Chicago Ridge Mall Under 'Flash Mob Alert'

Group reported to have planned mob action at Chicago Ridge Mall fails to show up on Saturday. Area police maintain high, visible presence at mall and are expected to return on Sunday.

An organized “flash mob” rumored to take place at the Chicago Ridge Mall turned out to be a big bust as police kept up a visible, high presence throughout the mall on Saturday. Chicago Ridge Police alerted stores in the mall on Friday stating they had received “credible intelligence” that the same group responsible for organizing last week’s mob action at Ford City was planning to gather at Chicago Ridge Mall the next day. Connect to Patch: Oak Lawn / Beverly-Mt. Greenwood / Evergreen Park A similar alert was also sent to businesses along Michigan Avenue’s “Magnificent Mile,” WGN TV news reported. Precautions were taken at Chicago Ridge after several hundred youths and adults entered Ford City Mall in the late afternoon of Feb. 23 with the…

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Chicago Ridge Mall Offers Extended Hours Through Christmas Eve

With only four shopping days left until Christmas Chicago Ridge Mall is offering extended holiday hours.

  With only four shopping days left until Christmas Chicago Ridge Mall is offering the following extended Holiday shopping hours: “Extending our hours during the busiest shopping season of the year is critical,” said Pat Beckerdite, general manager for Chicago Ridge Mall. “Our goal is to be as accommodating as possible to meet the needs of everyone’s hectic schedules. Longer hours help shoppers get exactly what they need for every person on their list!” Holiday hours are posted on the entry doors of the mall and are also listed at ShoppingChicagoRidgeMall.com. Chicago Ridge Mall will be closed Christmas Day. Department stores, stores with exterior entrances and restaurant hours may vary. Source: Chicago Ridge Mall

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Business Comings & Goings: Famous Dave’s to Open Monday on 95th Street

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Famous Dave’s barbecue is trying a new concept with it's Evergreen Park location set to open on Monday, Nov. 19, at 2851 W. 95th St. “It will be 3,600 square feet with seating for 104,” said manager Andre Pleasance. The eatery will be the chain’s eighth location in the Chicago area, all of them corporate owned. “That’s about half the size of a traditional Famous Dave’s,” he said. “It will be the first counter service Famous Dave’s in Chicago.” Customers will place their order and get a number for their table and the food will be brought to them. Famous Dave’s other Chicago-area locations are full service. Pleasance said the Minnesota-based chain is testing the smaller concept in Evergreen Park, and, if successful, may use it in other urban…

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LOCAL JOBS: Elim, Petco, Chicago Ridge Mall Are Hiring

Need a job? Know someone who is looking? Here are some local job openings that crossed our desk

Are you looking for a job? These days who doesn't know someone who is out of work or looking for a second job to make ends meet. State Rep. Kelly Burke (36th District) sent over some job openings; others we noticed driving around town. If you know of a local job, send it Patch’s way at lorraine.swanson@patch.com. Elim Christian Services has several openings for classroom assistants working one on one with students with autism. Elim Christian Special Education school has over 280 students, 430+ employees on campus everyday! Check us out online to see pictures, learn more about us and apply online. We are looking to add several new paraeducators to our team. Apply online at Elim Christian Services. The Chicago Housing Authority has several …

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Business Comings & Goings: Al's Beef/Nancy's Pizza Closes

Oak Lawn Chamber moves into new digs, Wilsons Leather opens at Chicago Ridge Mall.

The combined Al's Beef and Nancy's Pizza at 5128 W. 95th St. in Oak Lawn closed at the end of business on Sept. 18. A receptionist at the corporate office in Orland Park confirmed the closing but had no details and requests for more information were not returned. The Oak Lawn Chamber of Commerce is in the midst of moving from its longtime location at 5314 W. 95th St. into new digs at the Metra Station at 95th Street and Tulley Avenue. “We will open in our new location at 9 a.m. on Oct. 1,” said chamber director Julie Miller. Miller said the move was necessitated by the pending sale of the 5314 W. 95th St. building by the village. “Our membership does feel that the new location will give village businesses more exposure to the commuters who…

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Business Comings & Goings: Oak Lawn Couple’s Dream for Field Advances

Hostess outlet store remains open for business after a car drives through the front window, remodeling complete at Chicago Ridge Mall AMC Theater 6 and more business news for Oak Lawn, Evergreen Park, Mt. Greenwood and Beverly.

