RoccoVino's Italian Restaurant Opening This Week in Orland Park

RoccoVino's is opening this week in Orland Park.

By Bob Bong
Southland Savvy

RoccoVino’s Italian Restaurant is expected to open this week in the former Palermo’s location at 11255 W. 143rd St. in Orland Park.

General Manager Tony Gloria said the restaurant was going to have an invitation-only soft opening tonight and then probably open to the public on Friday.

“We should be ready by Friday,” he said.

Gloria said the Orland location is the chain’s fourth stand-alone restaurant and the first in the Southland. The chain also operates 10 satellite locations in places such as park district concession stands, but none are in the Southland.

“We open a new restaurant every couple of years and this year we stumbled across this location,” he said. “One of our owners knows the owner of this shopping center from Easter Seals and he told us this spot was coming open and here we are.”

Gloria said RoccoVino’s features upscale Italian in a casual atmosphere, and added the Orland location would offer a hybrid menu a little different from the other locations.

“We’ll have some creative pasta dishes, fresh seafood, veal and chops and all kinds of pizza, but with moderate pricing, especially for this area,” he said. “And our entire menu will be available for delivery.”

Gloria said the restaurant will be very involved in the community, as it elsewhere.

“We work with area groups on hot lunch programs and offer special discounts for schools. In fact, I’m catering the lunch for this year’s Orland Park Chamber golf outing.”

Gloria said in addition to dine-in, delivery, catering and carry-out, RoccoVino’s also has a small banquet room with seating for about 40.

Hours will be 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

For information, call 708-460-5900 or visit their website or their Facebook page.

Palos Driving School Opens

Palos Driving School opened recently at 8134 W. 111th St. in Palos Hills, across the street from Stagg High School.

The school says its instructors are all teachers who have at least 17 years of teaching driver's education. It says it caters to busy students who can't take driver's ed at school, as well as adults. The school offers free home pick-up and drop-off services for behind-the-wheel lessons.

For information, call 708-974-8003 or visit the company's website.

Bath & Body Works Moves

Bath & Body Works opens at 10 a.m. today in its new space (across the hall from its old location) at Orland Square Mall.

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