More than 10 years ago a handful of friends and I were in the early stages of opening our own hookah lounge in Rockford. We met with a product supplier, found an ideal location, and even landed a permit to operate in the city. Unfortunately, there was a financial hiccup that forced up to back out of that plan. It sucked. But, many years later, someone else is opening a spot in the center of Rockford.
The location of this new hookah lounge is the vacant property once known as
Fatty's McGee's. This week some Rockford City Council members gave it their approval, but not all of them.