Popular Tinley Park tavern Teehan's set to open for village Irish Parade
The 'new' Teehan's underway at the former site of the popular Irish tavern in downtown Tinley Park will be ready in time for the village's Irish Parade next month, according to the village.
Teehan's, at the northeast corner of Oak Park Avenue and North Street, is part of the village's larger Harmony Square project that will include an outdoor music venue, north of the Oak Park Avenue Metra station.
Located for decades in a building put up long before Tinley Park was founded, Teehan's was demolished last March to make way for a near-replica on the same site.
The plan is to have the new Teehan's open before the March 9 parade, said Village Manager Pat Carr. What day that will be is still up in the air at this point, he said.
The village said interior work is underway, including millwork and floor tile, and bathrooms are complete and waiting on finished plumbing fixtures. An elevator is expected to be completed by the end of this month.
'It is coming along great,' Carr said.
Teehan's has been a popular spot for the village's annual Irish Parade, and longtime patrons and fans had bid farewell to the original Teehan's early last March, during Tinley Park's 24th annual installment of the parade.
It was also the last day of business for Teehan's, which was razed later in the month.
The 25th annual parade steps off at 1 p.m. on March 9 from Central Middle School, 18146 Oak Park Ave., and heads north on Oak Park into the downtown business district.
Tinley Park paid $200,000 for the Teehan's property, including the intellectual and other property, which includes the names Teehan's and Teehan's Irish Bar as well as the phone numbers, email address and website.
Regis Teehan operated the bar for 34 years before retiring in September 2023, and it was in her family since 1917.
Tom McAuliffe, owner of Durbin's Pizza restaurants in the southwest suburbs, operated Teehan's after her retirement. He will also operate the rechristened Teehan's under an agreement with the village, as well as a separate Durbin's Pizza in the building, which will have a second-floor banquet/event space.
Teehan's will occupy about 2,200 square feet of the building and Durbin's Pizza will be about 10,200 square feet, according to the licensing agreements.
McAuliffe operated a Durbin's for 16 years at 17265 S. Oak Park Ave., just to the north of Teehan's.
The first business on the site was built in 1852 and called the Pacific Hotel, reflecting the owner's hope the nearby railroad line would ultimately extend to the Pacific Ocean, according to a May 2003 Chicago Tribune article. It later became the Tinley Park Hotel.
Under agreements with the village, McAuliffe will pay just under $15,300 in rent each month for the restaurant space and about $3,400 per month for the Teehan's space.
Those fees would initially remain flat, then increase 2% each year starting in the fourth year of the agreements.
Both businesses would operate from 11 a.m. until 2 a.m. seven days a week, according to the agreements.
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