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Friday, January 11, 2013

Sweet Annie's Bakery Moving To Homewood

The new location will be in the former Thai Rickshaw building in downtown Homewood.

Anne “Sweet Annie” Aboushousha spent all day Jan. 10 tracking around town, going from business to business to personally announce her decision to move Sweet Annie’s Bakery to 18102 Martin Avenue in Homewood, the former location of Thai Rickshaw. She also went to Twisted Q BBQ and Bakery on Ridge Road to break the news herself. “I really wanted to tell the people I care about directly,” Aboushousha said. “It was important for me to do that. I was really nervous.” Aboushousha made the snap decision last week, but it’s been two years since she realized some sort of transition was inevitable. “I was getting panic attacks when it gets really busy in the shop,” Aboushousha said. And then there is the matter of parking. Aboushousha recently spoke…

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Twisted Q BBQ and Bakery and Flossmoor to Address Downtown Business Parking Conundrum

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6:30 am on Thursday, January 17, 2013

I'm sorry, William, that you are so dense you can't actually see the problems that forced Annie to move to another location. It is truly hard being you.   more ›

Monday, July 16, 2012

Flossmoor: Ice Cream Capital of the Southland

Indulge. It's National Ice Cream Month! See how much of the sweet treat your neighbors buy.

Correction, 1 p.m. on July 16: The original article incorretly swapped Homewood and Flossmoor's numbers. Appropriate changes have been made. Ice cream is a summer favorite that many people enjoy, but who likes the sweet treat the most?  In the south suburbs, no town buys more ice cream than Flossmoor, according to a recent report by Crain's Chicago Business. Residents in Robbins own the cone the least.  Is ice cream a luxury treat, or does the town in which people buy it speak more to the quality of ice cream shops there? TELL US IN THE COMMENTS! Palos Park There's no shortage of ice cream shops that serve as local favorites in the Southland—just look at all of the nominations Patch readers gave for the best ice cream in the south suburbs…

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Sweet Treats in the Southland: Where's Your Favorite Ice Cream Spot?

Tony Dauginas

12:27 pm on Saturday, December 22, 2012

It's a survey of where the spending comes from, not where it occurs.   more ›

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