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With over 60 years of combined experience, we know how to satisfy just about every palette out there. We take pride in being a truly family owned business. We cook with passion and we absolutely love what we do. A satisfied customer is one that leaves with a smile on their face and delectable food in their stomach. Dine with us, order take out, or serve dozens of customers from the comfort of your own home or event space.

The Village Gourmet is a family operated Cafe & Catering facility located in the heart of downtown Clarendon Hills, Illinois.

The new owners since September 2008, Wendy & Michael Howe, are both professionally trained chefs, with over 60 years combined experience. Their kids, Mike and Kelly, are both trained chefs who are now working at the cafe as well. A truly family owned and operated business.

What We Do

Daily, we prepare freshly made, market inspired soups, salads, and artisan sandwiches (featuring Boar's Head Brand Premium Meats & Cheeses with fresh-baked breads from Highland Baking Company). In addition, freshly prepared home-style entrees & side dishes (both fresh & frozen), gourmet hors d'oeuvres & appetizers, as well as house-brined all-natural Amish rotisserie chickens. There is also a selection of Gluten Free items for your enjoyment! Wendy and Kelly bake from-scratch cookies, muffins, peanut butter bars (to DIE for), as well as other sweets & treats.

We also provide a full-service catering menu which is updated frequently for all your event needs from small intimate gatherings to large business or social functions. What is unique about our catering operation is that we can truly customize the menu around your needs. We have experience in creating special menus for many types of special events. We can either prepare the items fully cooked, hot & ready for pick-up or delivery, ready to serve, or we can prepare the items for you bake at home. We actually encourage our customers to supply their own platters or baking dishes for us to put the items into for holiday catering so they can cook and serve in their own dishes. This has been a major success.