Dining
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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...
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Suburban restaurants turn to virtual dinners, wine tastings during the pandemicDec 02, 2020 5:00 am - Doesn't everyone want to know which candy and potato chips to best pair with wine? Or learn how to expertly grill salmon or steak? And who wouldn't enjoy an elaborate d...
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Dining events: Virtual pop-up Chef Bill Kim's Pizza & Parm Shop debuts in Oak BrookDec 01, 2020 5:00 am - Pizza & Parm Shop opens Chef Bill Kim has done it again. Just a month after opening ghost kitchen Chef Bill Kim's Ramen Bar at Table at Crate in Oak Brook, Kim is openin...
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Stan's Donuts considering move to ItascaNov 30, 2020 12:00 am - The site of the former Starbucks in Itasca could become home to a Stan's Donuts and Coffee. Mayor Jeff Pruyn and Village Administrator Carie Anne Ergo confirmed they and...
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Someone to be thankful for: Lake County restaurateur delivers for first respondersNov 26, 2020 5:00 am - When the global pandemic hit, Kris Schoenberger, the owner of BBQ'd Productions in Lake Zurich and Third Lake, made it his goal to give 10,000 meals to medical personnel...