Doc Ryan’s cannabis dispensar y deal falls through

Bar is still planning to close at the end of March

By IGOR STUDENKOV Staff Reporter

A cannabis dispensary license holder pulled out of the deal to buy the building that houses Doc Ryan’s bar, 7432 Madison St., leaving the future of the building up in the air.

On Feb. 8, the bar announced on Facebook that the building is being sold and that March 31 will be its last day. Mayor Rory Hoskins subsequently told the Review that the building is being sold to Euphoria LLC, an Olympia Fields-based company that planned to open a cannabis dispensary.

On Feb. 13, the village council voted 4-1 to allow cannabis dispensaries to open on Madison Street by right instead of requiring the council to approve any new dispensaries on a case-by-case basis.

At the time, Hoskins said the deal wasn’t final and Euphoria was doing its due diligence. By early March, rumors started circulating that the company had pulled

See DOC RYAN’S on pa ge 3