by Katelin Rank | Dec 9, 2025
Lisa Jan purchased the building that had previously been Jerbryo’s in 2015 and began a complete remodel on the existing building, increasing its size providing a larger capacity, and making it big enough for live entertainment. This included extensive upgrades...
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 2010 the Silver Tree building was vacant and Phil and Erica Gideon started activity to purchase the restaurant. Several snags were encountered along the way; however, Phil stayed firm in his plan and on March 4, 2011, settled on the property. The name Dutch was...
by Katelin Rank | Dec 9, 2025
The Silver Tree started as Nemacolin Lodge constructed in the 1940’s using logs and stone found on the property. Ted and Celeste Lascaris purchased the property in 1974 in the name of Alpine Village. Finally, after a lot of long and hard work, the restaurant opened in...
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
