DuPage County Business
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Two longtime Naperville businesses close but slew of restaurants on horizonAug 10, 2026 3:50 pm - Two longtime Naperville businesses, Elegante Salon & Day Spa and Great Harvest Baking Co., have shut their doors.
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After 70 years in business, Parkside Lanes in Aurora still on a rollAug 10, 2026 3:50 pm - Parkside Lanes in Aurora honored a significant milestone over the weekend as the bowling alley at Route 30 and Montgomery Road celebrated its 70th year in business.
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There’s plenty of talk, but future of former Pheasant Run Resort site remains undecidedAug 08, 2026 7:55 am - A developer’s plans for the former Pheasant Run Resort site in St. Charles are continuing to generate discussion among the city council, but the property’s future remains undecided.
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The Biz Week That Was: Portillo’s announces layoffs, Yorktown sues grocer, and St. Charles brewers face offAug 08, 2026 7:15 am - Portillo’s lays off 18% of corporate employees at Oak Brook headquarters amid sluggish same-store sales With food costs rising and same-store sales falling, Portillo...
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Naperville’s ban on happy hour deals should be lifted, commission saysAug 07, 2026 1:40 pm - Restaurant and bar patrons may once again get to enjoy a discounted mid-afternoon cocktail or beer if the Naperville City Council approves the Naperville Liquor Commission’s unanimous recommendation Thursday that restrictions on happy hour drink specials be removed.
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Cinematic sprawl: Suburbs putting guardrails around filmmaking activitiesAug 06, 2026 4:22 pm - With filmmaking gaining a firm foothold in the state, suburbs like Naperville, Lisle and Long Grove have either put guardrails in place to protect their towns or are working toward that goal.
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Portillo’s lays off 18% of corporate employees at Oak Brook headquarters amid sluggish same-store salesAug 06, 2026 1:35 pm - With food costs rising and same-store sales falling, Portillo’s executed a round of corporate layoffs last week, trimming 18% of its Oak Brook-based workforce.
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Yorktown Center owner sues Fresh Market over abandoned grocery store plansAug 06, 2026 8:06 am - The owner of Yorktown Center is suing The Fresh Market after the boutique grocer abandoned plans to open a new store at the Lombard mall.
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‘This is going to be fun’: Firms hired to restore historic Des Plaines buildingAug 05, 2026 3:02 pm - The exterior and interior restorations of a historic building in downtown Des Plaines will begin soon.
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Cook County-area business owners share their approach to PTOAug 05, 2026 12:30 pm - According to a recent survey from the Society for Human Resource Management, more than 80% of workers said that “paid leave” is either an extremely important or very important benefit they expect from their employer, ranking just below health insurance and retirement benefits.