Northbrook-Glenview's New Businesses in 2012

Welcome to the neighborhood — don't forget about the newest stores and restaurants to open their doors in our neck of the woods this year.

Did we forget a spot? Tell us about your favorite new businesses in the comments section below! Peapod Opens Deerfield Drive Through Location — Online grocery supplier Peapod became Deerfield’s newest business Tuesday when it opened a drive-through facility at 677 Lake Cook Road near Deerlake Road enabling shoppers to save the delivery charge. Dailey Method Fitness Studio Opening In Northbrook — The Dailey Method, an international chain of fitness centers, announced in a press release their second North Shore location will open at the Willow Festival shopping center in Northbrook in winter 2013. Glenbrook North Grad Opens Glenview Restaurant — Jen Eisen opened El Mexican Restaurant at 2528 Waukegan Rd. on Friday with her business partner, …

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Restaurateur Kicks It Up a Notch

Morton Grove's Mahesh Sharma opened a family-inspired Indian restaurant in September.

This week's Patch Portraits series also features a rocker who builds a home for budding musicians in Wilmette and a women honoring Polish culture in Des Plaines. "I lived in Morton Grove for a long period of time and I couldn't find any nicer restaurants in the neighborhood," said Mahesh Sharma as he sat at a table in his new restaurant, Tava. The Indian restaurant, at 7172 Dempster St., opened in September. He said that a lack of finer dining options in Morton Grove was a major reason Sharma chose to open the type of restaurant he did. Earlier: Check out the entire Patch Portraits archive. According to Sharma, the Indian cuisine is inspired by Sharma's home country. He also drew inspiration from the years he spent as a kid working in his …

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