Dining
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Eight ways wine will change in 2021
Dec 30, 2020 10:00 pm - Where to start? COVID-19 upended all our oenophile habits, shifting how we buy wine (online more than ever), how we taste and learn about it (virtually), and where we en...
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New year, new restaurants: 10 eateries opening in the suburbs in 2021Dec 30, 2020 5:00 am - Restaurants weathered tough times in 2020, and ordering from old favorites became a way of supporting neighborhood eateries during the pandemic. Still, we all crave some...
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Geneva chamber hosting restaurant takeout challengeDec 28, 2020 12:00 am - The annual Geneva Restaurant Week is being postponed, but in the meantime, the Geneva Chamber of Commerce is conducting a monthlong carryout challenge. From Jan. 1-31, ...
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Osteria Bigolaro owner tries out his sandwich ideas at new sister eatery in St. CharlesDec 24, 2020 4:30 am - A racing mind and fearless spirit can be a dangerous combination in the restaurant business. But despite the challenges of opening a new restaurant during a pandemic, An...
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Dining events: Famous Dave's returns as a ghost kitchenDec 23, 2020 5:00 am - Famous Dave's is back If you miss Famous Dave's barbecue, you're in luck as the barbecue restaurant recently opened a ghost kitchen inside Granite City's Naperville loca...
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New Year's Eve 2020: Restaurant dinners to go are all the rage this yearDec 23, 2020 5:00 am - Planning to ring in the New Year virtually with family and friends this year? Why not order takeout so you don't have to worry about cooking. It will make your life easi...
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Hot cocoa bombs are exploding in the suburbs. Goodness, why wouldn't they be?Dec 23, 2020 4:25 am - For a person who doesn't like chocolate, self-described "cottage baker" Ashlei Nordmeyer chose for her specialty a surprising confection - one that has generated million...
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FoxFire asks state Supreme Court to throw out indoor dining banDec 21, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Lawyers for FoxFire Tavern in Geneva are asking the Illinois Supreme Court to overturn an appellate court decision that found the governor's indoor dining ...
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Batavia mayor shares a sneak peek at restaurant comings and goings in the upcoming yearDec 18, 2020 5:00 am - When thinking about restaurants in 2021, the vision of a wagon train struggling through thick mud on a mountain slope comes to mind. There's a lot of blood, sweat, and t...
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Downtown Naperville restaurant launching new dining car concept this weekendDec 18, 2020 12:00 am - Riff Menza feared his downtown Naperville restaurant was nearing its breaking point. Features Bar & Grill had so far weathered the economic storm of the COVID-19 pandemi...