Small Business
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Bonjour, spring: Wheaton French Market returns with pastries, coffee and Joni Mitchell musicApr 25, 2024 6:00 am - Wheaton’s French market is in full swing. Here are the sights and sounds of market season.
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Mount Prospect woodworking firm expanding at Kensington Business CenterApr 24, 2024 10:13 am - A 73-year-old woodworking firm with roots in downtown Mount Prospect will be one of the new tenants of a vacant 112,000-square-foot industrial building in the village’s K...
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‘We flipped the whole script’: 15 Lakes builds on popular food truck, butcher shop with new steakhouseApr 24, 2024 9:58 am - By design, there are no TVs at 15 Lakes Prime Steakhouse, opening Friday in downtown Antioch. But a butcher’s bread and butter edible candle is another matter. “We’re supplying quality. That’s what we’re focusing on,” Executive Chef Duane Boslet said.
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Libertyville’s downtown preservation/promotion group celebrates 35 yearsApr 23, 2024 2:31 pm - Visitors to downtown Libertyville have become accustomed to the variety of events offered throughout the seasons but may not be aware of the organization that hosts many ...
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Taco restaurant to open in Wheaton, from the family behind a toda madreApr 23, 2024 1:22 pm - The Bien Trucha restaurant group is developing an entirely new concept in downtown Wheaton. “This is going to be our first fast-casual restaurant,” Julio Cano said. “We've been planning this since before COVID.”
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‘They’re putting us out of business’: Elk Grove pizzeria’s days are numbered amid lease dispute with villageApr 23, 2024 6:00 am - Munchies Pizza in Elk Grove Village is in a lease dispute with village officials who plan to demolish the building by fall.
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La Huerta Market in St. Charles to kick off Cinco De Mayo with community event
Apr 22, 2024 11:30 am - St. Charles business owners are collaborating on a community tasting event outside La Huerta Catering Grill and Market on April 28 in preparation for Cinco De Mayo. Resid...
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‘Best job I’ve had, bar none’: Wheaton record store marks a decade of vinyl revivalApr 22, 2024 11:28 am - As an impressionable boy, Mike Paeth surveyed his parents’ record albums displayed on either side of the all-in-one stereo system. “Literally, everything changed with Rush,” he said. Yep, Paeth had realized free will as an audiophile. His tastes, and those of his customers, continue to evolve at his store, Mile Long Records, in Wheaton.
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Olympic coach teaching new generation of karate kids, adults in BarringtonApr 22, 2024 8:17 am - If you want Olympic-style karate training, travel no farther than Barrington. Brian Mertel, who coached one of the athletes in the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, recently opened The Garden Dojo.
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The Biz Week That Was: Teardowns, business closings and new beginnings are among highlightsApr 21, 2024 5:47 am - ‘Something positive is happening’: Buildings torn down at Arlington Heights gateway to make room for apartments and retail A long-shuttered Applebee’s restaurant, dr...