Elmhurst Restaurant Eyed By Tax Agency: Cops

ELMHURST, IL – Police officers were seen at 100 South Chop House and Grill on Thursday.

"The business was visited by the Illinois Department of Revenue yesterday," city spokeswoman Kassondra Schref said in an email to Patch on Friday.

She said she got the information from the Elmhurst Police Department. She referred further questions to the state agency.

The department's spokeswoman, Maura Kownacki, declined to comment.

"The Bureau of Criminal Investigations conducts investigations of potential violations of the Illinois tax laws and related offenses and, if warranted, refers the matter for criminal prosecution," she said in an email. "The Illinois Department of Revenue cannot comment on the status of ongoing investigations, however, or even acknowledge their existence due to confidentiality provisions in the tax laws."

The restaurant, which is at 100 S. York St., was open Friday.

Its owner did not return a call for comment left on Friday morning.