Bistro on Sterling, a bar and restaurant specializing in American food in downtown Flossmoor, has changed hands. Tracy and Rich Cairo, who owned Bistro on Sterling since 2017, sold it to their executive chef, Yvette Zavala. Zavala will remain executive chef in her new ownership position. She’ll be adding new items to[Read More…]
Author: Nick Ulanowski
Family Wine & Liquor expands its space and adds coolers
Family Wine & Liquor, a liquor store in the Southgate Shopping Center in Homewood, has almost doubled its space. This has allowed for more room for customers to walk while browsing, less product that has to be temporarily stored in the back and new, walk-in coolers for beer and hard[Read More…]
Ace Hardware re-opens in new Cherry Creek location
Ebel’s Ace Hardware at the Cherry Creek Shopping Center in Homewood celebrated the grand opening of its new store location on Monday, Jan. 22. It moved from 18410 Governors Highway to 18320 Governors Highway, a few units away. While the space is smaller, management said this new store is an[Read More…]
Soup-tasting event will raise money for the Center for Food Equity in Medicine
Soup for the Soul, a soup-tasting event featuring about 20 chefs for a fundraiser for the Center for Food Equity in Medicine (CFFEIM), will be held at the Flossmoor Community House in Flossmoor on Monday, Feb. 19, from 5 to 9 p.m. CFFEIM is a nonprofit organization that provides nutritional[Read More…]
Trail Mix concert featuring the Tray Wellington Band moves to Thornton Distilling Co.
Trail Mix Acoustic Concert Series, a year-round music festival, will feature a performance from the Tray Wellington Band, a bluegrass group from Raleigh, North Carolina, and local one-man band M.G. Bailey, at Thornton Distilling Co. in Thornton on Saturday, Feb. 10. This will be the first Trail Mix that isn’t[Read More…]
Art gallery Oxford Art Exchange opens in Shops on Sterling
Oxford Art Exchange, a shop that specializes in framed, original artwork at an affordable price, celebrated its grand opening in the Shops on Sterling building in downtown Flossmoor on Thursday, Jan. 11. The artwork at Oxford Art Exchange is less expensive than most artwork of its kind because the owner,[Read More…]
Amabel Crawford lights the Kwanzaa candle on the 2nd night
Before lighting the second candle on Flossmoor’s kinara on Dec. 27, Amabel Crawford, director of learning and instruction for Flossmoor School District 161, offered a few remarks about what Kwanzaa means to her. She said Kwanza is a time for her and her family to “reaffirm our values, how we[Read More…]
Eliott Yurman lights Flossmoor Park menorah for the final day of Hanukkah
Eliott Yurman, a Homewood synagogue Shir Tikvah member, lit the giant menorah in Flossmoor Park on Thursday, Dec. 14, marking the last day of Hanukkah. An audience of about 20 people watched as Yurman lit the menorah at the guidance of Flossmoor events director Stephanie Wright. Before the lighting, Flossmoor[Read More…]
Flossmoor Commons to open a clothing store, an indoor playground and a new restaurant
Despite recent closings on the western edge of Flossmoor Commons, the shopping center’s co-owner Blake Meiser said they’re currently in contract negotiations with more businesses to fill up the space. Two of these businesses have been confirmed by their ownership. Definitions and Meanings, a sports apparel store owned by Derrick[Read More…]
Ron Kirchler lights Flossmoor Park menorah for the 4th day of Hanukkah
Community member Ron Kirchler lit the giant menorah in front of Park Place in Flossmoor Park for the fourth night of Hanukkah on Sunday, Dec. 10. A different community member is lighting the menorah every day of Hanukkah. Flossmoor Village events manager Stephanie Wright assisted Kirchler. She instructed Kirchler to[Read More…]
Newsletter
