New Potbelly to Open This Week in Buffalo Grove

Potbelly Sandwich Shop will be opening a new drive-thru location at 800 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Buffalo Grove on Dec. 21, store officials said Thursday. The sandwich shop, which will be located on the corner of Milwaukee Avenue and Deerfield Road,will host its traditional pre-opening “Oven Warming event” on Tuesday, December 20… …The new location…

Nathan Tonnies arranges lease that brings Portillo’s to Champaign

Champaign, IL (December 14, 2016) – Nathan Tonnies, of Metro Commercial Real Estate, and Tim Harrington, of CBCDR, recently represented the landlord in the leasing of a 9,934 square-foot building to Portillo’s Hot Dogs at 2306 N Prospect Avenue in Champaign, Illinois. This will be the first location for Portillo’s in central Illinois and their…

Orangetheory Fitness opens in Frankfort

Orangetheory Fitness held the grand opening last week of its new health center in Frankfort. Owners Adryenne Hearne and her brother Derek opened the boutique health club earlier this year at 21000 S. LaGrange Road, about a year after opening their first fitness center in Oak Park. A third location is preparing to open in…

Portillo’s to Open New Champaign Location

Portillo’s is expanding to Champaign to be able to serve up their famed hot dogs to the Fighting Illini. The company announced Thursday it plans to break ground on a new location at 2306 N. Prospect Ave., near the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus, in the coming months. “We’ve been peppered with requests to come…

New food, bar options come to downtown Naperville

Diners and imbibers have a few new options in downtown Naperville to choose from, and even more to look forward to in 2017. From creative grilled cheese sandwiches to a new cocktail bar from the owners of Two Brothers Brewing and the forthcoming Water Street District restaurants, here’s a rundown of new places to try…