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By Karen Brune Mathis, Managing Editor

Edwin Watts Holding Co. is the landlord. The 167-seat caf is at the northern end of the building.

The first caf for the Dallas-based company is being developed at the Shoppes on Riverside in Downtowns Riverside area and is expected to open late this year.

The city is reviewing plans for tenant improvements for Corner Bakery Caf Southpoint in more than 4,300 square feet of space, along with an outdoor patio, at the Bonneval location. The project cost is $550,000. No contractor was identified.

Corner Bakery Caf is a fast-casual restaurant that offers made-to-order breakfast, lunch and dinner as well as catering.

Downtown, the Corner Bakery will occupy a 4,000-square-foot building under construction at 192 Riverside Ave. in front of The Fresh Market.

In September, the company said it plans to open as many as 10 restaurants in the area as part of a multi-unit restaurant franchise agreement with Lee Wesley Group LLC, whose manager is Arthur Lee, president and CEO of Lee, Wesley & Associates LLC, Lee Wesley Group LLC and Lee Wesley Restaurants LLC.

Lee Wesley Group LLC also owns and operates several Panda Express, Burger King, Nathans Famous, Auntie Annes and Taco Bell restaurants.

Corner Bakery Caf says its made-to-order menu features hot breakfast scramblers, paninis and sandwiches, homemade soups, salads, pastas and sweets.

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Tex-Mex enthusiasts will have a new restaurant to frequent later this year as Gringos Mexican Kitchen will open its 11th Houston-area location in Spring.

Construction recently started at 19330 Interstate 45 North near Top Golf and will be finished by September, Director of Operations Frank Martinucci said. The restaurant will employ around 140 staff members with a mix of full-time and part-time positions and will feature a patio, bar area and a playground for children in the waiting area.

Martinucci said the company has wanted to move toward The Woodlands and take advantage of the rapid growth in the area.

Its a great location along the highway; and when we heard Top Golf was opening, it was a good thing that really helped seal the deal, Martinucci said.

The restaurant will be modeled after the most recent design, which was incorporated into the Gringos Mexican Kitchen in Cypress, built in 2012, Martinucci said. The restaurant offers fun colors, plenty of booth seating, artwork and other decorations. A banquet room will be available for large parties and other events.

A daily schedule for the restaurant has not been finalized, but it probably will be similar to other Gringos locations, Martinucci said.

Our closing times will probably vary between 9 and 10 p.m. depending on the day of the week and what the local community desires, Martinucci said.

For more information about Gringos Mexican Kitchen, visit http://www.gringosmexicankitchen.com.

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Responding to community uproar over a planned McDonalds drive-thru restaurant near Gonzaga University, the Spokane City Council this week imposed an emergency six-month moratorium on similar projects along Hamilton Street in the Loganneighborhood.

Its a largely symbolic effort since the moratorium wont stop construction of the drive-thru at Augusta Avenue and North Hamilton Street, nor are there any other similar projects in the pre-planning stages at thispoint.

But it gives the neighborhood an opportunity to put the finishing touches on new development standards intended to promote a pedestrian-friendlyatmosphere.

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Responding to community uproar over a planned McDonalds drive-thru restaurant near Gonzaga University, the Spokane City Council this week imposed an emergency six-month moratorium on similar projects along Hamilton Street in the Loganneighborhood.

Its a largely symbolic effort since the moratorium wont stop construction of the drive-thru at Augusta Avenue and North Hamilton Street, nor are there any other similar projects in the pre-planning stages at thispoint.

But it gives the neighborhood an opportunity to put the finishing touches on new development standards intended to promote a pedestrian-friendlyatmosphere.

We have some holes in our current design standards, said Councilwoman Amber Waldref, whose district includes the Logan neighborhood. What we found with the McDonalds development is that theres clearly someinconsistencies.

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A third Chicago area Ditka's Restaurant will open this summer at the Trackside Off-Track Betting facility on the grounds of Arlington International Racecourse. The full-service restaurant will include space for private dining and banquets, officials said.

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A third Chicago area location of Ditka's Restaurant will open in Arlington Heights this summer on the grounds of Arlington International Racecourse, officials said Wednesday.

Ditka's, owned by and named for former Chicago Bears player and coach Mike Ditka, will open in the Arlington Trackside Off-Track Betting facility at the northwest corner of Euclid Avenue and Wilke Road by July 1, said Howard Sudberry, senior director of marketing and communications for the track.

"I'm very happy to be involved with Arlington. They do things in a first-class manner," Ditka said in a news release. "I can't think of a better location than Trackside at Arlington. It is exciting to be opening a third Ditka's in Chicagoland."

The opening will be kind of a homecoming for Dikta, who operated a restaurant at Trackside in the late 1980s after the fire at Arlington Park.

The new Arlington Heights location will operate as a full restaurant in the dining room area on the first floor of the off-track betting facility. It will include space for private dining and banquet options, Sudberry said.

Betting will not be allowed in the restaurant, but there will still be space for off-track betting in another section of the first floor and the entire second floor of the facility, officials said.

