Published Tuesday May 07 2013 5:07 am. Tags: dining Arlington Heights, fire restoration, grand re-opening, restaurant Arlington Heights, restaurant fire
Georgene Avgeris returns — serving customers at grand re-opening of Uptown Cafe on Monday, May 6, 2013 (More grand re-opening photos …). Thirty-three days ago Uptown Cafe diners and staff found out the roof over their heads was on fire. Firefighters responded to a report — hard to believe — that smoke was coming down [...]
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Published Wednesday April 17 2013 10:36 am. Tags: Arlington Heights, new restaurant, restaurant Arlington Heights
Coming soon is a 1950′s-themed restaurant expected to be opened this summer with 10.000 square feet at the corner of Campbell Street and Vail Avenue. The existing bar area from the former Grand Station restaurant will be transformed into an old-fashioned soda fountain, according to owners Anthony Priola and Kimberly Priola. The bar area will [...]
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Published Thursday March 14 2013 11:08 am. Tags: bakery, bakery Chicago, brownies, Chicago, cupcakes, retro treats
Chicago’s Angel Food Bakery satisfies cravings for retro American treats. Stephanie Samuels opened Angel Food Bakery in 2003. Three special treats featured in this Cooking Channel video are treats in a category called the Trailer Park — named after stainless steel campers people had in the 50′s and 60′s. Three versions of Trailer Snacks … [...]
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Published Wednesday March 06 2013 9:35 pm. Tags: grand opening, healthy eating, Kildeer, Whole Foods Market
The Palatine Whole Foods Market has moved to Kildeer. The new store is located at 20281 N. Rand Road near Deer Park. The new store with its hearth stone appearance is just east of Deer Park Town Center and also across the street on the north side of Rand Road. Whole Foods Market in Palatine [...]
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Published Friday January 18 2013 8:55 pm. Tags: Cundefinedhundefinediundefinedcundefinedkundefined-undefinedfundefinediundefinedlundefined-undefinedAundefinedgundefinedrundefinedaundefinednundefineddundefinedoundefinedpundefinedeundefinednundefined
Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day last summer at 935 East Golf Road Schaumburg, IL. A new Chick-fil-A is scheduled to open on February 21, 2013 in Mount Prospect at 950 North Elmhurst Road, The front of the restaurant faces Randhurst Village on the west side of Elmhurst Road, and just northeast of McDonald’s near the corner of [...]
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Published Tuesday September 11 2012 6:57 pm. Tags: grocer, groceries, new business, new business Prospect Heights
View Larger Map Ultra, which has 13 grocery stores in the Chicago area and Northwest Indiana, plans to invest $13 million to improve the parking lot and renovate the former 87,000 square-foot Dominick’s store location near Rand Road and Olive Street. The location across from John Hersey High School has been vacant since 2001. A [...]
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Published Tuesday August 28 2012 8:59 am. Tags: Food, fresh market, grand opening, grocer, groceries, Hoffman Estates, Mariano's Fresh Market, Mariano's Fresh Market Hoffman Estates
Mariano’s Fresh Market in Hoffman Estates opens today, August 28, 2012 at 2575 West Golf Road. The store is located in the Hoffman Village Shopping Center at the southeast corner of Barrington Road and Golf Road. The location of the new Mariano’s is in the former Dominick’s, which closed in January 2012. The first Mariano’s [...]
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Published Wednesday August 15 2012 2:45 pm. Tags: Arlington Heights, Harmony Park, Live Music, Mane Event, Taste of Arlington Heights
Just having fun at Taste of Arlington Heights (See over 800 more photos). Great food, great music and entertainment, friendly people, and great weather brought together the ingredients for a successful Taste of Arlington Heights and Mane Event at Harmony Park and the streets near the intersection of Campbell Street and Vail Avenue. Thousands of [...]
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Published Friday August 10 2012 11:13 am. Tags: Mane Event, Taste of Arlington, Taste of Arlington Heights
The Mane Event and the Taste of Arlington Heights combine to make one of the biggest event weekend celebrations of the summer on Friday, August 10 and Saturday, August 11, 2012 in Downtown Arlington Heights, at the corner of Vail Avenue and Campbell Street [MAP/SAT]. For information on local events and activities, like their Facebook [...]
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Published Thursday August 02 2012 4:22 pm. Tags: restaurant closing, restaurant closing Arlington Heights
Wellington Restaurant, open since 1983 at 2121 South Arlington Heights Road, closed permanently on Wednesday, August 1, 2012. The 20,000-square-foot included a main banquet room that sat 250 people. A restaurant dining room sat up to 250 people. Several smaller banquet rooms sat 70 people each. The facility was a common venue for Village of [...]
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Published Wednesday July 25 2012 12:21 pm. Tags: air quality, drought, dry weather, dryness, Dust storm, food prices, high temperatures, hot temperatures, Illinois, insects, price increase, price increases, United States, USDA, weather records, wildfire, wildfires
U.S. Drought Monitor Map for July 17, 2012 (See current data at droughtmonitor.unl.edu). As of July 23, 2012 the United States is experiencing the worst drought conditions since 1956. Currently the drought is considered in third place compared to the Dust Bowl ranging from 1930 to 1936 (some areas until 1940), and a United States [...]
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Published Sunday July 15 2012 11:55 am. Tags: ice cream, National Ice Cream Day
Today (third Sunday in July) is National Ice Cream Day and July is National Ice Cream Month. Baskin-Robbins, the world’s largest chain of ice cream specialty shops, commissioned an independent survey of 1,000 U.S. respondents to get the scoop on how Americans plan to enjoy ice cream this summer. According to the survey, 82 percent [...]
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