Crystal Lake Business
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Kayak outfitter aims to pass along venture, love of paddling on the Fox, ChainSep 04, 2025 1:56 pm - Trevor Kroll bought a McHenry County-based kayak and canoeing outfitter in early 2020, right before the COVID-19 lockdowns.That summer was insanely busy for Wonder Lake-based Scull & Oars. And while business has been strong since then — selling out weekends in the summer and many weekday groups in need of an outfitter — Kroll is ready to move on with another business venture and has put Scull & Oars up for sale.
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Dining out: A pair of restaurant closings, the state’s first drive-thru-only Chick-fil-A and a 20th anniversarySep 03, 2025 1:07 pm - A pair of restaurants along Randall Road in the Fox Valley announced closings this week, while a drive-thru and walk-up only Chick-fil-A opening Thursday in Naperville will be the first of its kind in the state.
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Guzman y Gomez offers BOGO burritos to celebrate high school football’s returnSep 03, 2025 10:45 am - Guzman y Gomez, an authentic Mexican fast-food restaurant with locations in Buffalo Grove, Crystal Lake, Deerfield, Des Plaines, Naperville and Schaumburg, is bringing back its Friday Night Lights promotion in honor of the new high school football season.
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Tap House Grill in Algonquin owner on closing: ‘It hurts me to say ... it just didn’t work’Sep 03, 2025 6:40 am - The restaurant Tap House Grill in Algonquin Commons permanently closed its doors Tuesday.
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Lake in the Hills senior living facility expandsAug 28, 2025 4:59 pm - A Lake in the Hills senior living facility has opened a second home in town.
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Historic Crystal Lake event venue transformed by new ownersAug 28, 2025 4:56 pm - A nearly 100-year-old home nestled in the downtown Crystal Lake area has been reborn again as its new owners transformed the place into an updated wedding and event venue.
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Vote on luxury rental housing off Route 31 in Cary pushed to SeptemberAug 26, 2025 11:15 am - Developers of a proposed luxury mixed-use community in Cary will come back with clearer details on traffic and the effects on property value for a vote by zoning commissioners Sept. 11.
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Months after founder’s death, Butcher on the Block celebrates 25 years in Lake in the HillsAug 25, 2025 10:59 am - Butcher on the Block in Lake in the Hills recently celebrated its 25th anniversary and it was “exactly” what the late owner would have wanted, his family said.
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The Biz Week That Was: New streaming and grocery taxes, outlet mall gets new retailers, and taproom expandsAug 23, 2025 1:55 pm - Arlington Heights implements new streaming tax, retains grocery tax Arlington Heights will levy a new streaming tax, and keep an old grocery tax, village board membe...
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Cary adds non-home-rule sales tax after voters reject home rule status, extends grocery taxAug 22, 2025 8:10 am - Cary officials have approved a non-home-rule general sales tax and the continuation of a 1% grocery tax for next year.