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Dundee & Kimball development

July 19th, 2007

Here are a couple of views of the development at Dundee & Kimball (Elgin Academy’s new building is going up right across the street from it). The store that occupies the corner of the development, La Baguette, it turns out is yet another panaderia, not the hoped-for boulangerie.



ps. I’ll be on vacation for a couple of weeks. If anybody wants to cover the next city council meeting while I’m gone, let me know. Other than that, I’ll see you when I get back. And oh yeah, try not to pass any new laws while I’m away :)

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6 Comments

  1. frankwolftown says:

    Panaderia? Boulangerie? What were you expecting and what are you talking about?

    Posted July 20th, 2007 at 7:36 pm
  2. LS says:

    Boulangerie is a French Bakery, as one would have assumed from a name “La Baguette”.

    Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have a place to pick up some good homemade sourdough bread? Fancy baked goods for a party, nice cakes in pink boxes. Clearly I’m too romantic-minded to be living in Elgin. Yet I hope!

    I also had prayed for a Starbuck’s to go in there-same way I hoped the Leitner Building would be a Starbucks or Caribou-but alas…

    I suppose I don’t need to be eating baked goods OR getting Starbucks on a regular basis, but I would like a good bakery with things in it that I like. I’ve always found Hispanic baked goods to be very dry and tasteless. And I’m bored with Dunkin Donuts.

    Thanks RS, always, for the finger on the pulse view you provide with this blog (I only wish you’d post more!). I know you get flack for being a complainer, but I too feel the frustration you’re coming from. So much wasted potential here, so much.

    -Laura

    Posted July 22nd, 2007 at 7:43 pm
  3. RS says:

    Someday we will have a nice bakery. Thanks for the encouragement, Laura.

    Frankwolftown, hope your question is answered!

    Posted August 7th, 2007 at 11:46 pm
  4. Paul says:

    FYI.. La Baguette has some of the best mexican pastries around, the others i agree are very dry but you should try this one and you will be surprised :)

    Posted January 27th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
  5. RS says:

    Good to hear. Thanks, Paul.

    Posted January 29th, 2008 at 12:43 am
  6. Clarissa says:

    Hi Laura!

    If you’re looking for good donuts, try going to the Rolling Donut up on 25/Dundee. It’s a little hole-in-the-wall place but they make the best donuts I’ve ever eaten. If you like Krispy Kreme, this place makes those taste bad!! ;)

    Posted March 26th, 2008 at 9:51 pm

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