By Bob Bong
Southland Savvy
Fans of family shows, concerts and sporting events can now buy their tickets at the Walmart store at 9245 W. 159th St. in Orland Hills or any of 77 Walmarts in the Chicago area that are now offering tickets to Ticketmaster events.
Fans can use touch screens in the store’s electronics department to buy tickets to any Ticketmaster live events. Once the desired event is selected by the fan, a Walmart employee helps complete the transaction and immediately prints the tickets.
"By integrating ticketing into Walmart stores, we are able to offer fans this very convenient way to learn about upcoming events, purchase and take home tickets without leaving their neighborhood," said Nathan Hubbard, CEO of Ticketmaster, I a release. "In addition, Ticketmaster will continue to work closely with our clients to create exclusive high value offers for Walmart customers."
The service also is available at Walmarts in Bedford Park, Bolingbrook, Bourbonnais, Bridgeview, Country Club Hills, Crestwood, Evergreen Park, Glenwood, Joliet, Lansing, Lockport, Matteson, Naperville, Plainfield, Romeoville and Shorewood.
Orland Square Story Hour
The Simon Kidgits Club is teaming up with Simon & Schuster to bring a monthly story hour to Orland Square Mall.
Read.Play.Shop. will entertain children through stories, activities and games while stirring their imaginations at the same time.
Visit the Orland Square Mall Play Area sponsored by Bettenhausen Dodge at 10 a.m. on Sept. 13, Oct. 11, Nov. 13 or Dec. 13.
All About Me Relocates
All About Me It's A London Thing has relocated to the lower JC Penney Court at Orland Square Mall.
Orland Bakery Delivers for Free
Orland Bakery, which will be relocating soon from its longtime home at 143rd Street and LaGrange Road in Orland Park, has started offering free delivery anywhere in the village for orders of $25 or more. For information, call 708-349-8516 or visit their website at http://www.orlandparkbakery.com/.
Jersey Mike’s Joins Mokena French MarketJersey Mike’s Subs in Orland Park will have a booth at the Mokena French Market for the next eight Saturdays. The market runs from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Metra parking lot at Front Street and Wolf Road in downtown Mokena.
Deal of the monthFrom now until Sept. 26, shoppers who frequent the Aldi food store inside the Westfield Chicago Ridge Mall in Chicago Ridge will receive a $10 Westfield gift card for every $75 they spend at Aldi. Just take your Aldi receipt to the Mall Office or Westfield Concierge to get your gift card.
Bears deal of the weekend
Every week, we will feature a Southland establishment that has a great deal for Bears fans. For the opener, Chicago Blu at 19917 S. LaGrange Road in Frankfort has lots of flat screen TVs, cheap pitchers of Miller and Bud and domestic buckets as well as a free halftime buffet. For information, call 815-469-2204. Game starts at noon.
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.
Plaza Cafe to Close Wednesday in Orland Park
By Bob Bong
Southland Savvy
The Plaza Café will become the latest business to leave Orland Plaza when it closes its doors at 143rd Street and LaGrange Road in Orland Park at the end of business on Wednesday, Aug. 31.
Owner Tom Demacopoulos said he was “99 percent certain” the café would relocate, but didn’t want to say more until it was a certainty.
Book and Bean Opens in New Lenox Library
The New Lenox Library is going to try again with a coffee shop inside the library at 120 Veterans Parkway.
Kim Stoltz, who runs the Book and Bean café at the Joliet Library, has opened Book and Bean Too inside the New Lenox Library.
The café is now open and serves beverages, soup and sandwiches from 10 a.m. to about 4 p.m.
Its official opening is Monday, Sept. 12, and its hours will be 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday.
The library will start being open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Fridays on Sept. 1, but Stoltz is holding off on Friday hours for Book and Bean for the time being.
Stoltz eventually will offer coffeehouse events such as open mic nights, artist receptions and poetry slams.
Pompei Little Italy Opens in Orland
Pompei Little Italy had its grand opening on Monday in the former R.C. Mulligan’s location at the Riviera Country Club and Sports Center at 8801 W. 143rd St. in Orland Park. For information and hours, call 708-349-1100.
Orland Mall Demolition
Work began Monday on the demolition of the former movie theaters at 49 Orland Square Dr. in Orland Square Mall, which will be the site of a Dave & Buster’s adult arcade, bar and restaurant sometime next year. The mall also started repaving the parking lot last week as part of its renovation.
