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<blockquote data-quote="uigrad" data-source="post: 182985"><p>I'd like to know more of the history of the chain, if anyone can fill in the details. I'm pretty sure that when I came to townin '97, I seem to remember that there were 4 Garcia's in town. They were:</p><p>1. 709 S. Wright St., across from Altgeld (the very first dining experience I had in this town)</p><p>2. Green and Second intersection</p><p>3. On the east side of Mattis, a little south of Springfield</p><p>4. Someplace in Urbana.... for some reason I seem to think it was Lincoln and Nevada, where Caffe Paradiso is today</p><p></p><p>The business on Mattis was the first to close. Actually, it moved north to 313 N. Mattis, up near County Market. I think there may have been a short period of time that both Mattis locations were open at the same time.</p><p></p><p>Around the same time, the Urbana location closed. I never actually at there, and I can't figure out where it was located now.</p><p></p><p>Later, the flagship location on Wright closed. The Green St. location became the main at this point, which was probably fine, since it was the largest anyway.</p><p></p><p>In December? 2008, the Green St. location closed, leaving only the Mattis location open. A new location was announced -- the old Baskin Robins in Urbana on Philo.</p><p></p><p>Now, I read that the Philo location has been canned. Instead, they'll start selling slices to County Market shoppers:</p><p><a href="http://www.news-gazette.com/news/business/2009/02/06/county_market_to_sell_garcias_pizzas" target="_blank">http://www.news-gazette.com/news/business/2009/02/06/county_market_to_sell_garcias_pizzas</a></p><p></p><p>I think that there are still a number of Garcia's in other cities. It's a shame that they haven't been to keep open the ones in C-U, since this is their original market.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="uigrad, post: 182985"] I'd like to know more of the history of the chain, if anyone can fill in the details. I'm pretty sure that when I came to townin '97, I seem to remember that there were 4 Garcia's in town. They were: 1. 709 S. Wright St., across from Altgeld (the very first dining experience I had in this town) 2. Green and Second intersection 3. On the east side of Mattis, a little south of Springfield 4. Someplace in Urbana.... for some reason I seem to think it was Lincoln and Nevada, where Caffe Paradiso is today The business on Mattis was the first to close. Actually, it moved north to 313 N. Mattis, up near County Market. I think there may have been a short period of time that both Mattis locations were open at the same time. Around the same time, the Urbana location closed. I never actually at there, and I can't figure out where it was located now. Later, the flagship location on Wright closed. The Green St. location became the main at this point, which was probably fine, since it was the largest anyway. In December? 2008, the Green St. location closed, leaving only the Mattis location open. A new location was announced -- the old Baskin Robins in Urbana on Philo. Now, I read that the Philo location has been canned. Instead, they'll start selling slices to County Market shoppers: [url]http://www.news-gazette.com/news/business/2009/02/06/county_market_to_sell_garcias_pizzas[/url] I think that there are still a number of Garcia's in other cities. It's a shame that they haven't been to keep open the ones in C-U, since this is their original market. [/QUOTE]
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