Article: Grill brings outdoors in

Although the chef doesn't wear a "Kiss the Cook" apron, the food at a new restaurant in Wheeling is cooked on Weber grills.

The 136-seat Weber Grill, at 920 N. Milwaukee in the northwest suburb, is owned by the company started by George Stephen, who invented the popular cooking kettle in 1951. The restaurant opened Jan. 30.

Miniature Webers serve as ashtrays, the globe-shaped grill is depicted in stained-glass windows, and after-dinner Irish coffees are prepared tableside on modified Webers.

On a patio behind the restaurant, a dozen suburban husbands wearing aprons with silly sayings on them flip hamburger patties as they sip beer and talk baseball. Just kidding.

Actually, the ...

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