Dario's

The story

Dario's, a sandwich and salad spot, opened in May 2013 in the former Uptown Cafe space at the corner of Wilson and Brockway. The building it occupies began as Morgan Johnson's 1855 store, became the Kuebler and then Hunnerberg Hotel, and wears a Palatine Historical Society plaque reading "Dario's was Hunnerberg Hotel."

Everything that was here

• 2013–present · still open

  Dario'sRestaurant

  Lunch in Palatine's oldest commercial building: Dario's opened Memorial Day weekend 2013 in the 1855 Morgan Johnson store lot.

  See the map in 2014 →
• 2006–2013

  Uptown CafeRestaurant

  The Uptown Cafe took over the corner in 2006 and held it until Dario's arrived in 2013.

  See the map in 2007 →
• 1999–2005

  Whistle Stop CafeRestaurant

  The 1999 remodel put a cafe in the corner of the triangle where the railroad hotel's tavern once stood.

  See the map in 2000 →
• 1941–1998

  Shops and offices (Sanford era)Retail Store

  For half a century the old hotel was whatever downtown needed: an ice cream parlor, a doctor's office, a restaurant, a collectibles shop.

  See the map in 1942 →
• 1879–1921

  Hunnerberg HotelHotel

  A railroad hotel that advertised dinner to passengers stepping off the noon train from Chicago.

  See the map in 1880 →
• 1867–1879

  Kuebler Hotel and TavernHotel

  Michael Kuebler paid $1,200 for Morgan Johnson's store in 1867 and turned it into a hotel and tavern.

  See the map in 1868 →
• 1855–1867

  Morgan Johnson's StoreGeneral Store

  The first store in the village of Palatine, built the same year the town was platted.

  See the map in 1856 →

Nearby history