Small Business
-
Bill's Pizza asking Mundelein to keep neon signSep 25, 2015 1:00 am - The owners of Bill's Pizza & Pub, 624 S. Lake St., have requested a variance from Mundelein's sign ordinance so they can keep the restaurant's trademark neon sign. The v...
-
Palatine car wash to be leveled, replacedSep 25, 2015 1:00 am - A plan to tear down the 27-year-old self-service car wash at 1220 N. Rand Road replace it with a modern, automatic tunnel-style car wash was approved by the Palatine vil...
-
Martini bar seeks loan from city to open in BataviaSep 24, 2015 1:00 am - The owner of Pal Joey's restaurant wants to open a martini-and-wine bar in a former gelato shop in Batavia, with financial help from the city. John Hamel is asking for $...
-
Italian restaurant in Batavia expanding to East DundeeSep 24, 2015 1:00 am - The owner of an Italian restaurant in Batavia is planning to expand to a second location in downtown East Dundee. Aliano's Ristorante is expected to open Nov. 1 at 310 N...
-
Percussion mecca The Drum Pad to close after 30 yearsSep 23, 2015 1:00 am - About 30 years ago, Jim Streich cashed in a $2,000 life insurance policy to open The Drum Pad, a downtown Palatine store that has since served countless musicians nation...
-
Meet the people at the oldest business in PalatineSep 22, 2015 1:00 am - Hanging high up on a pegboard is a cow bell still in its dusty plastic wrap. In another room is a rack full of seemingly every vacuum cleaner bag known to man. Two obso...
-
Former Palatine KFC to become new chicken restaurantSep 22, 2015 1:00 am - A long-vacant Palatine KFC will soon serve a different style of chicken. The restaurant, at 1114 E. Dundee Road, is about to become El Rey del Pollo Asado, the third Mex...
-
Adult day care to expand in Arlington HeightsSep 22, 2015 1:00 am - An adult day care that opened in Arlington Heights last year is expanding and will more than double its space as it adds more services for the population it serves. Xili...
-
New Italian restaurant to open in Arlington HeightsSep 21, 2015 11:00 pm - A new Italian restaurant is opening in a familiar location on the north side of Arlington Heights this fall. Osteria Trulli, 1510 E. Hintz Road, received its liquor lice...
-
Green Oaks orchard owner says apples can get oldSep 20, 2015 7:00 am - Anthony DeMoon Age: 42 Hometown: Libertyville Why him: For the past decade, Anthony DeMoon has welcomed apple lovers to Heinz Apple Orchard in Green Oaks. He runs the op...