Yesterday's Says Goodbye to the Past: Welcoming the Next Generation of Schramm | Pekin Restaurant Week 2023
Yesterday's Says Goodbye to the Past:
Welcoming the Next Generation of Schramm
Chef JoElle has returned to her hometown to take up the torch of
family business. With a bachelor’s degree in restaurant management and culinary
arts, she had pursued upscale dining scenes of the Windy City for several
years, returning to help family as the world faced the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I returned when the world shut down,” says Chef JoElle, now owner
of Yesterday’s Bar and Grille. “Being close to help my family was just the
right decision.”
Chef JoElle’s innovative restaurant management mindset helped to keep
revenue incoming, pivoting the business to offer oven ready meals of everything
from whole chickens to gourmet mac and cheese! And, since taking ownership of YBG
in January 2021 she has transformed the little hometown bar into a progressive
dining establishment.
Followers of her social media will see her “taste of international
flavor” five-course dining events, filling a little represented niche of fine
dining in Pekin. The special dining events have become a regularly sold-out experience,
offering French cuisine, a taste of the Mediterranean, Greek fare and more.
“It started as just a creative outlet for me. I missed the
challenge of the more elaborate dinners I was used to preparing in Chicago,”
says Chef JoElle.
YBG also offers a vast line up of specialty cocktails, including the
current house favorites: tipsy cocoa and whiskey sour made with in-house whipped
merengue and brandied cherry. This week offers an incredible dining experience with
Pekin Restaurant Week pre-fixe special menus featuring grilled salmon, bucatini,
butternut squash risotto and more!
Chef JoElle invites the Pekin area to see the on-going interior renovations as Yesterday’s says goodbye to the past; replacing aged carpentry, opening the dining floor to a more open floor plan, as well as transforming lighting and removing the ironically awkward brass bar railing. More interior updates will be seen throughout the year as YBG prepares to celebrate 30 years in 2024!
Yesterday’s Bar & Grill is open for the following hours
weekly, with Pekin Restaurant Week pre-fixe specials running through Friday:
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Sunday |
Closed |
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Monday |
11 AM–2 PM,
4:30–9 PM |
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Tuesday |
11 AM–2 PM, 4:30–9 PM |
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Wednesday |
11 AM–2 PM,
4:30–9 PM |
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Thursday |
11 AM–2 PM,
4:30–9 PM |
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Friday |
11 AM–2 PM,
4:30–10 PM |
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Saturday |
4:30–10 PM |
About Pekin Restaurant Week: Pekin Restaurant Week is a 5-day celebration of the Pekin Area's culinary scene, hosted by the Pekin Area Chamber of Commerce. For more information about the promotion and Grand Prize Giveaway, visit: www.pekinchamber.com/pekin-restaurant-week
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