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Bloomington Police Department Hosting National Night Out
August 6, 2019
Tonight, the Bloomington Police Department is teaming up with The Warehouse for National Night Out. This free event will be held at The Warehouse, located at 1525 South Rogers Street, and will run from 5:30 p.m. until 8 p.m…
Photo Credit: Sean Hogan of WTIU News
Lennie's Reopens In New Kirkwood Location
Emma Atkinson - WFIU/WTIU News
July 12, 2019
Popular Bloomington restaurant Lennie’s reopened Thursday…
Photo Credit: Joe Hren of WFIU/WTIU News
Update: Lennie's Re-Opening Delayed Until Thursday
Adam Pinkser - WFIU/WTIU News
July 8, 2019
Workers were putting the finishing touches on the new location for Lennie's Friday…
Photo Credit: Jeremy Hogan of The Bloomingtonian
Parade from Lennie’s to Lennie’s
Jeremy Hogan - The Bloomingtonian
June 30, 2019
The Jefferson Street Parade Band performs during a parade from the Lennie’s and the Bloomington Brewing Co. Brewpub on 10th Street to its new location at the former location of Finch’s Brasserie on Kirkwood, Sunday, June 30, 2019 in Bloomington, Ind…
Lennie’s New Home Continues Community-based Traditions
Rita Kohn - NUVO Magazine
June 17, 2019
Lennie’s is moving to 514 East Kirkwood after three decades as craft food and beer leader at 1795 East 10th Street…
Photo Credit: Joe Hren of WFIU/WTIU News
Lennie's To Close Original Location At End Of June
Barbara Brosher - WFIU/WTIU News
May 27, 2019
Lennie's restaurant says it will close its original 10th Street location on June 30 to move to the former Roost-Finch's Brasserie on Kirkwood Avenue…
Photo Credit: Claire Livingston of Indiana Daily Student
How Bloomington businesses prepare for Little 500 weekend
Alex Hardgrave - Indiana Daily Student
April 9, 2019
It is Pizza X’s busiest time of the year, with about a 30% increase in sales, general manager Mike Gastineau said…
Photo Credit: Joe Hren of WFIU/WTIU News
Lennie's Restaurant Moving Into The Roost-Finches Space On Kirkwood Ave. In July
Joe Hren - WFIU/WTIU News
March 18, 2019
Lennie’s restaurant and brewpub is moving to Kirkwood Avenue after 30 years on 10th Street near the Indiana University Bloomington campus…
Photo Credit: Sean Hogan of WFIU/WTIU News
What Restaurants Opened And Closed In Bloomington In 2018
Barbara Brosher - WFIU/WTIU News
January 2, 2019
Bloomington saw several changes to its dining scene in 2018…
Photo Credit: Lindsey Wright of WFIU/WTIU News
Section Of Bloomington Crosstown Shopping Center Undergoes Demolition
Lindsey Wright - WFIU/WTIU News
December 31, 2018
Part of the 10th Street Crosstown shopping center in Bloomington is no longer standing…
Photo Credit: Jacob deCastro of Indiana Daily Student
Wondering what restaurants are still open in Bloomington? Here's your guide to late night eats.
Metta Thomas - Indiana Daily Student
November 8, 2018
The sun has gone down, the dining halls are closed and the only thing left to eat is microwavable mac and cheese. However, when people are asleep in Bloomington, there are still places wide awake offering a late night snack…
Photo Credit: Haley Klezmer of Indiana Daily Student
Farmers’ market soup tasting: chilly morning, hot soup
Varda He - Indiana Daily Student
November 4, 2018
The Bloomington Community Farmers’ Market’s 12th annual soup tasting was in full swing at 10:30 a.m. Nov. 3. Inside the large tent set up in front of City Hall, restaurant representatives were busy bringing out pots of soup for people to sample…
Photo Credit: Andrew Williams of Indiana Daily Student
Bloomington businesses move-outs for Crosstown Station project
Alex Hardgrave - Indiana Daily Student
October 4, 2018
The retail area on 10th Street, currently known as Crosstown Shopping Center, has started being vacated…
Photo Credit: Emily Isaacman of Indiana Daily Student
Bloomington startup Green Camino offers easy way to compost
Emily Isaacman - Indiana Daily Student
September 19, 2018
Kathy Gutowsky has about 60 compost buckets stacked in the garage of her house past Memorial Stadium and a hundred more stashed in a shed. A couple hundred are stored in Randi Cox's yard. The buckets are part of Green Camino, a curbside compost service Gutowsky and Cox created to make composting accessible…
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Crosstown Redevelopment Project To Get Underway Next Month
Lindsey Wright - Indiana Public Media
September 11, 2018
Part of the 10th Street Crosstown Shopping Center in Bloomington is set to undergo demolition within the next month. The Plan Commission approved plans Monday for the multi-million dollar redevelopment project. The two new, three story buildings will house retail on the first floors and Indiana University offices on top…
Photo Credit: Ty Vinson of Indiana Daily Student
The buzz about Hive: Bloomington's new fast-casual restaurant
Alex Hardgrave - Indiana Daily Student
August 16, 2018
A hive is the safe place for a colony of bees. It's where they go to be away from the outside world and where they eat their food. The owner of Bloomington's new Hive restaurant said he hopes it will serve the same purpose for its customers…
Popular Lennie’s Restaurant Hopes To Stay Open During Crosstown Redevelopment
Lindsey Wright - Indiana Public Media
May 21, 2018
A Bloomington shopping center that houses several popular restaurants on 10th Street will undergo a massive redevelopment project that requires some of them to move by August. However, the owners of two of the affected businesses say they hope to keep it open during construction…
Photo Credit: Kristen Braselton of One World Enterprises
Woolery Mill Being Renovated Into Banquet And Event Space
WBIW
December 20, 2017
The Woolery Mill, in Bloomington, is being renovated into a banquet and event space. Indiana Public Media reports, One World Enterprises Owner Jeff Mease is spearheading the effort to turn the former mill into a multi-use space, which has sat vacant for years, into a 28-thousand square foot event space.
Teamwork Makes The Dream Work At One World’s KitchenShare
Annie Corrigan - Indiana Public Media
July 15, 2016
Space in the One World KitchenShare in Bloomington, Indiana has been in such high demand that the company decided to expand it. (That, and as founder and CEO of One World Enterprises Jeff Mease explains, their lease at the old kitchen share location was not renewed.)
Photo Credit: David Snodgress of The Herald-Times
One World commissary has room to share
Carol Kugler - The Herald-Times
June 18, 2016
One World Enterprises is undergoing change once again. What started as a pizza shop then added a restaurant and later a brewpub. That expanded to include a catering business, and a commissary that provided kitchen space for all the restaurants owned by One World as well as people who had startup businesses that needed a certified commercial kitchen…
Photo Credit: Lynae Sowinski of Limestone Post Magazine
One World’s ‘New Business Model’ Opens Doors For Startups
Jonna Mary Yost - Limestone Post Magazine
June 16, 2016
“There’s a new business model in place right now that people can’t even see yet,” says Jeff Mease, co-founder and owner of One World Enterprises and its commissary kitchen, which houses a collaborative program called KitchenShare. By allowing startup businesses to use One World’s commissary, Mease helps entrepreneurs explore their ideas and passions, which they hope will lead to opening their own storefronts...