Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Math tutoring center opens in Evergreen Park. Mt. Greenwood gets ready for a Christmas party.
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Big Pappa’s Gyros at 10806 S. Cicero Ave. in Oak Lawn is gearing up for its third annual Christmas dinner giveaway. “Before we opened Big Pappa’s, I used to work at homeless shelters and know what a difference a nice meal at Christmas means to people,” said owner Sandi DiGangi. DiGangi said anyone can sign up at her restaurant for a holiday dinner but she especially wants to hear from senior citizens. “I like to help out seniors because they aren’t going to make themselves a nice dinner,” she said. DiGangi said she will also distribute toys to needy families that sign up to receive one of her turkey dinners complete with mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, rolls, gravy, cranberries, soup, salad and dessert. “We deliver full meals,” she said…
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Bears Hall of Famer Dan Hampton will headline the Chicago Southland Chamber of Commerce Annual Holiday Sports Luncheon. Moon's Burgers closes in Evergreen Park. Odyssey Fun World opens holiday light show.
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Demolition started earlier this month on the shopping center at 111th Street and Cicero Avenue in Oak Lawn that was the subject of a lengthy court battle between the village and Sears Holding Co. Connect to Patch: Oak Lawn / Evergreen Park / Beverly-Mt. Greenwood The wrecking ball is in the process of knocking down the shopping center and some buildings on Cicero Avenue including the former Harley-Davidson store to make way for redevelopment. Itasca-based Hamilton Partners is the company charged by the village with redeveloping the site once it has been cleared. Oak Lawn purchased the 29-acre parcel from J.C. Penney in May 2011 and settled a lawsuit earlier this year with Sears, which had leased space for a Kmart store in the shopping …
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Hostess outlet stores fall victim to company's pending liquidation, Oak Lawn local businesses hold first-ever 'Small Business Saturday' local shopping event and Black Friday hours for area shopping malls.
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Famous Dave’s in Evergreen Park reopened Tuesday at 2 p.m. after its grand opening on Monday was interrupted by a car crashing through the front window. The barbecue restaurant at 2851 W. 95th St. will be open for business as usual today though the front of the building is sporting a wooden patch to cover the hole. Repairs are expected to be completed by sometime next week. No one was injured in the incident that happened just a few hours after the eatery opened to the public. Famous Dave’s is the third local business to survive a run-in with a car in recent months. Back in August, Bookie’s Paperbacks in Beverly and the Hostess/Wonder Bread outlet store in Burbank both were hit by cars. For information on Famous Dave’s, call 708-423-5546 …
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Old Navy is planning a Thanksgiving week move in Chicago Ridge. Plus a doll, bear and toy show is coming to the Tinley Park Convention Center this coming Sunday (Nov. 18).
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
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…
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Advocate Merges Hope, Lutheran General Children’s Hospitals merge. Great Clips is offering $3 off per haircut to anyone who brings in leftover Halloween candy that can be sent to U.S. troops overseas.
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Fans of Whole Foods supermarkets can celebrate the grand opening of its first store in the Chicago Southland at 15260 S. LaGrange Road in Orland Park with a bread breaking ceremony at 8:45 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 2. There will be live entertainment, sales and giveaways. For information, visit Whole Foods on Facebook. Advocate has merged its two children’s hospitals – Hope in Oak Lawn and Lutheran General in Park Ridge – into a single pediatric care center called Advocate Children’s Hospital. Advocate says the integrated Children’s Hospital is the largest pediatric care provider in Illinois and among the top 10 pediatric care centers in the United States. The two pediatric campuses will offer families more specialists – 400 pediatricians and…
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Fashion Bug stores in Bridgeview and Merrionette Park to close after holidays.
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Legalized video poker arrived in Oak Lawn this week when five of the gambling machines were turned on Monday afternoon at Murphy’s Law Bar & Grill at 9247 S. Cicero Ave. Business has been brisk at the machines, Diane Cech, a bartender at Murphy’s, said Tuesday. “People have been coming in that I have never seen before,” she said. “They have been coming in, having lunch and playing a little poker.” Cech said Murphy’s has five video machines, the most allowed by state law, and each machine offers a variety of games including poker and blackjack. Video gaming became legal in Illinois on Oct. 9, when machines were turned on at dozens of establishments in the state under a law approved in 2009. The Illinois Gaming Board said it initally …
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
The Saloon, a new country and western bar, is now open at 115 Bourbon Street.
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012
After Brian Yates retired from the Evergreen Park Police Department he did what many former officers do and looked around for a new career. He settled on becoming a restaurateur with his wife, Mary, and earlier this year opened Smokehouse at 15020 S. LaGrange Road in Orland Park. “I kinda like it out here,” he said explaining why he chose to locate his eatery in Orland Park. “The area has a little bit of everything.” The restaurant features burgers, hot dogs, chicken sandwiches, barbecued chicken and ribs. Hours for Smokehouse are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The eatery is closed on Sunday. “I need a day off once in a while,” Yates said with a laugh. Yates, who still calls Evergreen Park home, said business has been slow over…
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Sara Lee Outlet Store in Oak Lawn will stay open through October, Harold's Chicken Shack to replace Fatburger in Beverly
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Though the company says no opening date has been set for the new Fairplay Foods store at 87th Street and Cicero Avenue in Oak Lawn, employees say they have been working inside the store this week and were told the store will hold a soft opening starting Thursday, Oct. 11, with the official grand opening to occur a week later on Thursday, Oct. 18. Employees could be seen entering and leaving the store and working inside on Tuesday, so it looks as if the opening is imminent. A new Dunkin’ Donuts has opened at 10301 S. Central Ave. in Oak Lawn in the former Buscemi’s Beef restaurant. The new doughnut shop offers the usual Dunkin coffee and doughnuts and also has a drive-up window. Except for a coin-laundry, the rest of the retail strip is …
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Mexican American grill now open in Evergreen Park, brewpub prepares to open in Beverly.
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Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Baseball Hall of Famer Wade Boggs last week became the latest investor in the All-Star Ballpark Heaven project of Oak Lawn couple Michael and Denise Stillman. Boggs told the Sun-Times he joined the Stillmans because their plans for a 24 field baseball complex on the site of the Kevin Costner baseball classic “Field of Dreams” in Dyersville, Iowa, would give kids in the Midwest a place of their own. “The proximity throughout the Midwest and the West gives parents in these tough economic times an opportunity to have a tremendous facility, expand their baseball dreams of going to the next level and possibly going to the Major Leagues,” Boggs told the Sun-Times. No details were disclosed about the amount of Boggs’ investment, but it is the …
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Oak Lawn Chamber moves into new digs, Wilsons Leather opens at Chicago Ridge Mall.
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012
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…
Mike Carson
1:11 pm on Saturday, February 9, 2013
they should also demolish the interstate mufflers!! Looks like garbage more ›