HopScotch & Vine is back in Business with New Owners

Two months after it suddenly closed, HopScotch & Vine is back with new owners, a new menu and new hours.

The goal is to create a "neighborhood place with a city feel," Vaughn said, and to come up with menu items you can't find in downtown Plainfield or elsewhere in the village.

To that end, she and husband Mike have developed a menu with their chef, Trinidad Z, featuring such specialities as stuffed burgers, five types of loaded baked potatoes and, coming soon, fondue, Vaughn said.

They have also opened a small store to sell wine and cheeses to go, she said, and they will be open for both lunch and dinner. Their hours are 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, 11:30 a.m. to midnight Thursday through Saturday, and 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday.

Vaughn acknowledges the size of the restaurant/bar, located at 24047 Lockport St., is somewhat limited, but that's also a selling point, she said.

"It's very small and intimate," she said. "We wanted more of a quaint feeling."

The centerpiece of HopScotch remains the lit-from-within bar top, which Vaughn said she likes because it's the kind of thing you'd find in Chicago or other large cities.