The bar area of The Saddle Room, a new off-track betting parlor and restaurant at 2559 Pratum Ave. in Hoffman Estates that opens Friday.

George LeClaire | Staff Photographer

The Saddle Room, a new off-track betting parlor and restaurant at 2559 Pratum Ave. in Hoffman Estates, opens Friday.

George LeClaire | Staff Photographer

The Saddle Room co-owner Parker Grabowski, right, and server/bartender Porfirio Salamanca prepare the bar area of the new off-track betting restaurant for its opening Friday at 2559 Pratum Ave. in Hoffman Estates.

George LeClaire | Staff Photographer

Executive chef and co-owner Kristopher Gillis talks about the opening of his new restaurant, The Saddle Room, in Hoffman Estates.

George LeClaire | Staff Photographer

Horse racing memorabilia hangs on the walls throughout the dining and bar area at The Saddle Room, a new off-track betting parlor and restaurant at 2559 Pratum Ave. in Hoffman Estates. The restaurant opens Friday.

George LeClaire | Staff Photographer

Adam Urbanik, a worker from The Turf Room restaurant in North Aurora — which is also owned by the owners of The Saddle Room — hammers a plastic disk to the bottom of chair at the new off-track betting parlor and restaurant at 2559 Pratum Ave. in Hoffman Estates. The Saddle Room opens on Friday.

George LeClaire | Staff Photographer