The story
Lou Malnati's opened its fifth restaurant here on October 22, 1985. In 2010 it swapped the Turret House to the village for the furniture store next door and razed that for a new kitchen.
Everything that was here
- 1985–present · still open
Lou Malnati's PizzeriaRestaurant
Deep dish in an 1870s crossroads inn.
See the map in 1986 → - 1960–1985
Schaumrose InnRestaurant
The tavern that was moved 20 feet in 1978 and kept pouring.
See the map in 1961 → - 1905–1913
J. Fenz & Son HardwareRetail Store
A hardware store with a tinshop upstairs that doubled as a ballroom.
See the map in 1906 → - 1901–1905
Hattendorf / Quindel Hotel and SaloonOther
A farm-town hotel and saloon at the township's main crossroads.
See the map in 1902 →
Nearby history
Town Square Clock Tower / Veterans Gateway Park
Schaumburg Road & Roselle Road, southwest corner (Town Square clock tower) · 0 m away
A clock tower marks the spot of two fires and a hardware store.
1863 Brick Church
202 East Schaumburg Road · 447 m away
A Civil War-era brick church with a 127-foot steeple.
Volkening Family Farm
201 South Plum Grove Road · 1.9 km away
A German immigrant homestead from the late 1800s.
Royal Buffet
31 Golf Center · 2.2 km away
A hibachi buffet inside an old movie house.
Legoland Discovery Center
601 North Martingale Road · 4.1 km away
The first Legoland Discovery Center in the United States.
Woodfield Mall
5 Woodfield Mall · 4.1 km away
The largest mall in America on opening day, built on 191 acres of prairie farmland by a joint venture of Sears and A. Al
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