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Fresh Starts – a love story for 30 years

Fresh Starts is celebrating 30 years as one of the premier dining establishments in Chicago’s south suburban region. It has won numerous dining awards and remains a cornerstone of Flossmoor’s downtown area.

 Joann Lindholm, owner of Fresh Starts restaurant 
in downtown Flossmoor, is celebrating 30 years 
of running her “labor of love.” 

(Photo by Tom Houlihan/H-F Chronicle)

Thirty years later, Joann Lindholm says Fresh Starts is still a labor of love.

“People ask me how I…

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