Burr Ridge Starbucks To Start Serving Beer and Wine in July

Liquor will be available at the Starbucks in the Village Center starting at 2 p.m. every day.

In July, the Starbucks in Burr Ridge's Village Center will be one of about seven Starbucks locations in the Chicago area to add beer and wine to its menu. The Doings reports that Schaumburg and Burr Ridge will be the first two spots outside of the Pacific Northwest to sell alcohol. Earlier this year, Starbucks announced that it was rolling out its "Evening Day- Part concept in the Chicago area, Atlanta and Southern California as well as the Pacific Northwest. "We are focused on creating an atmosphere where our customers can relax with a friend, a small bite to eat and a cup of coffee or glass of wine,” said Clarice Turner, senior vice president of Starbucks U.S. Operations about the concept in a press announcement in January. At the time, …

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Making Sense of Your Cook County Property Tax

Effects of Cook County Property Taxes on Businesses

In Day Two, Patch unpacks the impacts of the classified tax system on businesses, through the lens of one business owner.

Joel Byron, 51, was hunched over tiny numbers in the back office of his business property, a one-window storefront in the northwest suburbs. Surrounded by stacks of papers, the small business owner thumbed his way through records of correspondence with the Cook County Tax Assessor’s Office like pages in a family photo album. “Here’s a letter from October,” he said. “Oh, wait! Here’s the one from November. … This one is mine again. … And here’s the follow-up response two weeks later.” To small business owners like Byron, the amount they owe in property taxes each year is not just one more line item in their operating budget. Due to the complex tiered system unique to Cook County, it can single-handedly cripple them. Part of the reason is …

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