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National breakfast, lunch restaurant replacing Giordano’s in Oswego
Jasmine Lee
Jasmine Lee
Reporter · Naperville, IL
An experienced business reporter, Jasmine Lee graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago and has worked with various finance and business publications. With over 4 years of experience, she has a keen eye for trends and developments affecting local businesses in Naperville.
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A national breakfast and lunch chain plans to open a restaurant in Oswego in the space that previously housed Giordano’s pizza place.The Oswego Planning and Zoning Commission on Nov. 5 will review plans for First Watch, a breakfast/brunch/lunch restaurant, to move into a building at 2870 U.S. Route 34.The restaurant wants to change the building’s exterior to include larger signage and paint the existing natural brick on the building. The building also houses Athletico Physical Therapy.First Watch is set to open a new restaurant in The Boulevard Place development in Joliet on Nov. 16. The restaurant chain already has nine locations in the Chicago area, including in Geneva, Bloomingdale, and Naperville.
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