Dining
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High tea at home: Local chef offers 'Becky's Best' pastry and tea packagesDec 13, 2020 5:00 am - It wasn't as if Rebecca "Becky" Weaver had played second fiddle to her twin brothers John and Mark all of this time. It's just that the Weaver brothers might be the firs...
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Brothers write a love letter to a food we all love - pizzaDec 12, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Let Thanksgiving have the turkey. Let Christmas have fruitcake. Every other day, it's got to be pizza. So argue Thom and James Elliot, brothers and pizza make...
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Three tools for restaurants during pandemicDec 11, 2020 12:00 am - Since mid-March, restaurant operators have been asked to survive on diminished capacities, and they've have had to reduce their menus down to only items that can be tran...
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Visit McHenry County, restaurant association launch give-back programDec 10, 2020 10:00 pm - A collaboration between Visit McHenry County and the McHenry County Restaurant Association aims to provide not only a much-needed financial shot in the arm for area rest...
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Shake Shack in Vernon Hills is chain's first with a drive-up windowDec 10, 2020 12:00 am - The Shake Shack restaurant in Vernon Hills has become the international chain's first location with a drive-up window. The standard feature elsewhere on the restaurant l...
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Lotsa latkes: Local restaurants cook up Hanukkah specials to-goDec 09, 2020 11:00 am - Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, starts at sundown Dec. 10, and the celebration feels especially significant in these dark times. While the COVID-19 pandemic has...
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Rosemont's Hofbräuhaus could become smaller breweryDec 08, 2020 10:00 pm - The site of oompah bands, stein-holding contests and big pretzels in Rosemont's entertainment district could be repurposed, with talk of Hofbräuhaus Chicago becoming a s...
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Dining events: Starbucks offers free coffee to front-line workers in DecemberDec 08, 2020 5:00 am - Free Starbucks for front-line workers To say thank you to front-line responders, Starbucks is offering them a free tall brewed coffee (hot or iced) during the month...
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Palatine McDonald's plans remodel, expansion with new PlayPlaceDec 03, 2020 12:00 am - The McDonald's restaurant on Rand Road in Palatine is planning to remodel and build a 1,500-square-foot addition for an indoor PlayPlace. The building at 1576 N. Rand Ro...
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The McRib is back at McDonald's, and after a taste, I still don't get its cult appeal
Dec 02, 2020 10:00 pm - Five cars were in front of me in the drive-through at my local McDonald's, not counting the three or four idling in the waiting area of the parking lot. I suspect they w...