The Mariano’s in Westchester could be getting video gaming terminals. Kroger, the store’s parent company, has been focusing more on non-grocery revenue as profit margins from grocery products fall, a Kroger representative said. | File Monday, March 4, 2024 || By Michael Romain || michael@wearejohnwilk.com || Updated: 6:50 p.m. Kroger, the parent company of the Mariano’s grocery store food chain, […]
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Happy Hour Coming To Mannheim, Burlington Opens In Winston Plaza
Aviator Coffee and Cocktails is just about completed and poised to open soon, bringing with it a happy hour space on Mannheim Road in Westchester. | File Monday, February 19, 2024 || Michael Romain || @michael@wearejohnwilk.com Chris Zelis, the vice president of operations for Aviator Coffee and Cocktails, the restaurant at 1855 S. Mannheim Rd. in Westchester, provided village board […]
Broadview’s Black Business Expo Highlights Area Entrepreneurs
Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson and her business parter, Village Administrator LeTisa Jones, sold hygiene products for men and women during Saturday’s Black Business Expo. | Michael Romain Monday, February 12, 2024 || By Michael Romain || michael@wearejohnwilk.com Around 32 vendors setup shop at the Beverly Community Center, 3065 S. 25th Ave. in Broadview, on Feb. 10 for the Broadview Park […]
Local Store Owner Rebuilding After Collision Closed Business
Shettima Webb, the owner of M.E. Marketplace Retail Co-Op, said she’s planning a grand reopening for sometime in March. | Michael Romain Monday, February 12, 2024 || By Michael Romain || michael@wearejohnwilk.com Shettima Webb, the owner of M.E. Marketplace Retail Co-Op, 7451 Madison St. in Forest Park, is in the rebuilding phase after an inebriated driver crashed her car into […]
Maywood Mayor Confirms New 1st Avenue Coffee Chain Will Be A Starbucks
A visualization of the Starbucks that developers are building at 1718 S. 1st Ave. in Maywood. | Vequity LLC Monday, January 2024 || By Michael Romain || michael@wearejohnwilk.com The building at 1718 S. 1st Ave. in Maywood, the site of the old Checkers, is going to be a Starbucks, Maywood Mayor Nathaniel George Booker announced on Facebook on Jan. 17, […]
Berkeley Event Facility Closes, Building For Sale
The Dream Event Space and Banquet Hall in Berkeley is closed and the building has been listed for sale for nearly $400,000. | File Monday, January 29, 2024 || By Michael Romain || michael@wearejohnwilk.com The Dream Event Space and Banquet Hall at 5245 St. Charles Rd. in Berkeley is closed less than two years after it opened, village officials recently […]