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Oswego gives owner of building that will house Billy Bricks Pizza $40,000 grant · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Oswego gives owner of building that will house Billy Bricks
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  Speaker 1: Pizza forty thousand dollars grant. Written by Eric Shelkoff, this
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  Speaker 1: article is being read by an automated voice brought to
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  Speaker 1: you by Everlett. A vacant building at five South Madison
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  Speaker 1: Street in downtown Oswego will require substantial improvements before Billy
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  Speaker 1: Bricks Pizza and Mujo's Ice Cream Shop can open its doors.
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  Speaker 1: At the May fifth Oswego Village Board meeting, village trustees
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  Speaker 1: unanimously approved a forty thousand dollars economic Development Incentive award
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  Speaker 1: for Ejvision LLC, which owns the property. They are looking
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  Speaker 1: to make a substantial amount of life safety improvements. Oswego
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  Speaker 1: Economic Development Director Kevin Lady said during the meeting the
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  Speaker 1: scope of work includes the installation of a grease trap,
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  Speaker 1: installation of a new fire sprinkler and alarm monitoring system,
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  Speaker 1: and various water and sewer service line upgrades to support
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  Speaker 1: the new building improvements. He said the project is expected
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  Speaker 1: to cost approximately one hundred thirty thousand dollars. Oswego Village
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  Speaker 1: President Ryan Coffin said he thought the project would be
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  Speaker 1: a great use of funds The tenant is turning an
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  Speaker 1: old industrial building into a restaurant, he said, and this
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  Speaker 1: is going to bring a new mom and pop type
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  Speaker 1: restaurant into our downtown. And I could not be more
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  Speaker 1: thrilled about that. The restaurant, which serves wood fired pizza,
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  Speaker 1: will be located next door to Freddy's Off the Chain
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  Speaker 1: restaurant and across Jefferson Street from the Oswego Public Library.
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  Speaker 1: We're really excited, Billy Bricks Pizza CEO Rick Kruber has
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  Speaker 1: said in talking about the plans, this is going to
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  Speaker 1: be a big opening for us. Previous tenants in the
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  Speaker 1: building include Jinxy's Studio Boutique, Dusty Road Merchants, The Garden Fair,
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  Speaker 1: and Keith's Carcare. The restaurant will be open seven days
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  Speaker 1: a week as we go location will be the chain's
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  Speaker 1: first Southwest location. Billy Bricks Pizza has restaurants in several
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  Speaker 1: communities including Naperville, Wheaton, Lombard, Oak Park, and Highwood. Patrons
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  Speaker 1: will literally be able to watch as their food is
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  Speaker 1: being made. We have an open kitchen concept, so you
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  Speaker 1: can see everything, Gruber said. His stepdad, Bill Wilson, started
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  Speaker 1: the business in two thousand and five. Opening the restaurant's
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  Speaker 1: first location in Lombard. Wilson retired from the business in
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty three. Last year, Billy Bricks Pizza celebrated its
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  Speaker 1: twentieth anniversary. I think longevity speaks volumes, Gruber said. When
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  Speaker 1: we can go this long and be this successful in
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  Speaker 1: as many places as we are, you know that we're
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  Speaker 1: doing something right. We use the highest quality ingredients we can.
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  Speaker 1: We still make almost everything fresh on site, including our dough.
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  Speaker 1: This is going to be a destination location with unique food.
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  Speaker 1: As Gruber noted, everything is made fresh inside's pizza, Billy
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  Speaker 1: Bricks also sells a variety of sandwiches. We're looking forward
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  Speaker 1: to being the go to lunch spot, he said. We're
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  Speaker 1: the busiest lunch spot in Lombard and we have been
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  Speaker 1: for twenty years. The restaurant also sells pasta, dishes and
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  Speaker 1: other items. Along with inside seating, Billy Bricks will also
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  Speaker 1: feature an outdoor patio deck. The Mujo's ice Cream store
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  Speaker 1: will encompass its own space within the building. Mujo's sells
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  Speaker 1: super premium ice cream made from a fourteen percent butterfat
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  Speaker 1: mix thirty five to forty percent overrun cane sugar and
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  Speaker 1: small farm Wisconsin milk. Our ice cream is the cherry
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  Speaker 1: on top of what we do, Gruber said, at this
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  Speaker 1: particular location, we're also going to have our ice cream sandwiches, floats,
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  Speaker 1: and fizzy shakes, which are soda based milkshakes.