Okay, how can it be that I’m reporting on TWO new places to eat in Macomb in ONE week?
Wow.
What’s next—a post-dusk coffee shop?!?
This one appears to be in or near what used to be Spirit in the Sky (which is now on the Square).
But be warned:
this is not the place to go if you’ve been out boozing and have the drunken munchies.
Find out why below, or
Read the whole story at the McDonough County Voice online.
Italian Express now open in Macomb
Macomb, Ill. – A much anticipated addition to the restaurant scene has now come to Macomb in the form of Italian Express, located at 928 W. Jackson St.
The new restaurant offers customers a line of homemade pasta dishes and sandwiches. The Macomb location is the second business for owners Paul and Cathleen Rashid, who have their first Italian Express in Princeton and have been working on coming Macomb for the past two years.
“We thought we would expand the market,” Paul said. “We figured it would be a good place to open the restaurant up.”
Cathleen is a teacher in the Kewanee school district – also a graduate of WIU – and runs the Princeton restaurant. Her husband Paul will run the Macomb location, but with three children, the couple has not yet decided if they will be moving.
“Everything is on the table at this point,” Paul said.
The location of their Macomb Italian Express is a bit unique, added Cathleen, as the drive through is located within the building.
“We have the drive through, which you can access from the back of the building,” she said. “It’s kind of odd since you have to drive through the building to get in it.”
Besides the drive through, customers can access the store from both the front and back doors for both carry-out and dine-in services at Italian Express.
A main aspect of the restaurant the Rashids feel is important to their customers are their homemade products, including Italian bread, red sauce, pasta, meatballs and Italian beef.
“We make everything homemade and there are no additives or preservatives in our products,” Cathleen said. “We also make it fresh to be as healthy as possible and as relatively inexpensive, too.”
Italian Express is open Monday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 10 p.m. and is closed Sunday.
They offer a menu of Italian pastas and sandwiches made from scratch and available by drive through, carry-out, dining-in and catering services.The restaurant can be reached at 833-3777.
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