navigation search cooper s hawk winery & restaurants is a small orland park illinois based chain that features a winery full service restaurant tasting room and retail store at each location . there are currently when 20 establishments nationwide found in florida illinois indiana missouri ohio wisconsin and virginia . 1 2 the company opened its first restaurant location in orland park illinois in 2005 . 3 4 contents 1 history 2 restaurant and winery 3 awards 4 references 5 external links history edit founders tim and dana mcenery opened their first cooper s hawk in 2005 in orland park illinois three years after tim mcenery then working in restaurant management noticed that very few wineries had an on site restaurant . it became illinois first establishment with a winery and restaurant under the same roof . 5 since the first opening in orland park 14 other locations have opened across the midwest and florida . with five planned openings in 2015 cooper s hawk will have a total of 20 locations eight of which are in illinois . 6 by 2014 the company was projected to earn 121 million in revenue . 7 restaurant and winery edit the cooper s hawk central wine production facility is located in countryside illinois . 8 each restaurant stores and displays barrels of cooper s hawk wine where they undergo the aging process from a few months up to 18 months . cooper s hawk makes almost 60 different wines and sells only its own wines in its restaurants . the top selling wine is an unusual sparkling almond wine with p owerful aromas of almond cookie maraschino cherry and nutmeg . 7 in january 2009 and 2013 cooper s hawk was selected to pour its wines at the illinois inaugural gala in washington d.c. 9 awards edit cooper s hawk has earned a number of awards from various local national and international wine competitions including two double gold recognitions for its italian barbera wine ; the grand star award for the gew rtztraminer ; and the title of best u.s. fruit wine from a national wine competition in recognition of its apricot and rhubarb wines . the company was also named breakout brand 2013 and hot concept 2010 winner by nation s restaurant news . 10 11 in january 2009 and 2013 cooper s hawk was selected to pour its wines at the illinois inaugural gala in washington d.c. 9 cooper s hawk is listed as one of the best restaurants in chicago in the book food lovers guide to chicago the best restaurants markets & local culinary offerings . 12 references edit parr jan. cooper s hawk coming to oak lawn . chicago business & financial news & analysis . crain communications inc. 14 mar. 2014 . cooper rebecca . cooper s hawk winery comes to ashburn and other new restaurant news washington business journal . american city business journals 17 jun. 2014 . yoshitsugu sachiko . fast fifty no. 9 cooper s hawk winery & restaurants . crain s chicago business 04 june 2012 . davis andrea muirragui december 11 2010 . dining drinks or not cooper s hawk winery shines . indianapolis business journal . reiley laura . cooper s hawk winery and restaurants opens it first florida location . tampa bay times times publishing company april 16 2013 . yoshitsugu sachiko . fast fifty no. 9 cooper s hawk winery & restaurants . crain communications inc. 04 june 2012 . a b lettie teague tim mcenery the daredevil behind cooper s hawk winery & restaurants the wall street journal december 12 2014 . pankey deborah . cooper s hawk soars with creative cuisine house made wines . daily herald . paddock publications inc. 12 june 2012 . web . a b brashares kristin . cooper s hawk winery & restaurant opening december in town & country . feast inspired food culture . feast magazine 20 nov. 2013 . web . swanson lorraine . oak lawn signs cooper s hawk at stony creek promenade . oak lawn patch patch media . march 12 2014 . lang alexia . wine and dine at cooper s hawk winery . the vignette kansas city online newspaper . january 12 2013 . olivera jennifer december 3 2013 . food lovers guide to chicago the best restaurants markets & local culinary offerings . globe pequot . isbn 0762792027 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cooper % 27s hawk winery % 26 restaurants & oldid 741998813 categories 2005 establishments in illinoiscompanies based in cook county illinoisamerican companies established in 2005orland park illinoisrestaurant chains in the united statesrestaurants established in 2005restaurants in illinoiswineries in illinoisfood and drink companies established in 2005hidden categories vague or ambiguous time from december 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 october 2016 at 01 19 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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