A downtown Belleville coffee shop closes after two years

Justitia’s Coffee House closed this week after two years in business. The downtown Belleville cafe, located at 18 E. Main St., announced the closing this week. “Much thought went into the ultimate ...
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A Belleville café opens soon. It’s also the new site for a growing downtown restaurant

LongStory Coffee owner Erik Busch has been busy since I visited the site of his new café in July. At that time, everything had been stripped down to the bare bones. A walk-in refrigerator and a ...
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A look back at Diamond Lil’s restaurant in Belleville and the memorable woman behind it

A BND series about what makes Belleville and southwestern Illinois a unique place to live. Send questions and tips to [email protected]. Over the last few years I’ve gotten used to writing about ...
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A popular Belleville restaurant closes after 13 years. Another will soon take its place

A longtime Belleville restaurant officially closed its doors. El Gordito, located at 2630 Mascoutah Ave., made an announcement via Facebook this week that due to unforeseen circumstances, the ...
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New partners join original co-owner at Belleville restaurant open almost a year

Downtown Belleville restaurant and bar, Charlie's Place, is partly under new ownership after two area businessmen bought out one of the establishment's original investors. Barb Swantner, who opened ...