Chicago Sun-Times

Clothing store owners: BBQ place next door smoking us out

‘Everything smells like smoke or barbecue’

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exhaust system that gets the smoke up into the air faster, and it’s just unfortunat­e that they’re closing,” Lapidus said. “It’s unfortunat­e they’re going out of business, and they’re desperate and trying to lay the blame on everyone else but themselves. I wish them well.”

Lorenzini and Kral had another location in Hinsdale before closing it in 2008.

“We did OK with the recession by consolidat­ing to one store to survive,” Lorenzini said.

About a year later, Lapi- dus turned his Roly Poly sandwich shop into a barbecue joint.

After two years of dealing with the odors from the restaurant, grease began streaming down the boutique’s back wall from the ventilatio­n system, Lorenzini said.

“That we are forced to close our doors due to these issues is unfair to us and the shoppers that have supported us with their business over the past seven years,” she said.

But Lapidus questioned why they weren’t just moving to a newlocatio­n if it’s his restaurant’s odors that are forcing them out. Lorenzini said relocating is expensive.

“It takes a lot of money to relocate and build out, and I’m a little afraid this could happen again,” she said. “Mary and I have worked too long and too hard on this store. We need a break.”

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