Where it is and when it opens NBC Chicago [Video]

Wayfair, once an online-only furniture store will soon opens its first-ever physical location in the Chicago suburb of Wilmette.

The highly anticipated 150,000 square-foot store, at 3232 Lake Avenue in Eden’s Plaza, will celebrate its grand opening at 10 a.m. Thursday with “exclusive deals and family-friendly activities” throughout the weekend, a release said. Following the grand opening, the store hours will be 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, the release added.

The store also features an on-site restuarant called “The Porch,” with all-day breakfast along with snacks, salads, sandwiches, coffee and beer and wine, officials said, where customers can “sip and shop.”

The store contains more than 80,000 pieces of inventory — from couches and cribs, to wallpaper, flooring, backsplash, showers, sinks and refrigerators — plus a home improvement section, test kitchen and fully-loaded design center line the newly renovated walls.

“We wanted customers to see that we have things …