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In a 2,997-square-foot portion on the west side of the building, a Wedding Day Diamonds is marked as a tenant. Wedding Day Diamonds is a Minnesota company with eight locations in the Twin Cities area as well as ones in St. Cloud, Richfield and Minnetonka. This would be its only southeastern Minnesota location. The other half of the building is marked as a 3,483-square-foot “spa” with no specific business name listed. The plans call for the west portion of the lot being “prepped for devel...

State Treasurer is fourth Democrat to announce for seat held by Ron Johnson. //end headline wrapper ?> U.S. Senate candidate Sarah Godlewski and her family. Campaign video via YouTube. Early on Wednesday morning, State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski kicked off her race for the U.S. Senate, targeting not only the seat currently held by Republican Sen. Ron Johnson, but also the senator himself, although he has not yet said if he will run for re-election. Johnson has waivered on whether he will seek...

UpdatedMon, Apr 5, 2021 at 8:09 pm CT Replies(10) Monday nights look at the former Senor Tequila bar at 2219 West Jefferson St. (John Ferak/Joliet Patch Editor ) JOLIET, IL — On Aug. 2, 2018, I wrote a column suggesting that Basingers Pharmacy was doing a great disservice to Joliet by letting the former Senor Tequila property remain in a state of decay, refusing to tear down the empty dilapidated building along West Jefferson Street. The continued existence of the vacant Senor Tequila buildi...

UpdatedWed, Mar 10, 2021 at 1:24 am CT Replies(14) For indoor dining guests, alcoholic beverages will be available for adults. Drinks will include draft beers, Daiquiris and frozen Margaritas. (Image via John Ferak/Joliet Patch Editor ) JOLIET, IL —The owners of the Arbys that closed in January 2020 are almost ready to reopen the empty West Jefferson Street restaurant as their first Amigeauxs restaurant. Amigeauxs (pronounced like amigos) will have a dozen varieties of tacos and eight diff...

Becky Broderick. Chairman Scott Smith ended his leadership role and John Keigher, CEO of Manteno’s Urban Farmer, was voted in as the next chairman of the board of directors. “I think John will do a great job,” said Smith, who is president of Kankakee-based First Trust Bank. “John’s background is fantastic. He has a history of leading organizations that have been some of the best partners our community has ever seen, so I think John is going to be great for the organi...

UpdatedFri, Dec 18, 2020 at 9:10 pm CT Replies(50) Joliet police have responded to 244 service calls at the Star Inn on West Jefferson Street as of Dec. 8. Several involved heroin overdoses, felony assaults, domestic violence trouble and people found dead in their rooms. (Image via John Ferak/Patch ) Joliet police have responded to 244 service calls at the Star Inn on West Jefferson Street as of Dec. 8. Several involved heroin overdoses, felony assaults, domestic violence trouble and people fo...

“We should be open within a couple of months,” said owner Pan Hompluem. “From a construction standpoint, we’re ready to go.” The downtown Milwaukee restaurant will be Lowcountry’s third location, joining its two locations in Chicago. Hompluem, who’s worked in the restaurant industry for two decades, launched the concept in 2015 in the Lakeview neighborhood and later expanded to the South Loop Hompluem cited a couple reasons for his move into the Milwaukee market. He’s a big fan...

Dec 12, 2020 4:23 PM Photo Credit: Kyle Hutchinson / MWF-Springfield While you wait in a quick moving drive-thru line this weekend to get Portillo’s at Parkway Pointe, could you soon have another high-end fast food option?  The State Journal-Register is reporting that the old Baker’s Square Building on Freedom Drive has been sold to the Tartan Realty Group-A Chicago based retail brokerage firm–for a little over a million dollars.  Baker’s Square abruptly closed last January, and maybe...

A running list of Milwaukee-area restaurants that permanently closed during coronavirus crisis Journal Sentinel staff © Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Blues Egg in Shorewood, the second location of the popular brunch restaurant by Black Shoe Hospitality, is permanently closed and will be replaced with a new restaurant by the group. The coronavirus and Wisconsins safer-at-home order have forced some Milwaukee-area restaurants to close, costing precious revenue in a business that t...