Restaurant & Hospitality

42 Main

42 Main is a new two-story restaurant with a basement and roof terrace, designed by The Jenkins Group for 42 Main Street, LLC on a 3,726-square-foot lot at 42 Main Street in Park Ridge, Illinois. The building is about 10,600 gross square feet of steel-framed, load-bearing concrete masonry construction, fully sprinklered, with an A-2 assembly occupancy for dining and bars. The first floor holds a reception area, bar, two dining rooms and the kitchen. The second floor adds another bar and dining room with access to a roof deck, and the basement holds mechanical, storage and utility rooms. An elevator and two stairs connect the levels. The exterior combines modular face brick, a stone base and cap, fiber cement lap siding and black standing-seam metal roof panels.

The Jenkins Group is architect of record and coordinated the civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire alarm drawings. The design began with a 2021 code study comparing construction types for a tight lot beside an existing building, which led to non-combustible Type IIB construction, full sprinklers and exit-access stairs. The firm presented the exterior to the Park Ridge Appearance Commission in 2024, issued permit drawings in October 2024, answered Village comments in January 2025 and issued construction drawings in August 2025. Wolf Point Builders is the general contractor, and the firm has reviewed submittals and requests for information during construction, including the air and moisture barrier, roof details and mechanical curbs. The building is designed for an occupant load of 263.

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