HuntleyIL Dairy Mart's new owner and customers eager for reopening
Bill and Amy Dunn recently purchased the ice cream and burger diner from Corinne E. Breskovich, 42, and her husband, Christopher S. Hopp, 38, who were charged earlier this year with drug and weapons violations.
"Two cars pulled in behind him" to see if they could order, too, Dunn said."I was having to tell people, 'No, we are sorry. We are not open.'""Everybody I talk to, people I don't even know, are walking up to me and asking, 'Are you the new guy? That is so awesome. We are so excited for you,'" Bill Dunn said.
Buying the venerable Huntley diner was"an opportunity that fell into our lap," Bill Dunn said, which started with his wife sitting in her hairdresser's chair about 40 days earlier. He and Amy talked about what they wanted to do and decided"we would be silly to not try to do it," Bill Dunn said. He has met with the previous owner, Steve Grechis, who ran the Dairy Mart for 31 years before selling last fall, Bill Dunn said. He also connected with Jodi Schultz, who managed the restaurant under Grechis and who has worked there since she was a teenager.
His biggest fear is that once they do open, business will be"gangbusters, and we will not have people" to keep the food and ice cream coming, Bill Dunn said.He is not planning on many changes. They will offer the same food from the grill and the same soft serve ice cream treats.Grechis never created a Facebook page or other social media presence for the shop, Bill Dunn said. The landline phone went to an answering machine, and the daily specials were written on a board out front.
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