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Nirvana Wine & Grillerie

Food + DrinkVernon Hills (suburb) · Wine Bar / American-Mediterranean Community-sourced, unverified
📍 700 Hawthorn Row, Suite 100, Vernon Hills, IL 60061

Nirvana Wine & Grillerie has been a steady Vernon Hills presence for long enough that a Daily Herald review of its opening is now nearly two decades old, which says something about staying power in a suburb where strip-mall restaurants turn over fast.

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Award-winning artisan cheese and charcuterie boards paired with small-batch wines sourced directly from family vineyards — a nearly two-decade Vernon Hills fixture.

The pitch is cheese and charcuterie done properly — award-winning artisan boards, not a pre-packaged platter — paired with small-batch wines the restaurant specifically sources from family vineyards and sustainably-run farms and fisheries. The American-Mediterranean menu backs that up without trying to be everything to everyone, landing in the $31-50 range that signals a place meant for a real sit-down meal rather than a quick bite.

For a wine-and-cheese-focused spot, it's kept itself relevant in the same retail complex for a remarkably long run.

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Hours

Mon-Thu11AM-10PM
Fri11AM-11PM
Sat12PM-11PM
Sun12PM-10PM
📅 Reservations 🥡 Takeout unconfirmed 📞 (847) 918-7828

Amenities & accessibility

📅Reservations accepted
❔Takeout: unverified
❔Wheelchair access: unverified

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