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February 19, 2020 Vol. 39, No. 29 ONE DOLLAR @oakpark @wednesdayjournal
JOURNAL of Oak Park and River Forest
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Counting the days to The Daly Bagel Owner reveals details for shop’s soft-opening By MELISSA ELSMO
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he Daly Bagel is a few weeks from opening and Amanda Daly has shared details about their soft opening plans. “I feel like I’ve been saying we’ll be open in two weeks since last July,” said Daly as she scans her soon-to-be bagel shop. “There are still a lot of moving parts to this project, but we can finally see the finish line.” After a search for a brick-and-mortar location for her burgeoning East Coast bagel business, Daly settled on remodeling the old Zephyr building located at 130 Chicago Ave. in Oak Park in early 2019. Construction delays and setbacks during the build out have plagued the young business, but The Daly Bagel is nearing completion and opening day is not far off. In fact, Daly has already hired 14 employees and they have completed their first staff training to ensure they will be prepared on opening day. Daly anticipates opening in just a few weeks. Today the shop is awaiting final power, gas and plumbing hook ups, but it is clear much See DALY BAGEL on page 13
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CREAM OF THE CROP: Co-owner Joe Salamone, left, credits longtime employee Daisy LaBarbera for the grocery store’s success.
Fair Share grocery closing after 44 years Roosevelt Road grocery shutting doors Feb. 24 By STACEY SHERIDAN Staff Reporter
Fair Share Finer Foods, a family-owned independent grocery store at 6226 Roosevelt Rd., will close its doors for good Feb. 24. For 44 years, the store has provided excellent
customer service, beautiful cuts of meat and community service without ostentation. “Of course, I’m sad. The people here, they’ve known me for years,” said Joe Salamone, Fair Share co-owner. At 19 years old, Salamone and his brother Vito, then only 16, opened Fair Share in 1976 with the help of their parents. “We’ve been here since then,” Salamone said. In 2003, the brothers opened a Chicago location at 6422 W. 63rd St. That store will
continue operations. The Salamone family emigrated to the United States in November 1966 from Sicily, Italy. Right away, Salamone started working at his cousin’s grocery store, packing chickens on ice. Upon opening their own store, he paid that kindness forward, hiring many neighborhood teens to stock shelves, bag grocerSee FAIR SHARE on page 16
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