Peoria Illinoisan

I was told that the CampusTown restaurant “Platesâ€? had closed. I wasn’t surprised. The food was excellent, and the entire restaurant was nicely remodeled, but I couldn’t believe many Peorians would drive to CampusTown to go to a nice restaurant, much less a nice restaurant with a not-so-good name. It is being replaced by Starbucks, with some extra room to spare. Rumours were a few years back that Starbucks was going to build on the empty area of the parking lot, but that fell through. I was a little concerned for One World at the time, but I don’t think I have to be now. They have been slowing diversifying and is now quite a nice place to eat (bad service has been fixed, in my experience), they have a liquor license, jazz on the weekends, and are expanding into Lagron Miller’s space. They’re not just the quirky coffee house anymore. I think they have positioned themselves to be able to easily handle a Starbucks across the street, and I expect they will both do well.

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