Monday Minute - July 7, 2025

By Eat Local / July 07, 2025

Happy Monday! Let’s take a just a quick minute to catch up on the latest happenings in our local dining scene! Here’s what’s new this past week:

Business Updates

  • The owners of Kobe Hibachi Steakhouse are opening another local spot this fall! Kobe Ramen-Pho-Poke will be located in the former Giordano’s Restaurant at 1505 N Veterans Pkwy, Suite A, Bloomington.
  • Bloom Bawarchi announces another addition to their “Bloom Empire” with a new Decatur location set to open in August (at 2912 N Martin Luther King Jr Dr., Decatur)
  • Rosati’s Pizza is relocating from their Prospect Ave. location to the former Great Harvest Bread location at 1704 Eastland Drive.
  • On June 30th, Fred “Fats” Underwood, owner of Fat Albert’s in Gridley, passed the torch to new owners Joe and Bard King!
  • Nautical Bowls has announced that they will be opening a second location inside Four Seasons II, coming soon!

Anniversaries

Business Hour Changes

Check in with us next week for new updates. Business owners – have an update to share for next week’s list? Send us an email and let us know!

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