What Should Go Here? The Old Shooters Site
A lot of great new places are headed for Homewood, but what about the vacancies that persist? We want to know what you'd like to see come to town.
You might recognize this vacancy as the old Shooters restaurant on the corner of 175th and Halsted. It's prominently located near the entrance of the village when traveling southbound on Halsted and it's been refered to as an "eyesore" on more than one occasion by our Facebook readers.
What should go here?
A restaurant? A shop? A service? We want to know!
Please share your ideas in the comments section.
Marian A. Friend
7:57 am on Friday, April 13, 2012
An Olive Garden would be perfect!!!!! Red Lobster would be a good second choice!!!
Resident
12:46 pm on Friday, April 13, 2012
Red Lobster obtains seafood from Canada. Canada allows the clubbing of baby seals, as well as other terribly inhumane "fishing" practices. The last thing we want in Homewood is a store that apologizes for cruelty to animals.
Susan Adzgowski
8:06 am on Friday, April 13, 2012
I would love to see a Red Lobster restaurant or an Olive Garden - great idea!
Resident
12:46 pm on Friday, April 13, 2012
Red Lobster obtains seafood from Canada. Canada allows the clubbing of baby seals, as well as other terribly inhumane "fishing" practices. The last thing we want in Homewood is a store that apologizes for cruelty to animals.
Sop
8:34 am on Friday, April 13, 2012
Portillo's!
Resident
12:47 pm on Friday, April 13, 2012
Good idea!
Glenn E. Wierzbicki
9:41 am on Friday, April 13, 2012
Famous Daves. But I guess they have already been approached... :-(
GladvilleGirl
9:49 am on Friday, April 13, 2012
I would love a Golden Coral, but only if it's not as poorly managed as most of the rest of the franchise restaurants in the area (Applebees, BWW) seem to be.
babyboomer
10:22 am on Friday, April 13, 2012
All of those chain restaurants are iffy at best, look the Chilis here in Homewood. We really are hurting for a really good restaurant here in Homewood.
Resident
12:47 pm on Friday, April 13, 2012
I agree.
Steve Burke
3:40 pm on Friday, April 13, 2012
how about this? http://www.eatatgradys.com/
GladvilleGirl
10:23 am on Friday, April 13, 2012
The Chili's is the only one of the big chains I will eat at, actually. I've never had bad service or food there.
Resident
12:48 pm on Friday, April 13, 2012
Me too.
ContempoCleo
10:57 am on Friday, April 13, 2012
Homewood needs a buffet. I would prefer a China buffet because there aren't any close to Homewood.
Resident
12:48 pm on Friday, April 13, 2012
Buffet? No no no... Why encourage overeating?
Ernie Souchak
3:12 pm on Friday, April 13, 2012
Yep, we need more buffets so we can create even more obese people. Yep, a Biggest Loser Buffet would be great. I know, I know, it's not a choice, it's a glandular thing. (The mouth gland?)
GladvilleGirl
8:08 pm on Friday, April 13, 2012
Apparently, people think that buffets cause overeating. Funny, I always thought it was people who caused overeating. And I'm a fat person.
Ernie Souchak
10:58 am on Friday, April 13, 2012
The building's owner has been in negotiations with a restaurant chain called the Watermelon Factory.
Ben Rodenburg
12:27 pm on Friday, April 13, 2012
BREW PUB
Resident
12:51 pm on Friday, April 13, 2012
BEST suggestion yet! Brew Pub plus excellent food, not processed and microwaved crap like Applebees serves. Quality brew crafts that the KMart shoplifters won't be interested in but that the Homewood residents who tend to avoid that part of town will want to go to.
Ooftus Gooftus
1:29 pm on Friday, April 13, 2012
Looks like Residont is highly opinionated, should find better use of time to suggest on his/her own, instead of negatively knocking suggestions. At least they are suggestions.
Resident
1:57 pm on Friday, April 13, 2012
Let me guess. You don't care how your seafood is obtained?
