Wednesday, March 6, 2013
FrancoNello's opening this month in Beverly? Andy's Frozen Custard eyes Burbank. Mariano's looks to Evergreen Park. Gotcha Haircut opens in Oak Lawn.
Calabria Imports owner Pat Roberto said this week’s closing of the Evergreen Park location at 3512 W. 95th St. was not an easy decision but one that had to be made. “It was starting to hurt the Beverly location,” he said. “I’m sorry it didn’t work out. I appreciate everything that was done for us by the mayor and customers.” Roberto said the Evergreen store had a good customer base but it just wasn’t enough to justify keeping the location open any longer. “We’ll offer delivery to Evergreen Park to try to keep those customers,” he said. “Also, any gift certificates purchased at the Evergreen Park location are good at the Beverly location.” He said the cook from Evergreen was brought over to the Beverly location as well as a couple of other …
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Oak Lawn soon to announce first anchor tenant at 111th Street and Cicero, Grassano's Pizza still open. Andriana Furs consolidates in Beverly.
Aricka Westbrooks grew up in Beverly so it was only fitting that when she returned to the Windy City to relocate her business she wound up in the old neighborhood. Connect to Patch: Beverly-Mt. Greenwood / Oak Lawn / Evergreen Park Westbrooks brought her fried turkey business, aptly named Jive Turkey, to Chicago from Brooklyn because she ships the birds all across the country and shipping costs are easier from Chicago to the rest of the country. “She opened a pop-up retail store in November at 1979 W. 111th St. in time for the holidays,” said company spokeswoman Fonje Brown. “Business was so good she decided to stay in that location.” Westbrooks, a 1988 graduate of Morgan Park High School, formed Jive Turkey in 2001 after she began deep-…
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Rusty Nail owner opens new place in Palos Hills, cupcake kiosk debuts at Chicago Ridge Mall, Mangoe Pizza opens in Alsip, entrepreneur conference coming to Tinley Park and more local business news.
The Tenth Planet comic book store moved Feb. 1 into new digs at 9736 Southwest Highway in Oak Lawn. “We moved for economic reasons,” said co-owner Paul Figura. “The space is a little smaller but the rent is better.” Figura said that despite the move to smaller quarters, he and his partner, Dan Matteson, would like to open a couple of more stores. “They’d have to be in areas that don’t already have a comic book store,” he said. “People in this business tend to be very territorial.” Fugura and Matteson each oversee a different part of the business, which was founded in Oak Lawn in 1990 and that they have owned since 2006. “I take care of the comics while Dan oversees the games part of the business,” Figura said. The store has two employees …
JC
6:03 pm on Friday, April 19, 2013
Evergreen Park can't even keep a Starbucks open. Folks need to open their wallets or expect little if no retail improvements in their towns. I doubt a Mariano's will stay open there from what I have seen of the Frankfort store and their prices (not too high but not like a Pete's). Sadly, it is too upscale for EP given their past, recent history. more ›