"We are excited to able to team with Coach Ditka to bring this kind of quality restaurant to our customers and to the people of the Northwest suburbs," Arlington Racetrack General Manager Tony Petrillo said in a release. "His restaurants are known to have the same high standards as Arlington."

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Greeley will soon be home to Colorados largest piece of a popular East Coast burger franchise.

Steak n Shake is coming to Centerplace shopping center, with construction starting next week.

Some would call it the In and Out Burger of the East Coast.

Its a very popular restaurant. Ive built three of them and there are lines out the door, said Brian Fine, of Fine Builders, which will build the new Greeley location, directly south of Best Buy with frontage along the U.S. 34 Bypass.

The fast-food restaurant is part of a growing wave of development at Centerplace, which kicked into a higher gear this year with the opening of Tokyo Joes and Village Inn taking over the old TGI Fridays location, in addition to new construction of Ulta Salon and Beauty store, set to go right next door to the Steak n Shake. There are only two more lots left, both east of Ulta, that can develop the third phase, said Carlin Barkeen, a planner with the city of Greeley.

This is in addition to the construction going on south of the main shopping center with the additions of Panera, Chick-fil-A, and the forthcoming Homewood Suites by Hilton.

Steak n Shake, founded in 1934 in Indiana, has about 500 restaurants peppered throughout the Midwest and Eastern seaboard. It has been slow to franchise out West, with only a handful west of Kansas. It boasts several varieties of steakburgers and fries, shakes and sundaes, and breakfast items.

Fine said at 3,750 square feet, the Greeley Steak n Shake will be the largest in Colorado (about 400 square feet larger in the kitchen area). There are already three such restaurants in the state two in Denver and one in Colorado Springs.

Fine said the franchiser of the Greeley restaurant, which he would not name, also has been looking at locations in Loveland and Fort Collins, but the Greeley site became available first.

They are exploring property in all of that northern Colorado area, Fine said. It was just hard to find. This was the first that came available and accessible.

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They've established a lunch and dinner menu, hoping to appeal to customers of all kinds.

"If you're looking for seafood we have salmon, cod, we have shrimp on the menu. Crab cakes is a new special for this month. We always have the burgers and the pizza. Our ribs are fall off the bone, great tasting ribs. Basically, something for everyone," says Stephen.

Stephen's dad, Gerald, is a veteran of more than 30 years as a construction worker and superintendent. He also ran a mail-order business, but as he prepares to retire, he's helping his son out, establishing the restaurant. And now overseeing desserts, among other things.

He is also responsible for the restaurant's decor, including the construction of fireplaces, two fireplaces, the way he wanted them.

Gerald says, "I demanded that they be large fireplaces. The architect that was helping us, he kept designing them down. You know, three or four times, 'oh no, you're wasting space.' And I said, no I want at least eight foot wide fireplaces. You know. It's for the look of the place. I think we really needed them. So we ended up with the right ones."

As we said they want to appeal to a wide clientele, this is the steak quesadilla being prepared and of course Stephen already mentioned the pizza, but if you're in for dinner you might like to try one of their specialties.

"This is one of the best cuts you can possibly buy. " Stephen is describing their ten ounce, inch or more thick pork chop. "We make our own marinade for it, soak it for a day or two. And that ensures that when we cook the chop and it's all done, that it's juicy inside. And that's very important, going out to a restaurant, and not getting' leather pork chops."

They also feature a nice variety of salads.

"Apple salad has chopped apples in it, coated with honey, has dried cranberries, blue cheese, walnuts, and grapes, and most people get a raspberry vinaigrette dressing with it, and I'd say that's our number one selling salad."

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PERU B-K West is more than just a drive-in restaurant to its owner, J.D. Hann. Its a piece of his childhood, a historic Peru landmark, and its his baby.

I grew up with this place, the 57-year-old Peru native said. We used to walk the tracks on Saturday and come here and drink root-beer floats back when they were a quarter. Its always been a part of me.

Thats why it hurt so bad when a EF-1 twister tore through the eatery known for its hot dogs, hamburgers and floats back in July.

The powerful storm turned the steel drive-in canopy into a twisted piece of rubble and smashed an employees truck into a fence.

The building that housed the kitchen also sustained damage. Thats where the six girls working at the time hid during the tornados fury.

The girls went into the bathroom, Hann said. They were diving for the floor. It was horrifying. But nobody got hurt, and thats the main thing.

After the storm, clean-up workers found parts of the canopy two miles away, laying on the municipal golf course.

The destruction was devastating to Hann, whos owned the 64-year-old restaurant for the last 12 years.

And now that its being rebuilt, the part of Hann that was crushed when his restaurant crumbled is being restored.

Construction on the new canopy started earlier this month, and the restaurant thats normally open from March to October should be serving up its iconic drive-in food by the end of the month, Hann said.

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Raleigh, N.C. Award-winning Asheville restaurant Tupelo Honey Cafe is headed to Raleigh, the restaurant announced Monday on its website.

The Southern eatery will open a 5,800 square-foot restaurant inside the new 401 Oberlin apartments across from the Cameron Village shopping area in late fall. The location, currently under construction, will seat 220 guests and include a patio.

