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Lights back on, downtown Boo Boo's to re-open soon
By Pantagraph staff
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BLOOMINGTON -- The lights were on and the door’s unlocked at Boo Boo’s Dawghouse Monday, but the popular downtown Bloomington eatery may not open for a few more weeks.

A separate location in uptown Normal, meanwhile, remains closed for remodeling, and a timeline for its reopening remains unknown, said owner Todd Maynor.

In downtown Bloomington, though, the restaurant is nearly ready. Paper covering the windows has been removed and new equipment installed.

An employee working at the restaurant said it could reopen next week, but Maynor said that’s unlikely. He said it could open within the next few weeks.

“We’re trying to hire a crew,” he said. “I’m not giving an exact time until I have an exact time.”

The restaurant closed in April, and the former operator filed for bankruptcy a month later.

Maynor, who owns both the downtown Bloomington and uptown Normal locations, also has a third Boo Boo’s on GE Road in Bloomington. That restaurant remains open.

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Yahoo wrote on Sep 3, 2007 9:42 AM:

" My husband & I were so disappointed when Blm Boo-Boo's closed! We would walk there & then sit outside if it was nice, then walk around the downtown area. I alwas thought Boo-Boo's had good food!!! When it re-opens ...We'll be there!!! "

Blue-collar Barney wrote on Aug 24, 2007 9:15 AM:

" While it may not please the fine-dining cognoscenti, with their Food Channel haughtiness and sniffy demeanors, I find Boo Boo's to be a fine choice for a working man's lunchtime repast. Good honest food priced accordingly. Sneer if you must at this haven for the hungry, I shall enjoy my chicago-style dog and fries in the company of other hale and well met fellows of the laboring masses. "

to: to: Great News wrote on Aug 21, 2007 4:16 PM:

" To most people in BN, fine dining means "with extra cheese." "

Luther Billis wrote on Aug 21, 2007 3:21 PM:

" This is good news, but we need the one back in uptown Normal. On an unrelated note, anybody know what is going on in the old Wendy's in Main Street? Are they just rehabbing it to reopen as a Wendy's or is it going to be something else (like a Taco Bell, I hope)? "

yea wrote on Aug 21, 2007 1:31 PM:

" There is one on GE road if you really wanted Boo Boo's that bad...you don't have to have it delivered...lol "

Open the Normal location wrote on Aug 21, 2007 10:30 AM:

" Will Bloomington deliver to Normal? Open the Normal location. I'm in withdrawal. "

to Great News wrote on Aug 21, 2007 6:50 AM:

" Given the level of discourse on this site, I'm thinking that Boo Boo's is fine dining for most of these people coming into the "big city." "

Great News wrote on Aug 20, 2007 7:45 PM:

" Finally, upscale dining returns to Bloomington. "

YES!!! wrote on Aug 20, 2007 4:58 PM:

" I CAN'T WAIT THE ONE IN DOWNTOWN BLOOMINGTON HAS BEEN REALLY MISSED!!! WELCOME BACK!!!! "

Yum! wrote on Aug 20, 2007 4:30 PM:

" I can't wait! "

Michelle wrote on Aug 20, 2007 3:44 PM:

" Thank goodness; I was getting worried. I miss the Normal location very much, and I hope that it reopens. "
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