Unnamed sources claim:

1. Figo may be heading out.

2. Francesca's is heading into the old 120 Ocean Place space in Wheaton.

Wheaton gets everything!

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Really? The one in Wheaton or the one in Glen Ellyn?

Hmmmm....

About time on Figo. They need to get something original in there...like a brewpub that serves fancy food. I hope the sarcasm is coming across loud and clear. I hope you are wrong on Figo. My wife and I have gone many times. She loved the martinis, and we both enjoyed the very good (not great but very good) food that was reasonably priced. This is a yet another setback for our dismal CBD.

Oh, man. With all the Italian places in town, none of them have great food but Figo was the best of a weak field. We often eat at Figo, then go to Vittorio's for drinks with Roger.

Figo usually looks fairly busy when I'm there. I wonder what happened.

Hope this is untrue. big fan of Figo.

Remember...unnamed sources. Sometimes they are right, sometimes they are wrong.

I will say this. One of the worst meals I have eaten in GE was there. That means nothing, of course, because you will get the occasional bad meal everywhere. But, at 7:30 on a Saturday night, the place was nearly empty. This was in February. One seating of 12 tables on a Saturday night didn't seem promising. They do seat everyone at the windows, so that may make it appear busy.

More good news. Perhaps it is incorrect.

bring back the GE brew pub...

Well, I'll say this for Figo. We've liked it in the past -- but we were just there last week and something was going on. The service was off, and the food was far below average. The bill, of course, was sky-high. We left grumbling and decided that Figo was off our list for a long, long time.

*shrug*

I, too, miss the brewpub. There was an early incarnation of the brewery that was quite good -- a bit upscale, great food, and no "Hey, now we're a sports bar" stuff.

It'd be nice if they bring those brew tanks back. Good beer beats most local food by a mile.

If the rumor is true about a Francesca restaurant in the old 120 Ocean Place space that'd be great news. It seems like the sort of space that would work for them and that would be a welcome addition to dining options in this area. Figo has never done it for me. The ambiance has never quite worked and my admittedly limited experience with the food was not positive.

Figo has never done it for me either.
I love Marinella!
I do hope Francesca restaurant comes to Wheaton

Marinella has some very good dishes and pasta and red wine on their patio is a great way to spend an evening.

When we first moved to GE, we were going to Marinella's once a week. They had a waiter there that was great. We then had a bad experience there, came back the next week and walked in the door and new the bad experience would take place again. I am sure this experience doesn't happen anymore due to a law that just went into effect, so I am sure the place is back to being excellent. Wonder if that waiter is still there? He was excellent.

As the biggest Figo fan here, if the rumor is true, we will be saddened. The 2 people we go to chat with all the time will land on their feet and we will still be friends, will just have to drive a little farther to see them!

Francesca in Wheaton would be awesome. Another stellar Carpaccio in the area is a good thing!

Speaking of great wait staff, there is a fantastic one at Cab's. When someone says "they go the extra mile," she really does, really. As in, if there is something a customer wants and it is not on their menu, she will go next door or down to starbucks to get it! Can't remember her name, but both the BE's give her thumbs up.

Cute gal with short red hair? Rides a mean bike? I THINK her name is Jen. She's great.

I was told that someone was positively seasick at the prospect of a Francesca's location opening up in Wheaton.

That's a huge plum if true.

What the hell do those punks have that we don't?

not to sound negative, but right now with the current state of both towns, were would you go to open a restaurant if you had to pick between the two?

My comment may have been sarcastic. Wheaton has it all...and a bag of chips.

Their EDC saw something a few years back that ours may have missed.

Yeah, hubby and I drove over to Wheaton a couple of weekends ago, just for kicks (we were in that state where neither of us could make a decision about where to eat here in GE; everything seemed a bit tired and stale, to tell the truth.)

So we went to Wheaton, and boy. Were we impressed! We had dinner at the Cellar Wine Bar (I think that's what it's called; cute little bistro-y place on the corner of Hale, I think), but there were so many choices.

I think GE CAN support a vital restaurant district - I know, personally, that my husband and I do our best to eat locally - but the restaurants currently here could use some spicing up. New blood would be nice, too.

But there certainly was a different vibe in downtown Wheaton that night. So many more people; it just seemed so vibrant, compared to GE.

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I do have to agree with everyone on the complete domination of the Wheaton restaurant scene over our beloved CBD. It seems almost like yesterday when you couldn't get your drink on in Wheaton due to their previously enforced prohibition-themed laws. They had very few, if any, good restaurants. Now look at what they have become, and they continue to attract more winners every year.

We need leadership that will fight the special interets, think of the village first and bring some change we can all believe in!

I saw Adelles on Check Please yesterday, the people were raving about it! Is it really about $45/plate without drinks? I take it not a "family" place.