Dining
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New restaurants, shops to open in Yorktown Center in Lombard
Sep 12, 2025 12:55 pm - Yorktown Center will welcome new restaurants, stores and expand the mall with a communal green space adjacent to new residential complexes.
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Finn McCool’s Irish Pub now planned for vacant Wheeling Town Center spaceSep 12, 2025 12:54 pm - A Finn McCool’s Irish Sports Pub is coming to the Wheeling Town Center complex.
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Want a little autumn in your fall? You’re in luck.
Sep 11, 2025 3:36 pm - Want a little autumn in your fall? You’re in luck. The Pumpkin Spice Latte is back on the menu at Starbucks in the U.S. and Canada.
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Batavia First Pour Fridays monthly wine tasting series kicks off the weekendSep 11, 2025 3:09 pm - The Batavia Park District is starting a monthly wine tasting event called First Pour Fridays in the Sky Loft Room of the new Patrick J. Callahan Community Center. It will feature wine, small bites, and live music.
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Award-winning Chicago restaurant avec coming to the suburbsSep 10, 2025 4:58 pm - One of Chicago’s most noted restaurants — avec — is opening its first suburban location this spring.
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Indian restaurant Indiyaana to be next occupant of Schaumburg banquet hall on American LaneSep 10, 2025 11:25 am - An Indian restaurant named Indiyaana is slated for a November opening at a Schaumburg dining spot that has housed four other restaurants over the past two decades.
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Potbelly is being acquired by gas station and convenience chain RaceTrac for $566 million
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Dining out: Beer for a cause, Mexican Independence Day specialty and moreSep 10, 2025 9:35 am - 93 Octane Brewery’s new specialty beer benefits Cal’s Angels, Bien Trucha restaurants bring back chiles en nogada for Mexican Independence Day, Cima Restaurant in Rosemont hosts a collaborative dinner and more.
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Tiki meets aperitivo in the Jungle Bird, a tropical drink with an edge
Sep 10, 2025 9:12 am - Bridging Tiki and Italian aperitivo cultures, the Jungle Bird is a classic tropical cocktail made with rum, pineapple juice, Campari and lime. “We've riffed on the Jungle Bird in every possible way,” says Kevin Beary, beverage director at Three Dots and a Dash in Chicago.
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Hanover Township’s Fall Food Truck Festival returning to Bartlett Sept. 18Sep 09, 2025 1:19 pm - Hanover Township will host its annual Fall Food Truck Festival Thursday, Sept. 18, at the township’s William Tiknis Campus in Bartlett.