Southland Savvy
Louisville-based Texas Roadhouse will officially open at 4 p.m. Monday at 9960 Joliet Road in Countryside, but the steakhouse will play host to veterans and Special Olympians over the weekend as its works out the kinks for its cooks, meat cutters and other kitchen staff.
“We have so many veterans in our family, including my
wife,” said Eric Stewart, managing partner in a release. “We are passionate
about giving back to the women and men who have served our country. We’re also
proud to support Special Olympics here locally and can’t imagine a better way
to celebrate our opening than by helping these two organizations that serve so
many families across this community.”
In addition to rolling out the carpet for local
organizations, the restaurant will donate food from this weekend's
invitation-only events to Countryside police and firefighters.
The restaurant, which is bringing 200 new jobs to the area,
will be open from 4-10 p.m. Monday to Thursday, from 4-11 p.m. Friday, from 11
a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday and from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday.
The steakhouse chain, which started in 1993, has more than
395 locations in 48 states.
For more information, call 708-482-7870 or visit Texas Roadhouse.
Zombie Safari opens
in Tinley Park
Zombies are back on the attack in Tinley Park at Odyssey Fun
Farm at 19111 S. OK Park Ave., across the street from Odyssey Fun World arcade.
The Zombie Safari Hayride runs from 7-midnight on Fridays,
Saturdays and Sundays (no Sundays in September) after the much more kid
friendly Fun Farm shuts down at 6 p.m.
For $20, you are driven into a 15-acre maze and then
attacked by zombies. You fight back with paintball guns mounted on the sides of
the hayride truck. You start out with 100 paintballs but can buy more ammo if
you are particularly trigger happy.
“We have a lot of cool stuff going on at night this year,”
said Clint Paraday, general manager of the arcade and Fun Farm, which offered
the Zombie Safari for the first time last Halloween.
The safari lasts for about 15 minutes, Paraday said.
The Fun Farm has been offered for three years now and
features a 15-acre pumpkin patch, 15-acre maze, corn cannon, zip line and a
corn crib that holds upward of 15 tons of corn.
The Fun Farm will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. from
Sept. 28 to Oct. 27. General admission is $11 with additional costs for the zip
line and pony rides.
For information, visit Odyssey Fun Farm.
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 follow business happenings at Comings & Goings.
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