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Businesses Readers Are Raving About

Want to brag about the businesses you fell in love with in 2012? It's not too late to comment in the article below!

Readers showed their favorite businesses some love on Patch recently after we asked, Which New Business Did You Fall in Love with in 2012? Taco Diablo in Evanston received three shout-outs. Patch user Kathleen Tribble-Strong commented that the Mexican restaurant was a pleasant surprise.  “I went there with one of my co-teachers and then took my grown kids there for lunch the next day,” Tribble-Strong wrote. Great food and really wonderful AND personable staff. Plan to go back with more friends and family.”  Patch user Harvey Newcomb and Mayre Press both say the restaurant is a great additions to Davis Street.  “Great food in cool surroundings. A hip addition to a struggling strip of downtown,” Newcome wrote.  Another Evanston business, See…

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Dailey Method Fitness Studio Opening In Northbrook

Slated to open in winter 2013 at the Willow Festival shopping center, this will be the tenth Dailey Method studio in the Chicago-area and the 49th worldwide.

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. The new studio will occupy about 2,800 square feet, across from the Whole Foods, according to the release. The Northbrook location will feature Dailey Method’s proprietary one-hour fitness class — combining athletic ballet barre work, core conditioning, stretching and orthopedic exercises in an encouraging class environment — along with group cycling courses, according to the release.  The fitness brand is known for its commitment to improving body alignment, long-term injury rehab and future injury prevention, in excerice programs that …

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