Comings and Goings
Keep track of the latest business openings and closings. Whether it’s a new boutique popping up, a fast-food restaurant closing down or a progress report on a major development, you’ll find all the latest bits of information here. See something while you’re out and about? Leave a comment or send an e-mail to business@rrstar.com and we’ll check it out.

Machesney Park loses Del Taco

December 12th, 2007 at 03:19pm Deborah Austin

The first Del Taco Mexican-style restaurant to open in Illinois — on the hot Illinois 173 retail corridor in Machesney Park — has closed after only about a year in business.

Machesney Park village president Linda Vaughn confirmed Wednesday that the 24-hour Del Taco eatery, opened in late 2006 by franchisee Phil DiGiovanni of Roscoe, had closed. DiGiovanni declined to comment Wednesday concerning when the restaurant had closed or why.

The 2,800-square-foot Del Taco, at 1555 W. Lane Road between Alpine and Forest Hills Roads, was one of more than 499 locations in 14 states, according to the chain’s Web site. In 2006, just before the Machesney Park restaurant opened, the Rockford Register Star reported that Del Taco was considered the number-two Mexican-style food chain behind Taco Bell.

DiGiovanni also owns DiGiovanni’s Ristorante in Roscoe, at 4866 Bluestern Road.

Entry Filed under: Uncategorized

3 Comments Add your own

  • 1. Del Taco Lover  |  December 15th, 2007 at 8:35 am

    Everything my husband and I like closes or is discontinued. We live 15 miles from the Del Taco, but we loved it so much we went anyway. Del Taco was a million times better than Taco Bell which we like. The ingredients were much better quality, there were interesting items on the menu. I guess everyone who lives around here is afraid of something new or different.

  • 2. Erol Kartal  |  February 18th, 2008 at 1:54 pm

    I agree. Del Taco is a million times better than Taco Bell. Perhaps a poor location? They can’t build them fast enough in St. Louis, yet there’s only location in the entire Chicago area including suburbs. Don’t get it.

  • 3. Paul in Chicago burbs  |  February 22nd, 2008 at 9:14 pm

    That’s sad. We lived in Southern CA for a few years and loved Del Taco. After we moved back to the Chicago area we actually drove 100 miles to this location. Luckily, one opened up about 10 miles from us in Oak Lawn, IL. I really hope it stays open.

Leave a Comment

Required

Required, hidden

Security Code:

Some HTML allowed:
<a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <code> <em> <i> <strike> <strong>

Trackback this post  |  Subscribe to the comments via RSS Feed