner Javier Avila cooks scratch-made pastas, flatbreads, salads and entrees from family recipes, including a Northern Italian meat sauce over linguine, chicken and sausage cacciatore over polenta, and Tuscan braised cod. The house has three first-floor dining rooms, a pub room with a full bar and wine list, upstairs event space, a deck and a patio garden.

What to know

  • Founders Tracy and Matt Nelson opened the restaurant on December 1, 2019, and sold the business to Avila in November 2023.
  • The Lombard Historical Society calls the building the Alice Gray House.
  • Reservations are accepted, and walk-ins are welcome.
  • Upstairs rooms host private parties of up to 40 guests.
  • A parking lot and bike racks are on site, and the Metra station and Lilacia Park are steps away.

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