Raleigh will be its fourth North Carolina location.

The restaurant opened its first location in 2000 in downtown Asheville.They have since expanded to two locations in Asheville and one in Charlotte. They also have locations in Greenville, S.C., and Knoxville and Chattanooga, Tenn. They are planning to open restaurants in Johnson City, Tenn. in June and in Atlanta in 2015.

Some of their signature menu items include sweet potato pancakes, shrimp and grits and "Fried Chicken Saltimbocca and Moonshine Mary."

"Weve long admired the food scene that has grown up around the Triangle," Tupelo Honey owner Steve Frabitore said. "When the opportunity to move in to 425 Oberlin presented itself, we jumped. We look forward to being a part of the Raleigh business community"

Tupelo Honey chef Brian Sonoskus and Elizabeth Sims met with media and shared slices of some freshly prepared pecan pie on Monday afternoon. They said the focus isn't to bring an "Asheville restaurant to Raleigh." They want to make it a true Raleigh restaurant with decor showcasing the area's talent (they are seeking out local artists) and using local suppliers when possible.

The first tenants at 401 Oberlin are expected to move in next month, representatives said. Spaces are still available at the complex that will also house Benelux Cafe.

Those looking to dine at the building will have access to a parking lot on the lower-level, which is open to visitors. Residential parking will be in a different section. There will also be a lot nearby that is reserved for Tupelo Honey Cafe customers

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Word spread quickly in May of 1906 when plans were announced to erect a ballroom and restaurant beside the body of water called Lakeview. It was to be called Pleasant Lake Park and construction started immediately.

The plan caught the attention of the Norfolk & Bristol Electric Rail Road which had added a Wrentham branch to its Mansfield-Norwood run. It would require just a short spur line -- 2,435 feet to be exact -- for them to carry passengers out to the new entertainment facility. This would be a major boost for the new entrepreneurs.

The proponents were Ross Bros. & Williams. The Ross family had been in the area many years and eventually took over the wool scouring plant at the outfall of the lake, known then as Carpenters Pond.

Construction of the new ballroom and restaurant was completed in just two months, with work continuing right up to the actual day of the opening, which had been set for July 4. By opening day, the name of the new facility had been changed. It would be called Lake View Park.

The spur line for the trolley cars could not be finished prior to the grand opening, but patrons didn't seem to mind walking the last leg of the journey. Many visited the area in the afternoon and more than 1,000 people visited the new park that day. An estimated 500 to 600 were present at any one time during the evening and it was estimated that 100 couples were dancing to the music of Slavin's Orchestra from Norwood.

The facility featured a 30 x 50-foot dining room, a dance hall 60 x 90 feet and a theatre measuring 25 x 35 feet, all in a lakeside setting including picnic and walking areas. The opening night was a grand success, leaving no doubt that the lakeside venue on Granite Street (it didn't become Lakeview Road until 1933) would be a major entertainment and recreation venue.

Their Wednesday opening was followed by a Thursday dance and another on Saturday, and several reservations were made for activities in the park. They were off and running.

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Building upon everything that had gone right their first year, Ross Bros. and Williams spared no effort in making their facilities "more commodious and attractive" as noted by the scribes of those times.

A promenade with roof and side coverings had been added to the large dance hall, 170 feet long and 10 feet wide with windows every 10 feet for the grandest of entrances. A new restaurant facilitated the original one to be made over into a kitchen. A rustic 50-foot bridge across the cove, pine trees and cedars planted along the shore of the lake and flower beds in front of the building accented the natural beauty of the area. All that remained was to build a concrete walk leading from the dance hall to the restaurant.

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VICTORVILLE High Desert residents may soon see a new restaurant in town, while some are still wondering about the closures of some old ones.

According to Victorville Senior Planner Scott Webb, the Planning Commission approved construction of a BJs Restaurant and Brewhouse in November, but the developer has not yet submitted documents for the plan check.

Calls to BJs were directed to an agent at VantageOne Real Estate office in Irvine, but calls to the Orange County office were not returned as of Friday.

According to the VantageOne website, the company manages 5.4 acres of retail development property on Bear Valley and Amargosa roads.

Meanwhile, after making a big oil-fried splash, Uncle Dittos World Famous Fried Fish closed its doors in the Stater Bros. shopping center at Bear Valley and Navajo roads in Apple Valley last month.

At least seven High Desert foodies and fans of the eatery called the Daily Press asking what happened to the restaurant.

Were in transition right now, said Audrey Henry, the restaurants spokeswoman. We plan on finding a new location, but were still offering catering and the best Southern-comfort food in the High Desert.

Audrey Henry said the restaurant is named after her husband, Glenn Henry Jr., who was called Ditto instead of Junior by his family.

Audrey Glen said the couple will be catering events at Oak Hills Brewery and other locations. For more information, search for Uncle Dittos on Facebook or write to uncleditto@gmail.com.

Less than a year after Hot Dog on a Stick opened its first California drive-thru on Bear Valley Road in June, the eatery closed its doors last month.

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