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The Love Shack hamburger restaurant and the Pop-Up Chicken Shop share a storefront in the Adams & Oak building at 800 SW Adams St., Suite 106, in Peoria's Warehouse District.

Peoria council gives initial OK to Love Shack’s liquor license plan at shared Warehouse District location

Joe Deacon

A plan for one of two restaurant businesses in a shared Warehouse District storefront to serve alcohol has gained initial approval from the Peoria City Council. Whether the Love Shack hamburger shop gets a liquor license remains to be seen.

An employee of Dutch Bros Coffee in Salem, Ore., hands a drink to a customer on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021.

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Peoria City Council to consider plans for coffee shop at major intersection

Joe Deacon

One of Peoria’s most prominent intersections may soon be home to a drive-through coffee chain’s first Illinois location. Initial plans for a small shopping center at the long-vacant lot at the southeast corner of War Memorial Drive and University Avenue begin with a Dutch Bros Coffee shop.

Students from Concordia Lutheran School gather around Peoria City Council member Chuck Grayeb as he cuts a ribbon to mark the completion of a $13.6 million reconstruction of Glen Avenue between War Memorial Drive and University Street.

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‘A beautiful day’: Peoria leaders celebrate Glen Avenue upgrade

Joe Deacon

Surrounded by children from Concordia Lutheran School, Peoria City Council member Chuck Grayeb joined city officials Friday at a ribbon cutting for the $13.6 million reconstruction of Glen Avenue, between War Memorial Drive and University Street.

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Peoria's University St in line for work

The City of Peoria is in the process of right of way acquisitions along its busiest North/South Street. Peoria City Manager Patrick Urich says the funding…