New restaurant planned at former Lake in the Hills Applebee's

LAKE IN THE HILLS A gastropub is in the works at the former Applebee's on Randall Road.

The Woods Creek Tavern is scheduled to open in the spring, said managing partner Dave Abraham.

Abraham, who lives in Hoffman Estates, said the gastropub will have higher quality food and higher quality beer along with a large selection of craft beers.

We want to create to a neighborhood environment where people can come in and relax, have some good food, good beer [in] a cool atmosphere, Abraham said.

Interior construction, along with a new kitchen, is expected to begin in a couple of weeks, Abraham said. Work also will take place on the exterior.

Abraham, who has been in the restaurant business for four years, also is a managing partner of a restaurant in Schaumburg.

He started looking at the 5,000-square-foot former Applebees during the summer of 2013, when the property went on the market.

Abraham wont disclose the amount of the investment.

He did say he wanted to locate the business on Randall Road, but he didnt make a move on the property until the decision on whether to go with a continuous flow intersection at Randall and Algonquin roads was resolved.

Ultimately, County Board members opted to go with a conventional intersection as part of a potential Randall Road widening project.

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