Maple Tree Inn
Cajun restaurant · Homewood ·
Cajun-Creole fare, craft beers, cocktails & live music
Cajun-Creole fare, craft beers, cocktails & live music
"Beloved Cajun-Creole restaurant Maple Tree Inn reopened in 2019 in Homewood after a fire destroyed its original location in Blue Island, where it had been serving Big Easy-style meals since 1980. (Previously, it had been a modern American restaurant until its owner had a hangover-fueled epiphany one New Year’s Day.) All the classics are here — barbecue shrimp, gumbo, jambalaya — plus some originals, like voodoo nuts, garlic cloves covered in andouille sausage and then smoked." - Naomi Waxman
"I reported that Maple Tree Inn reopened at a temporary location (13000 S. Western Avenue in Blue Island) after an early-morning fire three months earlier, with the same staff serving the same menu of Cajun classics while ownership says the new spot is temporary and the original’s reopening date remains unknown." - Eater Staff
"I noted the essential suburban and Cajun restaurant reopens in Homewood after an early-morning fire damaged its original Blue Island location beyond repair; ownership will hold a ribbon cutting with the Homewood mayor." - Naomi Waxman
"A renowned Cajun restaurant relocating to suburban Homewood after a fire forced the four-decade-old original to close in August 2018; after an 18-month search owners secured a new space and promise classic Louisiana dishes such as etouffee, jambalaya, and smoked Andouille sausage, with the reopening slated by the end of January." - Naomi Waxman
"After a fire in August 2018 in which no one was hurt, the long-running Cajun restaurant that originally opened in Beverly in 1975 is relocating to a new Homewood space inside the former Cottage on Dixie. Widely regarded as one of the Chicago area’s best Cajun spots, the owners plan to reopen the latest iteration on New Year’s Day." - Ashok Selvam