Aurora officials think Italian restaurant will fit with downtown mix

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Aldermen are set to vote next week on a proposed redevelopment agreement with a St. Charles-based restaurant group to put an Italian restaurant in a 3,200-square-foot building at 7 S. Broadway.

Aurora officials said this week they are convinced a new Italian restaurant would be a nice fit in downtown.

Megan Curren, co-owner of Graceful Ordinary in downtown St. Charles, said she and her husband, Chris Curren, a well-regarded chef, “thought long and hard” before landing on the Italian osteria concept for 7 S. Broadway. “We want to transform diners, make them feel like they are walking into an osteria in Europe,” Curren said.

It would cost about $1.65 million to renovate the building, and under the redevelopment agreement, the city and the restaurant would split that cost. That would generate $60,000 to $70,000 a year in those taxes, he said. That should pay the city’s loan back within six years, but Dibo said if there is not enough to pay the city back within eight years, the developers would agree to make up the difference.

 

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