Articles in the Business & Economy Category

Eddy is the produce manager at Dino’s, where he’s worked for some 25 years. About 15 years ago he thought it would be a good idea to include Asian groceries in the store’s offerings. Now Asian groceries represent about a third of the store’s business. If you need Asian groceries at the lowest prices it would be tough to beat Dino’s. If they don’t have something you need, just ask Eddy and he’ll stock it for you.

It seems like we’ve been waiting forever for this Walmart project to go forward, and finally it looks like there may be a groundbreaking in as little as six months.
The Courier News:

In terms of business, a new Walmart and a Sam’s Club at Randall and Bowes has been on the drawing board since 2006. Since then, the company has rebranded its look, and the plan brought before the council Wednesday night “is the Walmart of the future — a much better store with a brand new look,” architect Rich Hayes …

A caravan of ambulances in Elgin helped move patients from the old Sherman Hospital location, to a new state-of-art medical center a few miles away.

DNA Press Release from a few days ago:

Toom Toom Thai Opens Today!
Be one of the first to experience Downtown Elgin’s newest restaurant - Toom Toom Thai - opening today for lunch and dinner!
Toom Toom Thai is owned and operated by Toom Wiitanen, who also owns Thai Zie in downtown St. Charles.
Toom has made some very nice changes to the former Akina’s Thai Restaurant at 23 S. Grove Avenue, just south of Chicago Street in Downtown Elgin.
The restaurant offers a cozy, yet elegant atmosphere with authentic Thai cuisine at …

Roadhouse Bar and Grill is the new establishment that will open in the Grove Theater/Prairie Rock space in downtown Elgin. I have nothing to add beyond what has been posted in the thread on the Prairie Rock closing, but wanted to designate a thread for anybody posting information about this new restaurant. Apparently it is a rather unique concept that will incorporate MMA (mixed martial arts) events.
They have a Facebook page and an unbuilt website.

Sadly, a downtown Elgin antique store is closing. The antique store was formerly housed in the Heider electric building, which had originally been the home of the Elgin Windmill Company. The antique store took its name from the windmill factory calling itself the Elgin Windmill Factory Antiques. About a year ago, they moved out of that building into the old Waverly Stables, one of the few remaining cobblestone structures in Elgin. In both locations, I thought it was a great store with many items of historic interest. I’m sad to …

A new cafe has opened in downtown Elgin at the corner of Highland Avenue, across from the Civic Center (where the previous tenant was Let’s Meet for Coffee).