Bob's Discount Furniture opens next week in Burbank, Orland Park

Bob's Discount Furniture will open next week in Burbank and Orland Park. (Photo by Bob Bong)

By Bob Bong
Southland Savvy

Bob's Discount Furniture, an East Coast-based furniture chain, announced it will open the first five of eight planned Chicago-area stores next week including locations in Orland Park and Burbank.

The Orland Park store will open with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 9:45 a.m. Feb. 11 at 15830 S. LaGrange Road in the Lake View Plaza. The Burbank store will open at the same time at 7760 S. Cicero Ave. 

Other stores will open the same day in Skokie, Villa Park and Aurora. Three additional stores will open later this year. The locations were not disclosed.

In preparation for its Chicago expansion, Bob's leased a distribution center last year in Shorewood.

As part of the opening ceremonies, Bob's chose Burbank School as one of their recipients of a $2,500 donation as a random act of kindness.

The company is known for its commercials featuring co-founder Bob Kaufman in person or as a claymation character.

The company was founded in 1991. There are now 64 Bob's showrooms in 11 states, not counting Illinois.