This Bellwood Restaurant Could Be the Best Place to Watch the Super Bowl in the West Suburbs 

A cavernous dining room, a wall-sized screen worthy of a sports bar in Las Vegas, and a soundtrack of live music on Sundays have helped turn a once-quiet corner of Bellwood into a new gathering spot for food, football, and fellowship. 

Elements Restaurant, 466 25th Ave. in Bellwood, opened on Labor Day weekend last year in the same space long occupied by Donnie’s Place, the bar and restaurant owned by Grammy-nominated gospel singer Dante Hall, who died in a car crash in 2024. Months later, the room has a new look, a new menu, and a clear ambition to be a destination.

That ambition will be on full display when Elements hosts a Super Bowl watch party on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 8, offering what may be the most cinematic game-day setup in the west suburbs. 

A massive wall screen anchors the room, supplemented by flat-screen TVs hovering above a sleek bar, another set near a faux fireplace, and sightlines that make it hard to miss a single replay. 

The space itself is expansive but inviting, with wraparound seating areas that feel intimate rather than cavernous, plush blue chairs lining a long marble-patterned bar, and a stage at the front of the room that comes alive on Sundays with live entertainment.

That mix of sports bar energy and supper-club polish carries over to the menu, which leans upscale without abandoning comfort food.

Starters include a lobster martini — chilled lobster layered with crisp vegetables and a citrus-herb vinaigrette — along with pan-seared Maryland crab cakes, jumbo shrimp cocktail, and lightly breaded fried calamari. For game-day traditionalists, six-piece party wings come plain, Buffalo or smoky BBQ.

Sandwiches range from the Remy Roll, a crispy catfish fillet dressed with remoulade on a toasted French roll, to the Elemental, which swaps catfish for shrimp. Salads include a fully loaded Cobb and a classic Caesar, while heartier options stretch into Cajun rigatoni tossed with andouille sausage, blackened chicken, and shrimp.

From the grill, the menu runs confidently upscale: filet mignon, ribeye, lamb chops, surf-and-turf combinations, and a lobster tail boil finished in Cajun butter. Sides include loaded mac and cheese, asparagus, mashed potatoes, and dirty rice, while desserts like red velvet cake and bread pudding round out the experience.

For west suburban fans weighing their Super Bowl options, that combination may prove hard to beat. 

More information, including hours and menus, is available at elements466.com.