Molly’s Eatery and Drinkery, a new turn-of-the-century-style pub, restaurant and wine bar, will open for lunch at 11 a.m. Saturday.

No special events are set for the opening, although plans call for an Oktoberfest and special music nights.

Molly’s, 1022 W. Lincoln Hwy, is owned by Kay Cunningham and the Carpenter family of DeKalb, and will offer DeKalb residents American cuisine, an “upscale casual” atmosphere and numerous wines and beers.

Ten wines will be offered by the glass at the 45-foot mahogany bar, and prices will range from $1.75 to $9 a glass. One of the most expensive wines sold by the glass will be Opus I, a joint venture of Robert Mondavi wineries of Napa, California and the late Baron Philippe De Rothschild of France.

Opus I is a Cabernet Sauvignon, “a dry red, fruity wine made of the most noble red grape in the world,” said Mike Carpenter, who manages both the pub and liquor store next door with his brother, Chris.

“A lot of people would like to try a bottle of Opus I, but can’t afford $59 a bottle,” he said.

Uncorked wines are kept fresh for up to four weeks with the Cruvenit, a nitrogen-replacing wine dispenser unit.

Customers not knowledgeable of the subtleties of wine will be able to scan a digital readout describing characteristics of those offered by the glass.

The seven beers on tap will include Guinness Stout and Bass Ale. Beer the beers served in 16 ounce frosted mugs for $1 to $1.75. Carpenter plans to offer 10 different draft beers soon.

Sgt. Pepper’s kitchen will prepare an extended menu of sandwiches, gourmet burgers and cold plates for pub patrons. The dishes will be passed through a mirror frame on a cut-out common wall.

Old musical instruments, newspapers and pictures collected by Kinny Carpenter cover the walls. Subdued lighting gives a “gaslight” effect. Brass accents the mosiac tile floor and the solid oak furniture with “eagle claw and ball” pedestal legs. There is a small dance floor and a seven-foot, big-screen TV.

Because the owners own the liquor store next door, any of the 500 kinds of wine and beer sold there can be enjoyed in the bar with payment of a small corking fee.

“If there’s any special request, we’ll go next door and get it. We plan to be the most diversified pub in town, and offer the consumer just about anything he wants.”

Molly’s namesake is Molly Carpenter, a 19-year-old Elmhurst College student. Mike likes his sister’s name because it reflects the Irish pub/American eatery theme of the bar. Mike would like the bar to have the mood of a Bennigan’s or Houlihan’s.

“We want a good mixed crowd. We don’t want it to be a shot-and-a-beer kind of place,” Carpenter said. “We’re creating an atmosphere here we want people to appreciate, where they can talk and relax and enjoy themselves.”

Molly’s opens at 11 a.m. each day and closes at 1 a.m. weekdays and Sunday, and at 2 a.m. Friday and Saturday. Liquor store hours have been extended to the same schedule.

The kitchen closes at midnight.