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| Sonny DeWitt (left) and Joe Pirelli prepare ribs at Dickey's Barbecue Pit in Orland Park. |
Southland Savvy
Sonny DeWitt and Joe Pirelli have taken over as owners of the Dickey’s Barbecue Pit in Orland Park.
DeWitt and Pirelli took ownership
of the restaurant at 15110 S. LaGrange Road on July 6. It is the second
location for them. They have owned a Dickey’s in Schererville, Ind., for three
years.
“He’s a Chicago guy and I’m from
northwest Indiana,” he said. “Joe is the meat guy and I take care of the rest
of it.”
“We always knew we were going to
open another Dickey’s,” said DeWitt, 46, who lives in Highland, Ind.
“We just
didn’t know it would be so soon.”
DeWitt and Pirelli bought the
Orland location from brothers John and Joseph Bak, who opened the smokehouse in
January. The Texas-based chain is noted for its beef brisket, pulled pork,
smoked chicken, smoked turkey, smoked ham, ribs and sausage.
“They had decided to sell the
restaurant and asked if we wanted to buy it,” said DeWitt. “They closed on
Thursday and we opened on Friday. No one even noticed the change it was that
smooth.”
DeWitt said he and Pirelli are hands on owners and added customers should expect to see either one of them at the Orland location.
DeWitt said he and Pirelli are hands on owners and added customers should expect to see either one of them at the Orland location.
“We will walk the floor and make
sure everybody knows who we are and make sure they are having a great
experience,” DeWitt said.
DeWitt said while he is concentrating efforts on the Orland location, he knows the Schererville location is in good hands: his cousin’s.
DeWitt, who also is Midwest Area
Manager for the Texas-based chain, said one of his jobs is talking with
prospective franchisees about Dickey’s.
“That’s how I got to know the Bak
brothers,” he said.
Hours will remain the same from 11
a.m. to 9 p.m. daily and the food will meet Dickey’s highest standards, DeWitt
said. The Orland location has seating for about 55 people.
For information on the Orland
location, call the restaurant at 708-226-3090 or visit its Facebook page. For
information on Dickey’s, visit the company’s website Dickey’s Barbecue Pit.
Family Fun Night at
Odyssey
Members
of the Mokena, Orland Park and Tinley Park chambers of commerce are invited to
a multi-chamber Family Fun Night from 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, July 24, at Odyssey Fun
World, 19111 S. Oak Park Ave. in Tinley Park. For information, call
708-429-3800. Members should RSVP to their respective chambers.
Library Names New Director
Oak Lawn resident Jim Deiters took over this month as new director of
the Oak Lawn Public Library replacing longtime director James Casey, who
retired on June 29.
Deiters was appointed to the post last month and moved over from a
similar position at the Blue Island Public Library.
Deiters has a Master of Library and Information Science degree from
Dominican University and has worked in public libraries for the past 16 years.
Jump Zone Opens
Jump Zone, an 11,000-square-foot
indoor party and play center, has opened at 10140 Virginia Ave. in Chicago
Ridge. For information, call 708-572-0155 or visit Jump Zone.
Lombard-based Credit
Union 1 has opened a branch at 5535 W. 95th St.
The credit union began
in 1958 as the Chanute Military Credit Union at Chanute Air Force Base in
downstate Rantoul. It changed its name in 1982 after the Air Force closed the
base. In 1999, it merged with Paysaver Credit Union.
The credit union has
more than 87,000 members, mostly in Illinois and Indiana.
For information, call
708-422-0124 or 800-252-6950 or visit Credit Union 1.
Special of the Weekend
You can save $3 off each adult
brunch from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday at 94 West Steak & Seafood in
Orland Park if you mention you saw their ad in an email on Friday.
If you see a new
business in town or wonder what happened to an old favorite, drop me a line at bobbong@hotmail.com.
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