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Sweet Frog Premium Frozen Yogurt opened last week at 9645
Lincoln-Way Lane in Frankfort.
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Southland Savvy
The frozen yogurt craze has reached Frankfort. Texas-based Red Mango opened a shop on U.S. 30 earlier this summer and now Sweet Frog Premium Frozen Yogurt has opened a shop at 9645 Lincoln-Way Lane in the Crown Centre plaza.
Sweet Frog is like most other fro-yo stores in that it offers dozens of flavors of frozen yogurt along with dozens of toppings and sprinkles. It does feature two mascots, Scoop and Cookie, who are lime green and hot pink frogs.
Owners are John and Liz Sciaccotta, who live in neighboring Mokena.
Sweet Frog carries more than 70 flavors of frozen yogurt and features 14 specialty flavors such as thin mint and cotton candy. It also has fat-free, sugar-free, gluten-free and kosher varieties. The shop opened last week, just in time for the Frankfort Fall Festival.
Frankfort is the first location in Illinois for the Richmond, Va.-based chain that was founded in 2009 and has grown to 260 stores in 23 states as well as the United Kingdom and Domenican Republic.
Hours are noon to 9:30 p.m. Sunday to Thursday and noon to 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
For information, call 815-277-2269.
Orland convenience store opens and closes
Stop and Shop Fresh Market opened earlier this summer and has already closed at 17849 S. Wolf Road in Orland Park. The store opened in May and closed a few weeks ago. It was the latest attempt to operate a store in that location. Previous incarnations included a White Hen Pantry and a Frangella Italian Imports deli.
Mariano's to anchor Evergreen Promenade
Mariano's, which opened a popular supermarket in Frankfort earlier this summer and has broken ground on a new location in Oak Lawn, last week agreed to open a 75,000-square-foot supermarket as the anchor for the new Evergreen Promenade shopping center in Evergreen Park.
The Evergreen Promenade is a planned 92,500-square-foot plaza on a seven-acre site at 2601 W. 95th St. It will be a joint venture among Inland Real Estate Corp., Dutch pension fund advisor PGGM, IBT Group LLC and Pine Tree Commercial Realty.
Mariano's is owned by Milwaukee-based Roundy's Inc., which has been aggressively adding locations in the Chicago marketplace.
Including the lease signed with Mariano's, Evergreen Promenade is already over 80 percent pre-leased, with another 15 percent of the space currently in negotiation with other national retailers.
Construction is expected to begin this fall and Mariano's estimates it will open in the fall of 2014. Upon completion, the joint venture with PGGM will have the option to acquire 100 percent ownership in the shopping center.
Stop and Shop Fresh Market opened earlier this summer and has already closed at 17849 S. Wolf Road in Orland Park. The store opened in May and closed a few weeks ago. It was the latest attempt to operate a store in that location. Previous incarnations included a White Hen Pantry and a Frangella Italian Imports deli.
Mariano's to anchor Evergreen Promenade
Mariano's, which opened a popular supermarket in Frankfort earlier this summer and has broken ground on a new location in Oak Lawn, last week agreed to open a 75,000-square-foot supermarket as the anchor for the new Evergreen Promenade shopping center in Evergreen Park.
The Evergreen Promenade is a planned 92,500-square-foot plaza on a seven-acre site at 2601 W. 95th St. It will be a joint venture among Inland Real Estate Corp., Dutch pension fund advisor PGGM, IBT Group LLC and Pine Tree Commercial Realty.
Mariano's is owned by Milwaukee-based Roundy's Inc., which has been aggressively adding locations in the Chicago marketplace.
Including the lease signed with Mariano's, Evergreen Promenade is already over 80 percent pre-leased, with another 15 percent of the space currently in negotiation with other national retailers.
Construction is expected to begin this fall and Mariano's estimates it will open in the fall of 2014. Upon completion, the joint venture with PGGM will have the option to acquire 100 percent ownership in the shopping center.
Zoo City Treats opens in Brookfield
A new sweet shop that carries ice cream, Hawaiian shaved
ice and gourmet popcorn opened a couple of weeks ago in Brookfield.
Zoo City Treats held its grand opening Sunday at 3748
Grand Blvd. in downtown Brookfield.
Longtime village business owner Fred Tyler, who has owned
a variety of businesses in town, opened the shop on Aug. 15.
The store is open seven days a week, from 11 a.m. to 10
p.m.
For information, call 708-255-5481 or visit their Facebook page.
If you see a new business in town or wonder what
happened to an old favorite, drop me a line at bobbong@hotmail.com.
You can also catch up on business openings at Comings & Goings.
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