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February 11, 2022

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The New York Times

They Call the Suburbs Home

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The New York Times

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Megan Curren, 35, an owner of the Graceful Ordinary, a fine-dining restaurant in St. Charles, Ill, said that while many Chicago restaurants are still hurting financially because of the pandemic, St. Charles’s are recovering faster. Spaces like hers have plentiful room for outdoor dining she said and people are moving into  — not out of — the area.