  The dream of Oak Lawn residents Michael and Denise Stillman to turn the site of the classic baseball movie “Field of Dreams” into All-Star Ballpark Heaven continues to move ahead. City officials in Dyersville, Iowa, voted last week to rezone the site from agricultural to commercial, which was needed for the Stillmans’ plan to build a 24-field baseball and softball complex on the land. Dyersville officials annexed the land in July. “This was absolutely a step forward,” said Denise Stillman. “We are still on target to close on the land at the end of August or early September,” she said. The Stillmans and the other investors, operating as Go the Distance Baseball LLC, announced last October they had a deal to buy the movie site, including …

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Business Comings & Goings: Little Company Urgent Care Center Opens

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Little Company of Mary Hospital opened a new urgent care center this week at 6700 W. 95th St. in the former Bally’s Fitness Center. The 45,000-square-foot center features physician offices, a lab, diagnostic imaging suite capable of performing MRIs, CTs, ultrasounds, X-rays and mammograms, and parking for 172 vehicles. The Care Station offers walk-in immediate care, physician visits, and lab, X-ray and EKG services as well as occupational medicine services. The center is open Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Fridays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and weekends from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Three new stores opened in the past week at Chicago Ridge Mall. Crazy 8 children’s clothing store opened last week. The national chain has fashions and …

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Business Comings & Goings: Wolf’s Bakery Carries on Dressel’s Tradition

Oak Lawn Classic Car Show will have hundreds of automobiles on display Sunday in the library parking lot.

When I was a kid, you knew it was going to be a good time when a Dressel’s chocolate fudge whipped cream cake made its way to the table. Apparently, so did everyone else of my generation who grew up on the South Side or in the south suburbs. The cakes were sold at the Dressel’s Bakery in Chicago, and at an outlet store near 90th and Cicero in Oak Lawn, and were readily available frozen in most Chicago-area supermarkets. That is, until the French company that had acquired the bakery closed up shop many, many years ago. A few years ago, while still I was still toiling at the SouthtownStar newspaper, columnist Phil Kadner wrote about the Dressel’s cake that we all so loved. After some taste tests, it was determined that Baumann’s Bakery in …

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Business Comings & Goings: New Bookstore Opens At Chicago Ridge Mall

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Books-a-Million opened its third Chicago-area bookstore last week inside the former Borders Express store at Chicago Ridge Mall. Store manager Brandon Wolak said the retailer has been successful in the South and decided the recent demise of Borders gave it an opportunity to expand in the North. The retailer opened a store in Southlake Mall in Hobart, Ind., late last year and will open another store in a couple of weeks at Fox Valley Center in Aurora. The company has had a store in downtown Chicago for a while, Wolak said. Wolak brushed aside concerns that bookstores are dying out. He said there is still demand for books. “We have more than enough customers who don’t like to read e-books or books online,” he said. “They like the feel of a …

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Business Comings & Goings: AMC Opens MacGuffin’s Bar in Chicago Ridge Mall

Francesca's on 95th honors your favorite teachers, U.S. Bank sues owner of Coral Plaza, Marquette Bank shares the love with customers and neighbors.

Moviegoers who see a show at Chicago Ridge Mall can now enjoy a cold one while catching a flick. AMC Theatres, which has finished updating the seats and screens at two of the six theaters it operates inside the mall, opened MacGuffin’s Bar and a new concession stand on June 1. The bar offers beer, wine and cocktails to patrons who can meet before a show, recap a movie they have just seen or take their drink of choice into the theater to enjoy while watching a film. Opening MacGuffin’s is part of AMC’s plan to expand food and drink options at locations nationwide. The bar is an homage to famed director Alfred Hitchcock who used the term to describe a plot device that drives the story. The other four AMC screens and seats at Chicago Ridge …

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4:26 pm on Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Major renovation = fire and a front loader? Yeah, they need that.   more ›