By Bob Bong
Southland Savvy
Fuller’s Carwash at 15610 S. Harlem Ave. in Orland Park, formerly Classic Car Wash, will be closing in early to mid-June for remodeling. Fuller’s is adding a coin-operated car wash (the driver stays in the car while it is washed) to go along with the full wash and detailing service now available. Anyone who still has coupons issued by Classic Car Wash can use them until the carwash closes. Classic coupons will not be honored when the carwash reopens.
Nicks Gyros opens
Nicks Gyros opened its third location this week at 420 W. Lincoln Highway in Chicago Heights. The restaurant is open from 10 a.m. to 2 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and from 10 a.m. to 3 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays. For more information, call 708-503-2000 or visit http://www.nicksgyroschicago.com/ Owner Nick Spinos owns two other gyros restaurants on Chicago’s South Side.
Relocating
The Dance Company is expecting to move by late summer from its current digs at 47 E. Lincoln Highway in Frankfort to 332 N. LaGrange Road in the Frankfort Crossing Shopping Center. The dance school is moving into the southern corner space in the strip center, which is anchored by a Jewel-Osco store. The school has about 300 students and has been teaching dance for more than a decade.
Big Tuna eyes Frankfort
Big Tuna, a Japanese restaurant at 13137 S. LaGrange Road in Orland Park, is planning on opening a second location this summer at 19951 S. LaGrange Road in Frankfort. The restaurant features sushi, teriyaki and tempura dishes. It will be open for lunch and dinner.
A new Walmart opens
A Walmart store opened earlier this month at 9450 Joliet Road in Hodgkins.
Movado closing retail stores
Movado Group, the Swiss watchmaker, is closing its retail division by June 30. The decision affects stores at Woodfield Mall, Oakbrook Shoppingn Center and Water Tower Place in Chicago. The company will continue to sell watches and other jewelry through independent retailers.
Deals of the weekend
Buy one milkshake, get one free at Sonic restaurants in Lockport and Country Club Hills. Offer runs through June 27. You can get the free one when you order the first one or receive a coupon.
Barnes & Noble is offering a 15 percent discount at BN.com by June 1. Just type in J4D4Y3C at checkout.
Sports Authority is offering $25 off online orders of more than $100 and free shipping on online orders of more than $49. Just type in MEM25 at checkout. Offer is good through June 5.
About Me
- Bob Bong
- I have more than 40 years in the news business and have successfully evolved into an electronic journalist. Comings & Goings and Southland Savvy track news about businesses in Chicago's Southland.
Glenwood Oaks offers $10 off dinner
MarketSavvy
Glenwood Oaks Rib and Chophouse is offering $10 off a dinner for two with this coupon. Sink your teeth into a mouthwatering feast with a discount courtesy of the Jarosky Family and Southland Savvy.
Glenwood Oaks Rib and Chophouse is offering $10 off a dinner for two with this coupon. Sink your teeth into a mouthwatering feast with a discount courtesy of the Jarosky Family and Southland Savvy.
In Blue Island, seeing the recession's toll
"If south suburban Blue Island long ago was a geological mix of boulders and other debris dropped by a glacier, the Illinois Department of Human Services office there now is a moraine of human travail deposited by the recession," writes Jim Warren in a column on the Chicago News Cooperative.
"A parking lot the size of a football field was jammed Tuesday, and caseworkers laughed about my three-minute search for a space. This was a slow day, they informed me; show up on the first of the month, when various benefits are due, and you would think the Rolling Stones were in town. Lines form outside shortly after sunrise.
"By 10 a.m., about 150 people of diverse economic strata were applying for, or seeking urgent counsel about, welfare, food stamps, and Medicaid and disability payments, among other matters. They were in financial, social, mental and physical distress, and this office — whose budget-stressed staff deals with 81,000 cases in a suburban area up to the Will County border — is a lifeline."
With all the talk of a recovering stock market and the beginnings of an upswing in the economy, this is what the Great Recession still looks like in the Southland.
"A parking lot the size of a football field was jammed Tuesday, and caseworkers laughed about my three-minute search for a space. This was a slow day, they informed me; show up on the first of the month, when various benefits are due, and you would think the Rolling Stones were in town. Lines form outside shortly after sunrise.
"By 10 a.m., about 150 people of diverse economic strata were applying for, or seeking urgent counsel about, welfare, food stamps, and Medicaid and disability payments, among other matters. They were in financial, social, mental and physical distress, and this office — whose budget-stressed staff deals with 81,000 cases in a suburban area up to the Will County border — is a lifeline."
With all the talk of a recovering stock market and the beginnings of an upswing in the economy, this is what the Great Recession still looks like in the Southland.
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