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Restaurants, theaters see benefits as Bridge Phase starts

Restaurants, theaters see benefits as Bridge Phase starts Peggy Kinnane s Irish Restaurant & Pub owners Michelle and Derek Hanley usher in Illinois Bridge Phase Friday with lunch at their own downtown Arlington Heights business with son Conor and grandson Jack. Eric Peterson | Staff Photographer Larry Huber, owner of Salsa 17 in downtown Arlington Heights, attributed the size of his lunchtime crowd more to the good weather for outdoor dining than the start of Illinois Bridge Phase Friday, but said the small change in regulations adds to hope of returning to full capacity. Eric Peterson | Staff Photographer Cortland s Garage was among the restaurants in downtown Arlington Heights to which lunchtime diners flocked Friday, but many believe the good weather and existing capacity for alfresco dining were greater influences than the marginal changes of Illinois s Bridge Phase of reopening.

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Parklets, tents, food alleys: Suburbs continue expanded outdoor dining this year

Posted4/15/2021 6:00 AM Once upon a time back in 2019 outdoor dining in suburban towns meant sipping your soup on a restaurant s patio or huddling over a tiny two-top on a sidewalk out front. Then came the COVID-19 pandemic, and town officials and businesses moved with warp speed to figure out ways to move things outside, so their restaurants and pubs could survive state restrictions that shut down or limited indoor dining. And the efforts worked so well, many are setting up al fresco dining areas again, even as restrictions have loosened. It ended up being great with all the different programming that went on, said Beth Walker, executive director of Batavia MainStreet, where the city closed off North River Street downtown.

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Outdoor dining in the streets returns to downtown Arlington Heights

Outdoor dining in the streets returns to downtown Arlington Heights
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What s next after al fresco dining in Arlington Heights? How about theater under the stars

First outdoor dining, and now outdoor theater? On the heels of the popular Arlington Alfresco that closed downtown Arlington Heights streets in 2020 and is set to start again this Friday the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre plans to stage productions this spring and summer just blocks away under a tent. Theater and village officials have proposed closing Eastman Avenue from Arlington Heights Road to Evergreen Street right in-between North School Park and a village-owned parking garage where a 40-by-90-foot tent would play host to two theater productions from May through September. The structure with tent flaps open on the west and south sides would have room for at least 80 socially-distanced, masked theatergoers. The stage would be situated 60 feet east of Evergreen and face Arlington Heights Road, with the nearest residences some 200 feet away in the other direction at the Hancock Square apartments. Metropolis officials say the tent will be lined with small spea

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Sign of spring? Arlington Alfresco returns Friday

Sign of spring? Arlington Alfresco returns Friday The intersection of Campbell Street and Vail Avenue in downtown Arlington Heights will be closed starting Wednesday in preparation for the return of the Arlington Alfresco outdoor dining zone on Friday. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer Early morning dog walkers on Tuesday stroll past road closed signs that line Vail Avenue in downtown Arlington Heights, as the village prepares for setup of Arlington Alfresco. The popular outdoor dining zone opens Friday. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer Updated 3/9/2021 4:16 PM Street closures in downtown Arlington Heights will go into effect Wednesday morning in preparation for the start of the Arlington Alfresco outdoor dining zone on Friday.

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