Beloved Mag Mile restaurant The Purple Pig is bringing cheese, swine and wine to the west suburbs this winter with the debut of its second location in Oak Brook. The first expansion since its 2009 debut, the Mediterranean eatery is taking over the former Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams furniture showroom at the upscale Oakbrook Center.
Diners can expect the same full-service dining experience, plus a grab-and-go market with coffee, pastries, pizza slices, gelato and imported private-label items. The 300-seat space spans 11,000 square feet and offers indoor and outdoor dining, as well as private dining areas.
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Purple Pig 2.0 is a venture between longtime business partners James Beard Award-winning chef/partner Tony Mantuano and his wife, Cathy, and father-daughter duo Thomas Shubalis and Marianna Shubalis Bannos. Over the past 15 years, the group has built the Michigan Avenue hotspot into an international culinary destination, which has been a Michelin Bib Gourmand restaurant since 2011.
Executive chef Efrain Medrano’s Oak Brook menu will be similar to the downtown bill of fare, with seasonally rotating plates like bone marrow and pig ears, plus fish, cheese and cured-in-house charcuterie. A curated wine program with glasses and bottles of various price ranges, and housemade gelato and other sweets, rounds out the menu.
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Slated for an early 2026 opening, The Purple Pig is the latest addition to Oak Brook’s crowded dining scene, which includes Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse, RH Rooftop Restaurant, Roka Akor and more, all just a few minutes away. But with Mantuano’s accolades (he was awarded Best Chef Midwest by The James Beard Foundation in 2005 and was honored by President Barack Obama for his culinary contributions to diplomacy) and the downtown location’s immense success, The Purple Pig has a shot at becoming one of the ritzy suburb’s preferred dining destinations.
The Oak Brook restaurant was initially scheduled to open before the end of the year, but due to construction delays, it’s slated to open early next year. The Purple Pig’s team says that the process of transforming a furniture showroom into a restaurant was extensive, hence the delayed opening date. Until then, you can find the most recent updates on the Purple Pig Instagram page, where the team offers a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the construction and design process.