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United Fall Fest is celebrating its 10th year on Saturday, Sept. 16, with live music, a car show, barbecue, and fireworks.

The 115,000-square-foot strip mall at Washington Street and Gartner Road sold for $52 million this year, a little more than a year after if was purchased for $36.5 million.

Most of these places are densely decorated with appealing artificial blooms, making them a perfect place for those OOTDs.

Finger-licking fabulous: A field guide to Melbournes best fried chicken Emma Breheny Photo: Courtesy Gami Melbourne is no stranger to chicken breaded and crisped up by oil. But the parma thats so ubiquitous to pub menus has been joined more recently by a kaleidoscope of fried chook spanning Taiwan, Indonesia, Japan and especially Korea. Korean fried chicken (the other KFC) can now be found from Williams Landing to Clayton. One of the first Korean fried chicken restaurants to open in Melbourne w...

The Colonial Cafe on Aurora’s West Side is closing its doors on Feb. 24 after 40 years, with a new restaurant set to take its place.

Aurora Colonial Cafe closing, breakfast and lunch restaurant moving in   Updated 2/7/2021 11:13 AM The Colonial Cafe in Aurora will be closing later this month, making way for a new, upscale breakfast and lunch restaurant called SYRUP, company officials said Sunday. The Feb. 24 closing of the restaurant and creamery at 1961 W. Galena Road will leave just two Colonial Cafe locations remaining in the suburbs, in Naperville and St. Charles.   Locations in Elgin and Crystal Lake were sh...

Car club calendar Monthly meetings Chicago Alfa Romeo Owners Club meets at 7 p.m. the third Thursday of the month (except December) at Spuntinos Pizza, 515 Higgins Road, Park Ridge. For more information, email acavaliere@mail.com.   Austin-Healey Club meets on the second Thursday of the month at Aurelios Pizza, 1455 W. Lake St., Addison. Dinner and social meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. and the business meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. There is secure, well lighted parking next to the restaur...

Salvation Army-Tri-City Corps to host Kettle Match Day Dec. 12 On Saturday, Dec. 12, Colonial Cafe and Jim and Mary Ann Lindquist will match all donations made at The Salvation Armys Red Kettles in St. Charles, Geneva, and Batavia, up to $40,000. Courtesy of The Salvation Army   Updated 12/11/2020 10:31 AM The Salvation Army Tri-City Corps Community Center will host its annual Kettle Match Day on Saturday, Dec. 12. Donors will have the chance to double their impact in a year of u...