You and your friends will enjoy a gourmet dinner prepared by Dave Marino, head chef for The Summit of Uptown in a genuine Park Ridge "Sears" house.

Sample menu from the Chef at Applauze Catering, Park Ridge, IL might include such delicacies as Roasted Vegetable & Mesclun Salad; Cranberry Stuffed Chicken in Mornay Sauce; Honey Glazed Carrots with Orange Zest Butter; Saffron Risotto; Vegetable Bread & Butter; Apple Dumpling with Caramel Sauce! (menu items are subject to change depending on seasonality/availability of ingredients).

"From 1908–1940, Sears, Roebuck and Co. sold about 70,000 - 75,000 homes through their mail-order Modern Homes program . . . Customers could choose a house to suit their individual tastes and budgets.

Sears was not an innovative home designer. Sears was instead a very able follower of popular home designs but with the added advantage of modifying houses and hardware according to buyer tastes. Individuals could even design their own homes and submit the blueprints to Sears, which would then ship off the appropriate precut and fitted materials, putting the home owner in full creative control."  source http://www.searsarchives.com/homes/