by Katelin Rank | Dec 9, 2025
One of the largest souvenir shops at the lake was the Trading Post (since 1952) located where the Subway is today. They also sold soft drinks (pop), snacks and ice cream. This is where the development behind got its name, Traders Landing. In Operation: NO Start Date:...
by Katelin Rank | Dec 9, 2025
The Red Run Inn was located about a mile or so from the dam on Mayhew Inn Rd. in an area known as McComas Beach, named after Dr. McComas. There was a barn which was used as a boys’ camp before it became a restaurant. In about 1952 the restaurant was run by Clarence...
by Katelin Rank | Dec 9, 2025
In 1998 Humberson Homes sold an acre of land located on Bumble Bee Road, across from the college, to Vivian Padgett and Robert Bounds. This is where they built a restaurant and named it Bumble Qs. It was a family restaurant serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. They...
by Katelin Rank | Dec 9, 2025
In the fall of 1988, Dominck and Brenda started a pizza shop in McHenry, Dominick’s Pizzeria, and it was here Brenda learned, over the course of eight years, how to produce consistently good pizza. In Operation: NO Start Date: 1/9/1988
by Katelin Rank | Dec 8, 2025
The Fireside Deli and Wine Shop as we know it today has gone through several names and menus since Ed Browning opened it as a bar in 1982. It then became BJ Whistlers in 1984, then the Gast Haus, a German restaurant in 1992. In 2004, the location reopened as the...
