Bentornato! (Welcome Back) Rosebud

More than seven months after a fire destroyed its original location in downtown Naperville, Rosebud Restaurant re-opened on Friday, just a few blocks down from its orginial location.

While the location has changed, it's now at 22 E. Chicago Ave., the name remains the same:

“We love the location of our new restaurant and our owner definitely wanted to stay in Naperville,” said Jay DeMarco, general manager of the restaurant.  “We have built a great relationship with the city and residents and plan on continuing it for years to come.”

The menu is very similar to the old location, but with some new additions, including pizza cooked in the restaurant’s new stone fire oven, he said.

Pizzas remains on the menu, including standards like cheese, pepperoni and meatballs, as well as new creations like Valtellina, a pizza including arugala, prosciutto and truffle oil, and Burrata, featuring Burrata cheese, roasted re peppers and basil. Nearly 30 entrees and pastas fill the menu ranging from chicken Vesuvio to gnocchi Bolognese, skirt steak Velasco to zuppa di pesce.

“We like to call our menu the Rosebud greatest hits,” DeMarco said. “It is a compilation of all the best entrees from the 34 years of Rosebud. The atmosphere is what I like to call a modernized Rosebud with old school flair. We are definitely both family-friendly and elegantly casual.”

The corporate chef for Rosebud Italian Specialties and Pizzeria is Brian Wright , who has been with Rosebud for many years. The Executive Chef is Ranferi (Ron) Flores, the chef from the previous location.

“We are so excited about our new location and to be back in Naperville,” concludes DeMarco. “Alex Dana has built a beautiful restaurant, and as always we put our hearts in our food and service and I personally feel that we are back and better then ever.”

Rosebud Italian Specialties and Pizzeria is open seven days a week from 11 a.m. - 11 p.m. On Valentine's Day it will be offering its full menu along with chef selected specials.