It looks like the end for Fox City Grill in Batavia

The thin-crust pizza at Fire Barn Pizza was pretty good in its day, and the location at 35 N. Water Street in Batavia has continued to put out a decent pie - regardless of the restaurant's name.

It's most recently been Fox City Grill, but that has come to a halt. Owner Cynthia Blomquist planned to shut it down Tuesday, citing the economy, the recent bridge construction work and the state smoking ban as main obstacles.

It probably won't be long before another restaurant takes a stab at what really is a decent location near the city's Depot Pond and Riverwalk.

In the meantime, Batavians and other locals seem to be piling into the new Honey-Jam Café, which opened a couple of weeks ago in the former Bennigan's location on Randall Road. The parking lot at Honey-Jam has been jammed, indeed.

Diners may be gun-shy about restaurant news in Batavia, with the Golden Corral site sitting unfinished and Fuddrucker's ultimately deciding not to come here, but there is news that a new chain called Smashburger will move into the strip center at Fabyan Parkway and Randall Road in the empty 3 Day Blinds location this fall. The chain is planning five sites throughout the suburbs in the next year.

The name game: You have to know the difference between First Avenue and First Street in St. Charles - especially if you deliver stuff.

City officials know that if you don't live here, it's tough to not get those two mixed up, even though the numbering system at each intersection has helped a little.

A far better idea is taking hold in October, resulting from a city council vote a year ago and after giving everyone along First Avenue plenty of time to change addresses, business letterheads, etc.

First Avenue officially becomes Riverside Avenue and this is good news for First Street businesses that are part of that redevelopment. And yes, the postal service will still deliver mail with First Avenue addresses for the next year.

For a parking spot: The traffic was heavy getting into West Side Community Park in St. Charles for the Tri-City Chargers' recent Pigskin Classic and tribute to local Marines, Phil Akins and Nick Milbourn.

Coaches and players directing people to parking spots apparently were supposed to check with anyone who was alone in a car or who looked older because spots close to the field were reserved for the elderly and workers.

I drove by the kids with no questions asked, but a coach stopped me and I explained I was covering the event for the Herald - and he directed me to a great parking spot.

As I pulled away, the coach asked one of the players why he did not stop me, and I could hear the youngster say he didn't think I looked that old. Nice kid.

But the coach said, "Come on, he looks like a grandpa."

I wanted to go into a Grandpa Abe Simpson nonsensical rant about disrespectful young people, but the guy was giving me a prime parking spot. So it was fine by me.