Francesca’s Collections
Francesca’s Collections had its grand opening on Saturday in their new location in the lower level Macy’s Court at Orland Square Mall.
Southland Savvy
The Plaza Café will become the latest business to leave Orland Plaza when it closes its doors at 143rd Street and LaGrange Road in Orland Park at the end of business on Wednesday, Aug. 31.
Owner Tom Demacopoulos said he was “99 percent certain” the café would relocate, but didn’t want to say more until it was a certainty.
Book and Bean Opens in New Lenox Library
The New Lenox Library is going to try again with a coffee shop inside the library at 120 Veterans Parkway.
Kim Stoltz, who runs the Book and Bean café at the Joliet Library, has opened Book and Bean Too inside the New Lenox Library.
The café is now open and serves beverages, soup and sandwiches from 10 a.m. to about 4 p.m.
Its official opening is Monday, Sept. 12, and its hours will be 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday.
The library will start being open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Fridays on Sept. 1, but Stoltz is holding off on Friday hours for Book and Bean for the time being.
Stoltz eventually will offer coffeehouse events such as open mic nights, artist receptions and poetry slams.
Pompei Little Italy Opens in Orland
Pompei Little Italy had its grand opening on Monday in the former R.C. Mulligan’s location at the Riviera Country Club and Sports Center at 8801 W. 143rd St. in Orland Park. For information and hours, call 708-349-1100.
Orland Mall Demolition
Work began Monday on the demolition of the former movie theaters at 49 Orland Square Dr. in Orland Square Mall, which will be the site of a Dave & Buster’s adult arcade, bar and restaurant sometime next year. The mall also started repaving the parking lot last week as part of its renovation.
Francesca’s Collections
Francesca’s Collections had its grand opening on Saturday in their new location in the lower level Macy’s Court at Orland Square Mall.
New Sugar-Free Bakery to Open Saturday in Mokena
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| Richard and Marie Martinez are opening a sugar-free baker in Mokena on Saturday. |
By Bob Bong
Southland Savvy
Sugarless World Bakery, a new bakery that specializes in sugar-free pastries and desserts, will hold its grand opening at 6 a.m. tomorrow at 19458 S. LaGrange Road in Mokena.
Owner Marie Martinez said the first 50 people through the doors tomorrow will each get a special treat.
Martinez, who is opening the business with her father, Richard Martinez, said the shop is catering to diabetics, senior citizens and anyone who is conscious about how much sugar is in their diet.
Sugarless World Bakery will initially be open 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and closed on Sundays.
“We will be closed on Sundays for at least the first couple of months,” Martinez said. “After that we may add some Sunday hours.”
For information, call Sugarless World Bakery at 708-995-5923 or visit their Facebook page.
Wendy’s Opens in Orland
A new Wendy’s restaurant has opened in the former Boston Market at 7360 W. 159th St. in Orland Park. It is the second Wendy’s in Orland Park and is around the corner from the site of a Wendy’s that was closed years ago and converted into a bank. The phone number is (708) 444-0565.
Pompei Pizza Open in Riviera Country Club
A grand opening is scheduled for Monday for the new Pompei Pizza at the Riviera Country Club and Sports Center at 8801 W. 143rd St. in Orland Park. For information, call 708-349-1100.
New Pharmacy Opens in Lansing
Quik Scripts held its grand opening today at 3330 Ridge Road in Lansing. The business promises to offer old fashioned prescription service including free delivery to your home or office. For information, call 708-474-9540 and ask for Dave the Pharmacist.
Free Gyros on Tuesday
Our deal of the week comes from Kronos, the purveyor of meat and other foods to many Greek restaurants in the Southland, which is again offering free gyros on Tuesday, Aug. 30, from 10:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. You have to download a coupon and indicate the restaurant you will be visiting for your free sandwich.
Participating restaurants can be for at the Kronos website but they include Antoni’s in Lockport, Baby’s Steak & Lemonade in Orland Park and Joliet, Cyprus in Tinley Park, Goody’s & Gyros in Homer Glen, Johnny’s Wee-Nee Wagon in Markham, Nick’s BBQ in Palos Heights, Burbank, Homer Glen, Romeoville and Tinley Park, and Pop’s in Lockport, Crown Point, Dyer, Tinley Park, Romeoville, Orland Park, Mokena, Homewood and Palos Heights.
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