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  • Inside Scoop: Park Ridge Farmers Market and Market after Dark info, Rita’s free ice day March 20, Park Ridge Park District Easter egg hunts, Maine South Parents’ Scholarship Club and Have Dreams events, Park Ridge Wine Walk and more

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  • Park Ridge Insider
    By Trent Modglin
    March 21, 2026
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    Park Ridge Insider Paul Swanson

    Breakfast at Goldy’s Grill What you do for a living: I get to walk into a lot of big life moments — first homes, last homes, and everything in between. On paper, I am a realtor at Baird and Warner here in Park Ridge, but whether I am listing a home or helping to find ...
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  • Kid Zone
    By Trent Modglin
    March 2, 2026
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    Kid Zone: EXP virtual reality in Rosemont, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and new films at the Museum of Science and Industry

    EXP virtual reality experience in Rosemont Last fall, the Village of Rosemont welcomed EXP, the Midwest’s largest virtual reality destination that provides families with a trio of immersive adventures that’ll leave you amazed. Earlier this winter, we had the chance to experience Horizon of Khufu, which takes you back 4,500 years and drops you into the ...
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  • General Features
    By Trent Modglin
    December 28, 2025
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    New in town: Di Marko’s All-Day Cafe, Park Ridge Coin & Collectibles, Hatty’s Club, Kouklas Greek Eatery and Chubby Cattle

    By Trent Modglin Di Marko’s All-Day Cafe 120 Main Street in Park Ridge DiMarkoCoffee.com Background: Dimitri Markos was meant to own his own coffee shop. Just ask him yourself. “All my life I’ve been working in this industry, since I was 16 and mopping the floor. God sent me to do this,” he says with ...
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    By Trent Modglin
    September 16, 2025
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    Park Ridge Insider Jessie Brady

    What you do for a living: You can find me welcoming guests at the front desk at Fitness Formula Club. In March of 2022, just days after giving birth to our second daughter, I underwent an unexpected and life-saving brain surgery at Northwestern to remove a massive tumor. Since then, I’ve spent my days in ...
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  • Around Town
    By Trent Modglin
    September 10, 2025
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    Inside Scoop: Park Ridge Trucktoberfest, Rosemont Family Fall Fest, Oktoberfest celebrations, EXP virtual reality adventures & more

    Park Ridge Trucktoberfest is Saturday, Sept. 20 It’s that time of year again. The Park Ridge Trucktoberfest is your chance to come celebrate everything we love about Oktoberfest — and the fall season in general. This year’s event, held in Hodges Park, is presented by the Park Ridge Park District, MPowered Orthodontics, Harp & Fiddle and ...
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  • Around Town
    By Trent Modglin
    May 8, 2025
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    Inside Scoop: 9/11 mobile exhibit in Rosemont, Mother’s Day brunches and specials, Main Street craft beer fest, Market After Dark and more

    Tunnel to Towers 9/11 NEVER FORGET mobile exhibit visits Rosemont May 9-10 Rosemont’s Parkway Bank Park entertainment district (5501 Park Place) is welcoming the Tunnel to Towers 9/11 NEVER FORGET mobile exhibit on May 9-10, offering visitors a powerful look at the events of September 11, 2001. Created by the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, this ...
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    By Trent Modglin
    April 11, 2025
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    Park Ridge Insider Joe Breisch

    Park Ridge Insider (and Northwind Exteriors owner) Joe Breisch on his family’s favorite dishes at Nonna Silvia’s and Blufish Sushi, the Pennyville and Harp & Fiddle patios, Saturday afternoons at the Park Ridge Farmers’ Market and Rosemont’s Parkway Bank Park, and a trio of hidden gems near Lake Geneva What you do for a living: ...
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  • Interviews
    By Trent Modglin
    January 9, 2025
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    Craft Beer Q&A: Crust Brewing’s Rob Hunter on his education in quality lagers, being impressed by Double Clutch Brewery, and getting into barrel-aging in Rosemont

    As featured in Illinois Brewing magazine’s winter issue Rob Hunter Head brewer at Crust Brewing in Rosemont’s Parkway Bank Park CrustBrewing.com The last really good beer I drank was… Crystal Lake Brewing’s Oktoberfest. Ryan Clooney, the brewmaster there, always writes these very vivid, picturesque descriptions of his beers on the cans, and he nailed it ...
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