Readers' Choice: Where's Your Favorite Place to Watch a Sox or Cubs Game in Frankfort/Mokena?

Just because you can't make it out to The Cell or Wrigley doesn't mean you can't enjoy the next best thing: Catching the action at a local bar or restaurant. Where's your favorite spot in Frankfort or Mokena?

Baseball season is still fairly new, which means the Cubs and the White Sox still have a chance of getting to the postseason. Of course, not everyone can make it out to the ballpark, but that doesn't mean you have to miss your favorite team play. That's why satellite TV was invented. Which begs the question: Where's your favorite bar or restaurant in Frankfort or Mokena to watch the Cubs and/or the Sox? At Patch, we want readers to tell us what bar or restaurant is their favorite when it comes to watching the White Sox or the Cubs. Vote for your favorite one in our poll and share with readers why you like it in the comments section. One Patch user who leaves a review will be randomly chosen to win a Patch T-shirt. Voting ends 9 p.m. Sunday…

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Local Business Buzz

The WIld Rover Plans to Open Friday

Plus: Pedigree Junction offers new customer deals, downtown shops prepare for Holiday Open Houses, and Amazing Fantasy creates early-bird specials for Black Friday.

Local Business Buzz is a roundup of what's going on in Frankfort's business community. This includes store openings and closings, listings of special events and a look at upcoming sales and deals. READ: Papa Johns, Sports Bar Clear First Hurdles to Opening READ: Mom's Sign Language Classes Become a Personal Calling WRITE A REVIEW for Amazing Fantasy Books and Comics, Pedigree Junction Dog and Cat Spa and other businesses in our Patch Places directory.

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Bears vs. Lions: Where to Go for Monday Night Specials

Don't want to watch the game alone at home? Here are some of the places in the Lincoln-Way area with drink and food deals. Plus, tell us what you think the score will be.

It's been a long time since a game against the Detroit Lions wasn't considered a joke. But if the Chicago Bears want to stay competitive within the division, they're going to have to take down the rejuvenated Lions on Monday Night Football. READ: Jake Buss and Tim Shaunnessey Blog About the Bears This should be the kind of game you enjoy with a group, so why not check out one of these area watering holes. Not only will they be showing the game, they'll also have some pretty nifty food and drink specials. Chicago Blu: The bar will have its second annual chili cook-off with its staff, which means free chili at halftime. Then vote for your favorite. Plus, there will be $1 drafts, $4 pitchers of Miller, $5 pitchers of Budweiser and $3.99 …

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Michael Sewall

10:26 am on Monday, October 10, 2011

Thanks for the addition, Sue!   more ›

Local Business Buzz

Olivieri Brothers Host Chamber Networking Event at Mokena Office Building

Plus Village Board approves permit for new location for Let It Rip Sports, and Wild Rover gets a liquor license.

Local Business Buzz is a roundup of what's going on in Frankfort's business community. This includes store openings and closings, listings of special events and a look at upcoming sales and deals. READ: What to Do With $400K? Village Board Looks at How to Spend Grant Money READ: Papa John's, New Sports Bar Pass First Hurdles to Opening in Frankfort PLEASE VISIT the listings for Olivieri Brothers, Frankfort Chamber of Commerce and other Frankfort businesses in the Patch Places directory.

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Papa John's, New Sports Bar Pass First Hurdles to Opening in Frankfort

Village Plan Commission recommends the special-use permits for the pizza chain and the Wild Rover tavern. Next step: village board approval.

A national pizza chain and a new sports tavern received unanimous recommendations for their special-use permit requests from the Frankfort Plan Commission on Thursday, each moving one step closer to becoming a new business in the village. The recommendations now go before the village board for final approval.  Papa John’s Pizza requested a permit to open a carryout and delivery restaurant at 21114 S. LaGrange Rd. in the Frankfort Crossings shopping center. If the pizza chain receives approval from the board, it plans to be open in November before Thanksgiving, said Hemal Purhit, the architect for Papa John’s. The Wild Rover, a new sports bar being opened by Oak Forest brothers John and James Dillon at 20535 LaGrange Rd. in the Vineyards …

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