- June 19, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
If the Chicago Bears move from Soldier Field to Arlington Park, Rocco Fridono, owner of Big Ange’s Eatery in Arlington Heights, will have to make some changes — starting with the hours and days of operation.
Currently, Big Ange’s Eatery, a cozy, family-owned barbecue, burger and sandwich spot at Northwest Highway and Euclid Avenue, is open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. The racetrack clientele Fridono expected when he and his parents opened the restaurant five years ago never materialized. But things might be different with Bears fans.
If professional football someday comes to town, Fridono said, he’ll be open Sundays.
“I’d be over the moon,” he said.
It would be many years, if ever, before kickoff at a new Bears stadium on the site of the 326-acre racetrack. But a day after the team acknowledged making a bid — one of several received by Churchill Downs — to purchase the property,…
