Angela Mueller

Trade Winds Pub and Eatery, the restaurant next door to Knight’s Action Park, has closed. Owner Doug Knight said staff were informed of the closing on Sunday, and the restaurant did not open for business on Monday. “There’s no easy way to do this, but it’s just not performing like it should,” Knight said. Knight […]

Gruening Health and Wealth, a Medicare and retirement planning firm, has acquired a second Springfield building to support its ongoing growth. Gruening purchased the 10,000-square-foot building at 2941 Greenbriar Drive for $1.47 million earlier this month, according to Sangamon County tax records. The company plans to relocate its 20-member local staff from its current building […]

Matt Gietl is bringing a Topgolf Swing Suite to the Wabash Avenue space that formerly was home to the Socavon cocktail bar. Gietl, who also is an owner of the local Miss Kimmees gaming parlors, said the Swing Suite should open sometime in mid-August. The Swing Suite will feature two indoor golf simulators and a […]

A seed planted during an internship at a Rochester tax services firm early in Jason Beatty’s career has culminated in Beatty launching his own Springfield-based financial services firm. Beatty, who is opening Beatty Wealth Management and Tax Services, said while an intern, he saw clients coming to the tax services firm with questions their investment […]

A new credit union is entering the Springfield market with the construction of a branch at 800 W. Stanford Ave. 1st MidAmerica Credit Union expects its new Springfield location, just east of On Track Car Wash, to open in early spring 2027. Alan Meyer, president and CEO of 1st MidAmerica, said the credit union was […]

Breakfast restaurant chain First Watch is coming to the Springfield market. The restaurant will be opening in the former Red Robin location at 2881 S. Veterans Parkway in White Oaks Plaza. Red Robin shuttered its only Springfield location in August as part of a push to close 70 underperforming stores. Quattro Development, an Oak Brook-based […]

Little Lincoln’s Toy Shop is on the move once again. Two years after the toy store moved to its current location at 3001 W. White Oaks Drive,it is getting ready to relocate again — to a larger storefront just two doors down. Owner Ryan Leake said the store has outgrown its current 3,200-square-foot space. Bymoving […]

A Bloomington-based Asian restaurant is coming to the Springfield market. Wok to Bowl is renovating the building at 3114 S. Sixth St., which formerly housed the Jaalsa Indian restaurant, for its first location outside Bloomington. The new restaurant is slated to open in late September or early October, according to owner Siva Busa. Busa opened […]

Matto Pizza Pies is firing up the ovens once again as it reopens Thursday in a new location. Matto has relocated to the 3211 W. Iles Ave., in the building that formerly housed a Marco’s Pizza. Matto is owned by Dan and Nickey Sperry and Justin Richardson, the same team behind local restaurants Vele and […]

A new nail salon with a vintage feel will soon be opening up on South Grand Avenue. Karlee Utterback is opening KlawzbyKarlee Boutique Nails at 612 S. Grand Ave. The salon will host a preview event at the end of July and will officially begin welcoming customers on Aug. 13. Utterback said she has been […]

Hummus Republic, a fast-casual Mediterranean restaurant franchise, entered the Springfield market this week with the opening of a new location at 1322 Wabash Ave. The Springfield restaurant, which is operated by local resident Tini Patel, held a friends-and-family event on Monday followed by a soft opening on Tuesday. Patel said the restaurant will hold an […]

Greg and Carolyn Gurski have turned their passion for wellness into a new business venture, opening a studio to provide hyperbaric oxygen therapy and red light therapy. O2 & Red Light Therapy opened in April at 2815 Old Jacksonville Road in Springfield. The 1,700-square-foot studio features three hyperbaric oxygen chambers and two private rooms for […]