Articles in the Downtown Category

We’ve had pretty good weather for ice skating. More pictures of City Skate on Flickr.
Information on City Skate from the City of Elgin website:

Have free fun with the family this winter at City Skate, Elgin’s outdoor ice rink, now open for the season! City Skate is conveniently located on the Civic Center Plaza, between Hemmens Auditorium and City Hall. Free parking is available at The Centre Parking deck, or in the Civic Center parking lot at Douglas and Highland Avenue.
The ice rink is open and free to the public from …

Just a couple of pictures I missed from the last roll.

Just having fun with my vintage camera. These pictures were taken early Sunday evening in downtown Elgin.

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.

The Elgin Bike & Dine on September 19th was fantastic!  (Yes, this post is long overdue, but my photos were inaccessible for a bit.)
Nearly 30 people gathered together to ride on mini bike rides between several dining stops in a progressive lunch.  The ride totaled 13 miles in all.  First stop was Ravenheart Coffee.  It was great to see so many bikes parked outside.  Maybe some day that will be the norm!  (Fingers crossed.)

Next we went to Douglas Street Sports Bar for appetizers. Tasty.

And the next few stops were …