Business Openings
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El Molino restaurant in Carpentersville reopens with new look, new owners who also run Elgin taqueria
Dec 29, 2025 8:58 am - El Molino Mexican Restaurant in Carpentersville — a staple in the village for 40 years — has been purchased by a family that runs an Elgin taqueria and recently reopened with a new look.
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New Algonquin Scooter’s Coffee to hold grand opening celebration Jan. 2.Dec 25, 2025 8:48 am - The recently opened Scooter’s Coffee in Algonquin will hold a grand opening celebration Jan. 2, with the first 100 customers winning free drinks for a week through the Scooter’s Coffee mobile app.
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After HoursDec 22, 2025 2:05 pm - Send photos of business events to afterhours@dailyherald.com.
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Family tradition continues at revamped Island Lake grocery storeDec 16, 2025 8:13 pm - The revamped and updated version of Island Lake's only grocery is readying for an encore.
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New restaurant headed to Wheeling space with checkered pastDec 16, 2025 10:40 am - A new restaurant is coming to commercial space in Wheeling where a fatal shooting occurred a little more than a year ago.
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‘A destination restaurant’: New Indian eatery proposed for former Tuscany site in WheelingDec 15, 2025 8:18 pm - A Chicago-area restaurateur plans to open his latest culinary offering in a long-vacant space on Wheeling’s Restaurant Row.
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‘A lot of buzz’: Lake Zurich now the site of Salvation Army’s seventh area thrift storeDec 08, 2025 6:22 pm - The newest store in Lake Zurich won't open until Friday morning, but that hasn't stopped would-be patrons from knocking on the door in hopes of getting a sneak peek.
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‘Global home furnishings retailer’ to fill last of three spaces at former Sears Grand at Gurnee MillsDec 06, 2025 1:56 pm - The last of three available spaces at the former Sears Grand store in Gurnee Mills will be built out for a “global home furnishings retailer” hinted as being Ikea’s new smaller store format.
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Fire + Wine to open in St. Charles in January
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The Kate at 318, Bread & Vine now open in Geneva