Rita’s Italian Ice & Frozen Custard offers catering and a food truck for all your events As if Rita’s Italian Ice & Frozen Custard on Northwest Highway hasn’t spoiled us enough with their delicious treats, you should know that they’re fully mobile too, with a fun food truck available for catering and events of all ...

Advice from Uptown Med Spa’s Alexis Novelli on the best sun protection and skincare treatments for summer Uptown Med Spa 36 Main Street, Suite 104 in Park Ridge (847) 696-7282 PRUptownMedSpa.com Q: How important has year-round skin protection become, especially for the younger generations? A: Year-round skin protection is more important than ever, especially with ...

What you do for a living: My husband Paul and I both have full-time jobs, but we have been dealing with coins and precious metals for about 30 years, so we decided to open Park Ridge Coin & Collectibles in 2025. Our store offers 999 silver rounds, bars, silver eagles, vintage 1970s art bars, limited-edition 999 ...

2 Sisters Boutique A&L 33 S. Prosect Ave. in Park Ridge Shop2SistersPR.com Men’s golf shirts Brother J’s, the store’s men’s section toward the back, has a fresh supply of ultra light and soft golf shirts from Johnnie O and Flag & Anthem that are equally ideal for an afternoon on the course or a night ...

Market After Dark events continue July 25 and Aug. 22; Park Ridge Farmers Market runs through October The fun-filled recent addition to our community events calendar is back — and even better — for its third year. Market After Dark, located in the same area as the Park Ridge Farmer’s Market (15 Prairie Ave.), was ...

Macushla Brewing Co. Located on the northeast corner of Waukegan Road and Lake Avenue, next to the famous Hackney’s restaurant, this quaint brewery opened in 2017 and is owned and operated by Megan Welch, who is keeping alive the dream of her late husband, who passed away just short of the business’ first anniversary. “Eclectic, ...

The new Di Marko’s All-Day Cafe offers an expansive food menu 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 a smile. And ...

Deeply rooted in community, the Amina Grace Memorial Fund works to change the way the world sees people with differing abilities


 The background: The moment Amina Grace was born and her parents, Maura Cullen and Munawar Ali, saw her beautiful face, they realized she had Down syndrome. They were unfamiliar with the road that lay ...