Dining
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Illinois reports highest 7-day COVID-19 average, 2,643 cases a day, as restaurateurs braceOct 12, 2020 1:00 am - New cases of COVID-19 totaled 2,742 Monday and 13 more people died of the respiratory disease, officials said, as some key health metrics ticked in the wrong direction w...
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Lake Zurich brewer and Affy Tapple collaborate on new beerOct 09, 2020 1:00 am - At a special outdoor celebration this weekend, Phase Three Brewing in Lake Zurich will debut a beer it has made in collaboration with Affy Tapple that promises to taste ...
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Grab a plate — Des Plaines' Restaurant Week starts Oct. 16Oct 09, 2020 1:00 am - Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, eateries throughout Des Plaines will welcome customers — masked ones, of course — for the city's annual Restaurant Week celebration starti...
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Poke Bros. Hawaiian-style restaurants coming to Schaumburg, GurneeOct 09, 2020 1:00 am - Poke Bros., the Hawaiian-style fresh fish restaurant chain that already has a few suburban locations, will soon be opening in Schaumburg and Gurnee. The restaurants ...
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Toast to fall with Naperville's 2 Fools and Chicago's Right Bee craft cidersOct 07, 2020 11:00 pm - If you were going to raise a glass to a fall day of golden sunshine and a blaze of tree color, what would it be? There's really only one beverage to complement the seaso...
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Dining events: Below Zero Alcohol Soft Serve now available at Naperville's 2 Fools CiderOct 07, 2020 6:00 pm - Frozen Naperville native Will Rogers recently invented the Below Zero Alcohol Soft Serve, which transforms liquid cocktails into an “ice cream like” solid that can then ...
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The business lunch will eventually be back — because Zoom can't replace everything
Oct 04, 2020 6:00 am - In the Before Times, you could usually find Brian Donahue lunching at one of the power-dining spots around the White House and K Street. Meeting with current or prospect...
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How Steel Beam Theatre in St. Charles is weathering the pandemicOct 02, 2020 6:00 am - Steel Beam Theatre knows a thing or two about overcoming challenges. The downtown St. Charles theater had to celebrate its 20th anniversary last week without any hoopla ...
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Mud pies to high-end cakes: How an accountant lost on Food Network, got a Naperville shopOct 02, 2020 5:30 am - Denise Chambliss can point to specific life moments that seem to have foretold her future as a professional baker and cake decorator. And yet, looking back, she never im...
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After 20 years, Wee-Dee's in South Elgin is on the moveOct 02, 2020 1:00 am - A staple of downtown South Elgin is on the move after 20 years. But don't worry, it's only going a couple of blocks up the street. Wee-Dee's Restaurant, a well-known f...