{"id":740258,"date":"2026-04-20T06:01:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T06:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/740258\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T06:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T06:01:12","slug":"mendocino-farms-to-open-first-location-in-chicago-suburbs-nbc-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/740258\/","title":{"rendered":"Mendocino Farms to open first location in Chicago suburbs \u2013 NBC Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A West Coast-based sandwich chain that recently opened two locations in Chicago is now expanding for the first time into the surrounding suburbs.<\/p>\n<p>Popular for its fresh sandwiches and salads, Mendocino Farms is set to open in Vernon Hills next week. <\/p>\n<p>The new location at 913 N. Milwaukee Ave. opens at 10:30 a.m. on April 21. <\/p>\n<p>Mendocino Farms <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/local\/popular-west-coast-sandwich-chain-expanding-to-chicago-with-2-locations\/3807323\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first came to the area in late August<\/a> when it opened a location in River North before opening a second restaurant inside Willis Tower in the winter. The soon-to-open Vernon Hills spot is the only other location in Illinois where you can snag their sandwiches, salads and delicious sides.<\/p>\n<p>You can get a free entree by signing up for a &#8220;My Mendo&#8221; account and selecting Chicago-Vernon Hills as your favorite location, according to the Mendocino Farms website.<\/p>\n<p>Menu items and details on the new store can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mendocinofarms.com\/locations\/Vernon-Hills\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A West Coast-based sandwich chain that recently opened two locations in Chicago is now expanding for the first&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":740259,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,5386,1818,19294],"class_list":{"0":"post-740258","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-chicago","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-illinois","11":"tag-vernon-hills"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116435517879068578","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=740258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/740259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=740258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=740258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=740258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}