Kelly Yepsen
1:35 pm on Friday, April 13, 2012
Sweet Tomato!!
Ooftus Gooftus
1:39 pm on Friday, April 13, 2012
A Three Floyds Pub type, similar to Flossmoor Station, would be oh so grand, with outdoor dining and musical entertainment inside and out would be nice.
I bet the renovations/repairs to existing structure would be a downer for potential buyers.
GladvilleGirl
3:04 pm on Friday, April 13, 2012
While I was in college, I worked for a family-owned restaurant. One fall we moved to a building that needed some renovations/repairs. It wasn't so bad to get it all done. When you buy a space, I think you expect it's going to need some work to make it suit your needs, no matter how well-kept it was.
Traycee
1:51 pm on Friday, April 13, 2012
I think Brew Pub or a Portillios would be awesome! or maybe a Trader Joes rather than another restaurant....
Ooftus Gooftus
2:11 pm on Friday, April 13, 2012
Is Sweet Tomato a pub?
GladvilleGirl
3:01 pm on Friday, April 13, 2012
It's kind of an interesting contradiction - basically it's a salad buffet. It's pretty awesome.
Genvieve LaChappele
3:01 pm on Friday, April 13, 2012
Red Lobster would be great. Then again anything that creates a few jobs would be great. That location probably will not draw a major chain. However we can always hope. And No. i don't mind my seafood coming from Canada.
Steve Burke
3:39 pm on Friday, April 13, 2012
...and baby seals are tasty!
[joke]
Kate Duff
8:08 pm on Friday, April 13, 2012
Adult seals are. Think of great steak flavor with the density and richness of liver.
GladvilleGirl
8:08 pm on Friday, April 13, 2012
Quick, somebody check the human rights record of the US. Okay, now stop buying stuff made in the US because we have a lousy human rights record. /snark
Steve Burke
8:21 pm on Friday, April 13, 2012
@Kate-- never tried the big ones! Can you try to stock some in a cooler for this year's farmers market? Would appreciate!!!!
resident evil
8:08 pm on Friday, April 13, 2012
and your t.v.'s come from China and China executes criminals for organ transplants. Glad our priorities are straight!
GladvilleGirl
7:53 am on Saturday, April 14, 2012
Earlier sarcastic comment aside, I think what it comes down to is that we all have to do our best to figure out what we can and can't do without, in terms of ethical buying. If that resident doesn't want to eat at Red Lobster, good on them. If they want to let us know, good on them too. I don't mind being informed. I just don't need a to be smacked with a PETA hammer.
Kate Duff
8:55 am on Saturday, April 14, 2012
And there are ways to act ethically that don't involve boycotting an entire country, which is a rather large hammer. Here's what Canadians do to buy seafood responsibly: http://www.oceanwise.ca/
Steve Burke
8:08 pm on Friday, April 13, 2012
you also can never have too many strip clubs in the south suburbs! Perfect location to make the H/F patch police report even more interesting!
Phillip R Baggs
8:57 pm on Friday, April 13, 2012
Granite City or Mad Anthonys. We could also use a Furrier.
Bob Levy
8:39 am on Saturday, April 14, 2012
Sweet Tomatoes!!!!! It is FANTASTIC Food and MOSTLY a salad bar. I Love to eat healthy and Sweet Tomatoes in Downers Grove is the closest and therefore we do not drive there unless going to Fry's! Would probably eat there at least once a week. Prices are good, food is very fresh, and the selection is large! first introduced to the chain in Portland O and have been hooked ever since. Have been to all 3 in the Chicago Area and love them all.
Bob Levy
11:08 am on Saturday, April 14, 2012
Wish more restaurants would offer:
1. Online menu (with Prices)
2. Email signup for cupons and food updates
Genvieve LaChappele
7:35 pm on Saturday, April 14, 2012
good luck getting sweet tomatoes on halsted. orland park cant even get one. dream on!