It's Your Business: Kirlin's planning stores in Champaign, Danville
Kirlin's Hallmark plans to return to Champaign — and open a store in Danville too.The Quincy-based, family owned chain has set a tentative opening date of Feb. 22 for its store at Marketview Shopping...
View ArticleIt's Your Business: Coffee shop coming to west Champaign
Wake up, west Champaign!Now that Jimmy John's has opened its sandwich shop at the southwest corner of Springfield and Mattis avenues in Champaign, work has begun to renovate the space immediately south...
View ArticleIt's Your Business: Gymnastics academy plans 'grand reopening'
Champaign Gymnastics Academy, which opened at Champaign's Country Fair Shopping Center last fall, has installed a new in-ground foam pit and scheduled a "grand reopening" of its facility for this...
View ArticleIt's Your Business: Louie's Dixie Kitchen opens this month
Leah Pettit will soon introduce Champaign-Urbana diners to Mississippi-style barbecue and an array of dishes from New Orleans.Her restaurant, Louie's Dixie Kitchen, is set to open at 1104 N. Cunningham...
View ArticleIt's Your Business: C-U saying goodbye to some longtime retailers
Abercrombie & Fitch, the fashion retailer known for provocative advertising, has closed its store at Market Place Shopping Center in Champaign after 13 years there. The store's last day of business...
View ArticleIt's Your Business: Tin Roof Tavern opening in Urbana
Scott Cochrane said he hopes to open a new bar, the Tin Roof Tavern, at 604 N. Cunningham Ave., U, later this month.That's the former location of Geo's Chill and Grill, Rumor's Bar and Grill and most...
View ArticleIt's Your Business: Lounge among new tenants of M2 on Neil
Look for a new lounge to open in the former Trevett-Mattis Banking Co. space immediately west of Destihl Restaurant & Brew Works in downtown Champaign.Work on the lounge is expected to start this...
View ArticleIt's Your Business: Sports bar/ restaurant now open in Tolono
Fans of Brian Cardinal and other sports greats can find their images on the walls of a new restaurant in Tolono.Traxside Pub and Sports Lounge opened Feb. 1 in the old Radmaker's Billiards and Sports...
View ArticleIt's Your Business: Kirlin's Hallmark coming to Champaign, Danville
Folks who hated not having a local Hallmark store open for Valentine's Day can take heart.Kirlin's Hallmark plans to open Friday — and possibly as early as Wednesday — in the former Dena's Hallmark...
View ArticleIt's Your Business: Kohl's to open new Danville store Wednesday
For new retail openings in East Central Illinois this week, it's hard to get bigger than the opening of the new Kohl's store in Danville.The 56,000-square-foot store at 3707 N. Vermilion St. has a...
View ArticleIt's Your Business: Toy store again open for holiday shopping
For the fourth holiday season in a row, Ron Meyer and his family are operating Meyer's New and Used Toy Store — with nearly 2,000 like-new toys without the boxes.The store, located north of Urbana, is...
View ArticleIt's Your Business: Chocolates star at Lincoln Square candy shop
A new candy shop, Bent Bean, has opened at Urbana's Lincoln Square Village, selling among other things Rubens Chocolates.The shop is located near the center of the mall, in the spot that was the...
View ArticleIt's Your Business: Catering firm moving; new strip mall planned
Marble's Catering Service in Savoy will move to a new location at 104 W. Tomaras Ave. at the outset of the new year.The location — formerly the home of the ABC Learning Center — has about 9,000 square...
View ArticleIt's Your Business: Korean restaurant opens in Campustown
A new Korean restaurant has opened in Champaign's Campustown.K-Bowl made its debut last week at 39 E. Green St. in a space west of Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches in the University Centre shopping...
View ArticleIt's Your Business: Record shop open; game shop expands
Nathan Landolt has opened Error Records at 702 S. Neil St., C, in the space that formerly housed the skateboard shop called Board Boutique.Error Records sells vinyl records, cassette tapes, compact...
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