New restaurant to get $400,000 in cash and tax rebates from Mundelein

A Mundelein restaurateur will get $400,000 from the village for his latest venture.

The village board on Monday formally approved the financial incentive package for Jack Bowes and the future Smoke House Bar & Grill, 506 N. Seymour Ave. The money will come as a $200,000 payment and as tax rebates.

The board tentatively approved the package in February so needed renovations could begin, officials said at the time. That work is underway.

The Seymour Avenue building was home to Abernathy’s Department Store for decades until it closed in 2007. Corner Health Foods now operates in part of the building, at 502 N. Seymour Ave.

Bowes and his family own Emil’s Sports Bar & Pizzeria, 604 N. Lake St., and the Crossroads of Ivanhoe restaurant, 20915 Park Ave., as well as restaurants outside Mundelein.

The new restaurant’s opening is anticipated around the end of the year, officials said.