Name: Lake Avenue Tavern (formerly Johnny's Kitchen & Tap)
Address: 1740 Milwaukee Ave, Glenview, IL
Price range: $$

Lake Avenue Tavern (formerly Johnny's Kitchen & Tap)

Iconic/NotableGlenview (suburb) · American Community-sourced, unverified

📍 1740 Milwaukee Ave, Glenview, IL

This Glenview standby is mid-transformation, and the story is more continuity than change: Mary Venezia, who has owned the restaurant since it opened as Johnny's Kitchen & Tap in 1995, is rebranding the Milwaukee Avenue space as Lake Avenue Tavern in 2026 rather than selling or walking away -- same owner, same building, new name and sharper focus.

Johnny's served its final regular meals around Mother's Day weekend in May 2026, with the relaunch targeted for later that summer under a concept the restaurant describes as "an elevated take on all-American feel-good food." The new menu leans harder into steaks and chops, but Venezia is keeping the dishes regulars show up for -- wood-roasted chicken and baby back ribs survive the rebrand intact -- alongside craft cocktails and a dining room getting a more contemporary look, with a bar built for watching sports.

For more than 30 years this has been a genuine neighborhood fixture for happy hour and dinner, and the new name doesn't change who's behind the bar.

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