Silver Cross Urgent Care opens in Mokena, Tinley 7-Eleven closes
Silver Cross Urgent Care in Mokena opened its doors last week.
The new center is located at 21205 S. Owens Road, at the southeast corner of U.S. Route 30 and Owens Road, and will be open seven days a week. It opened Oct. 28.
The center features five comfortable exam rooms, lab and X-ray services, a procedure room and a spacious waiting room. No appointments are needed, but patients can schedule a visit online.
The new center will be staffed by licensed nurse practitioners and physician assistants from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends. The phone number is 815-300-2273.
The 20,000-square-foot facility will also be home to Hedges Medical Group, which is relocating its practice from Frankfort, beginning in December.
Hedges is a physician practice that’s been serving the southwest suburbs and surrounding communities for 70 years with board-certified family practitioners, pediatricians and internists.
7-Eleven closes in Tinley Park
A 7-Eleven store in Tinley Park’s downtown closed its doors recently without any warning.
The convenience store at 17055 S. Oak Park Ave. closed last month.
A request for information to 7-Eleven headquarters in Dallas was not returned.
Another location at 167th Street and Oak Park Avenue closed a couple of years ago and was converted into a liquor store that has since closed.
A new 7-Eleven store and Mobil gas station is under construction at 171st Street and Harlem Avenue and will be opening soon.
Alsip’s Golden Bear opens second location in Lansing
Golden Bear Pancake and
Crepery, which has been serving breakfast and lunch in Alsip for the last 15 years, has opened a second location in Lansing.
Like the original at 12001 S. Cicero Ave. in Alsip, the Lansing
location at 16851 S. Torrence Ave. in an old IHOP specializes in breakfast and, according to owner Alex Fotsis, has been focusing on crepes.
The restaurant also features a juice bar.
There was a grand opening Oct. 15.
Hours are 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily. “We are open every day,” said Fotsis. “Seven days a week and all holidays.”
In addition to pancakes and crepes, Golden Bear has free Wi-Fi.
The new Golden Bear has no relation to a Golden Bear restaurant that operated in the same
area of Lansing years ago.
Doc’s Smokehouse reopens in Mokena
Doc’s Smokehouse, which closed a year ago because of problems associated with the pandemic, has reopened in Mokena and other locations.
Founder Brent Brashier said the staff is following all Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
guidelines and the locations knocked out some walls to increase space for social distancing.
Doc’s specializes in traditional Southern barbecue, craft beers and craft whiskeys.
The restaurant first opened in June 2017 at 19081 Old La Grange Road in Mokena.
The original location was started by Brashier in Dyer in Northwest Indiana. Other locations are in Madison and Milwaukee in Wisconsin.
Planet Fitness opens in Bridgeview
A state-of-the-art Planet Fitness opened last week in Bridgeview.
The center at 8741 S. Harlem Ave. opened Oct. 27.
Planet Fitness also donated $2,500 to the Bridgeview Chamber of Commerce as part of its grand opening.
The new center is 18,000 square feet and offers 92 pieces of cardio equipment, free fitness training, free Wi-Fi, 24 LED televisions, private locker rooms and tanning beds.