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Oswego serving up $125,000 loan to Wholey Granoly restaurant for new downtown location · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Oswego serving up one hundred and twenty five thousand dollars
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  Speaker 1: loan to Holy Granelle Restaurant for new downtown location. Written
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  Speaker 1: by Eric Shelkoff, This article is being read by an
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  Speaker 1: automated voice brought to you by Everlett. A breakfast and
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  Speaker 1: lunch restaurant could open in the long vacant Dairy Barnes
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  Speaker 1: space in downtown Oswego in the next couple of months.
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  Speaker 1: The restaurant will be Holy Granolli's second location. It also
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  Speaker 1: has a location on Boughton Road in bowling Brook. The
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  Speaker 1: new Oswego location is getting an economic assist from the village.
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  Speaker 1: The Dairy Barn was an ice cream shop that closed
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  Speaker 1: its doors in twenty twenty two. It was built on
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  Speaker 1: the site that previously housed the longtime ice cream shop
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  Speaker 1: Dairy Hut, which closed in August twenty nineteen. Hieley Granolli
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  Speaker 1: is a very unique concept in many many ways, said
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  Speaker 1: owner Chris Sezak, a self taught chef, in addressing the
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  Speaker 1: Oswego Village Board at its July fourteenth board meeting. Our
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  Speaker 1: mindset on food is to keep things more natural and clean.
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  Speaker 1: We eliminate inflammatory ingredients which cause a lot of gut
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  Speaker 1: irritation while also stacking on highly nutrient dense foods, so
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  Speaker 1: can actually absorb nutrition from your food and feel good
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  Speaker 1: after you eat. The restaurant will also offer gluten free,
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  Speaker 1: vegetarian and vegan options. His youngest youngest daughter has a
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  Speaker 1: gluten intolerance. We also do have some halal meat on
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  Speaker 1: our menu, which does open it up for the Muslim community.
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  Speaker 1: Jes actually said those meats just happen to be some
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  Speaker 1: of the highest quality meats on the market, whether they
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  Speaker 1: were halal or not. This is grass fed beef. These
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  Speaker 1: animals are treated well, humanly raised and humanly slaughtered. When
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  Speaker 1: an animal eats better, we benefit from that. At the meeting,
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  Speaker 1: village trustees unanimously approved a one hundred and twenty five
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  Speaker 1: thousand dollars revolving loan and forty thousand dollars economic Development
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  Speaker 1: Incentive award for Holy Granoli to help the restaurant in
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  Speaker 1: making the substantial renovations needed on the building. This is
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  Speaker 1: based on a maximum project budget of three hundred sixty
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  Speaker 1: five thousand dollars. Oswego Economic Development Director Kevin Lady said
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  Speaker 1: during the meeting the improvements would include a new hood
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  Speaker 1: system and related black ironwork, inclosing the exterior patio to
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  Speaker 1: generate additional seating, installing new signage, and purchasing both brand
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  Speaker 1: new equipment and furniture considered to be better suited for
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  Speaker 1: a full service restaurant. The funds are contingent on Holy
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  Speaker 1: Granoli securing a lease for the space and that the
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  Speaker 1: restaurant will be open within six months. Oswego Village President
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  Speaker 1: Ryan Kaufman noted the restaurant is generating excitement from the community.
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  Speaker 1: I posted about it on my Facebook page and I've
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  Speaker 1: had nothing but overwhelming positive comments about you and the
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  Speaker 1: quality of food that you make and the wonderful experience
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  Speaker 1: that everyone has at your bowling Brook location, he said.
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  Speaker 1: People are absolutely thrilled about you being here. Village trustee
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  Speaker 1: Karenvy thanked Sezek for providing gluten free options at the restaurant.
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  Speaker 1: I have been gluten free for sixteen years now, she said,
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  Speaker 1: I was very excited to hear that you're coming to
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  Speaker 1: our town. Along with serving breakfast and lunch, Holy Granoli
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  Speaker 1: will also be open for special events.