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Arcada Theater buys restaurant
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danpetitpas
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October 3, 2008 at 6:55 pm
ST. CHARLES, IL — The owner of the historic Arcada Theater recently purchased nearby restaurant 18 North Espereienza and renamed it the Onesti Dinner Club so it could offer combined dinner-movie packages.
The dinner club is a church-turned-restaurant which still features stained-glass windows and hardwood floors as well as a castle-like facade.
Patrons have suggested for years that the theater put together some kind of package.
“I hadn’t been looking for a restaurant to buy, said Ron Onesti. "It just kind of happened.
You can read more at theKane County Chronicle.
Comments (3)
Sounds like a cool idea!! I wonder if the Orson Welles Cinema would’ve stayed in business if they’d made themselves over into a similar dinner-movie package.
I agree. Cambridge, MA would be a perfect place for something like this.
Interesting to read in the article that Brian Wilson had an estate in St. Charles! Anyone know more about this?