After just six months in business, CBD Botanicals is expanding to another community and owner Jim Weddigen said other locations are also in the works. In January, SBJ reported that CBD Botanicals had opened at 2536 S. Koke Mill Rd. in Springfield, and a second location is now slated to open in late July or [...]
BY STACIE LEWIS Read which building permits were approved by the City of Springfield between June 17 and June 23, 2019. Memorial Health Systems obtained a commercial remodel permit for a therapy pool infill at 3132 Old Jacksonville Rd. The project is valued at $65,000. A remodel permit for another therapy pool infill at [...]
Luis Morales is preparing to open Roots Latin Grill at 4721 W. Wabash in Springfield, and he says the new restaurant will reflect his own Bolivian roots. “The idea behind this restaurant is that Latin American food in Springfield is just Mexican food. I’m trying to get more of my background from South America and [...]
Garren Burton is the new director of operations and practice administrator at Prairie Eye and LASIK Center and Prairie Spa. He will be based out of the main office in Springfield, overseeing all 10 offices throughout central Illinois. Most recently, Burton served as the senior practice manager for The LASIK Vision Institute in Austin, Texas, [...]
It’s been several years in the making, but the Dunkin’ Donuts at 2730 S. Sixth St. is finally preparing to open. In April 2017, SBJ reported that Nick Bhatt, owner of the existing Dunkin’ Donuts franchise at 102 Chatham Rd. in Springfield, was seeking approval to develop an outlot in the Habitat for Humanity parking [...]
Tasty City Seafood & Trio has closed after less than a year in business. The restaurant opened at 4233 W. Wabash in September 2018, although a “coming soon” sign had been posted months earlier. “It was tough out there. That location wasn’t working for us,” said the owner, Leroy Singleton. He said the restaurant had [...]
Two new restaurants are preparing to open in the 200 block of South Fifth St. in downtown Springfield. In April, SBJ reported that Tacology 101 was closing its second location at 210 S. Fifth St., next to Floyd’s Thirst Parlor, which was previously occupied by the sushi restaurant Stop and Roll. The space will now reopen [...]
BY STACIE LEWIS Strategic Lincoln LLC in care of Strategic Properties of NA obtained a commercial accessory structure permit for 520 S. Second St. Vertical Limit is the contractor and the project is valued at $15,000. 4590 Industrial Dr., Inc. obtained a commercial accessory structure permit for 4596 S. Industrial Ave. AMF Electrical Contractor [...]
Fans of CoCo Pies are still waiting for another opportunity to purchase the decadent desserts in Springfield, and while owner Connie DiCenso recently moved out of state, she says she hopes to bring her pies back to the capital city even if she’s not living here. Last October, DiCenso closed Café Coco, a restaurant she [...]
Tony Leone’s Innkeepers Café opens in January By Cinda Ackerman Klickna In the midst of parking lots along Madison Street, across from the Department of Revenue Willard Ice Building, sits a home built in 1918 by Italian immigrant Peter Leone. It has now been transformed into a coffee shop scheduled to open in early 2019. [...]