Oak Brook Restaurant Week April 22nd-30th
A dining Mecca with nearly 60 Restaurants!
Beatrix
AMERICAN CUISINE
272 Oakbrook Center, Oak Brook
630 491 1415
California Pizza Kitchen
AMERICAN CUISINE
551 Oakbrook Center, Oak Brook
630 571 7800
Driftwood Grille
AMERICAN
17W648 22ND St, Oakbrook terrace, Oak Brook
815 374 3893
J. Alexander
AMERICAN
1410 16TH...
By Scott Jonlich
Up until this past holiday shopping season, most of us took law and order in DuPage County for granted. News about violent crime was focused more in Chicago and Cook County, only about 20 miles east. There...
The Story of Rich Melman's "Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises"
By Larry Atseff
R.J. Grunts Started It All
A little more than 50 years ago, on June 10th at 11:31 am, to be precise, Rich Melman and late, first partner, Jerry Orzoff, opened...
For Hinsdale Hospital's Most Vulnerable Patients
By Larry Atseff
For more than 100 years, Hinsdale Hospital has cared for generations of families from Hinsdale and the surrounding communities. The hospital has been a destination for women and children. Adam Maycock, President,...
Researcher & Surgeon Dr. Jose Oberholzer
By Larry Atseff
In our discussions with Dick Portillo and the success of his restaurant chain, we learned how important it was for Sharon, his childhood sweetheart and wife of 62 years, to be constantly...
Oak Brook's Village President
By Chuck Fieldman
Gopal Lalmalani has enjoyed practicing cardiology for more than 40 years. But the 72-year-old Oak Brook Village President has put much of his heart into serving the people of Oak Brook over the past...
Oak Brook's New Village Manager
By Chuck Fieldman
Kathy Maher, up until June 2021, was the President of the Oak Brook Historical Society. She has been a volunteer since 1978, shortly after the group began in 1975. Since being elected President...
By Larry Atseff
Kathy Maher, up until June 2021, was the President of the Oak Brook Historical Society. She has been a volunteer since 1978, shortly after the group began in 1975. Since being elected President in 2006, she has...
By Larry Atseff
On November 30, 2021, the Oak Brook Chapter of the Auxiliary of the Infant Welfare Society of Chicago welcomed everyone once again, in person, to Mistletoe Medley, at Drury Lane. In 2020, in the midst of the...
The Couple Behind Merry Richards Jewelers
By Larry Atseff
If your wife’s first name was Merry, and your first name was Richard, and you wanted to open a jewelry store, would you consider naming it Merry Richards Jewelers? Well, that’s exactly...