Rosemary Cafe Opening Only Days Away At Old Sonny's Delite

JOLIET, IL — Four months after the owners of Hamburgerseria and CUT 158 Chophouse revealed their purchase of the vacant Sonny's Delite on Essington Road, building renovations are done, and Rosemary Cafe is ready to open next Monday, Dec. 21.

Rosemary Cafe, 1730 Essington Road, will be open 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Sunday, according to Joliet restaurant owner Bill Dimitroulas.

He said the Rosemary Cafe will be a breakfast and lunch restaurant unlike any other in Joliet because so much of the food is international cuisine.

Starting Monday, customers can dine inside or order carryout, he said. The breakfast menu includes numerous menu options.

"This is the third restaurant in our family, and it's coming alive on Monday," Dimitroulas told Patch.

There is a lot of different food on the Rosemary Cafe menu.

Highlights on the menu include an Italian breakfast featuring 9 grain bread, roasted cherry tomatoes, basil, goat cheese and capicola topped with two poached eggs.

The French breakfast includes an open face croissant, ham and brie cheese topped with two eggs any style. The Portuguese breakfast offers Chorizo, eggs, spinach and Peri Peri sauce on ciabatta bread.

And there's a Spanish breakfast, an English breakfast, a Norwegian breakfast, a traditional breakfast and an Avocado breakfast, plus omelets, steak and eggs and much more.

"Our No. 1 priority is the quality of the food and the quality of the service," Dimitroulas told Patch during Tuesday afternoon's interview inside Rosemary Cafe. "We try to bring into Joliet flavors and dishes totally new and tasty."

In addition, Rosemary Cafe offers a healthy choice menu including hummus toast, yogurt parfait and traditional Greek yogurt. The Benedict menu options include Steak Benedict and Lox Benedict. There's waffle sandwiches and a waffle with fried chicken.

There is an entire menu page devoted to all kinds of crepes including Cuban crepes, meat lover crepes, smoked salmon crepes and savory chicken crepes. The sweet crepes are available in 10 different flavors including strawberry, banana, berry, Nutella and salted caramel cheesecake crepes.

Rosemary Cafe's lunch menu offers five different salads. Their lunch sandwiches include cheeseburgers, steak sliders and Italian pulled chicken.

Rosemary Cafe will feature Lavazza brand coffees, mocktails and lots of teas.

To learn more about the menu, visit the Rosemary Cafe website here.

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