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SPRINGFIELD – A New Berlin Mexican restaurant has opened their first Springfield location on Wabash Avenue where another Mexican restaurant recently closed.
Cuatro Amigos has opened in the space of El Arriero at 4233 Wabash Ave. The restaurant, which translates to four friends in English, is a Mexican bar and grill.
The New Berlin location at 14758 Old Route 54 has been a staple on the road to Springfield for several years now, but owner of Cuatro Amigos, Joseluis Elorza, posted to social media plans in early January to open the restaurant’s first Springfield location.
The restaurant officially opened its Springfield doors on Jan. 26 in a soft opening, serving up all the classics from the New Berlin location, with a handful of new experimental menu options.
“It’s all the same food and menu with just a couple, four to six new dishes,” Elorza said about the opening. “It’s good, I’m happy (about it.)”
Menu options include sizzling steak and shrimp fajitas, coctel de camaron, a cooked shrimp cocktail with tomato sauce mixed with pico de gallo and avocado to chicken and cheese dishes served over tortillas and rice.
Elorza shared he had a large customer base located in Springfield who would drive out to New Berlin for the food, so when El Arriero closed on Nov. 1, the owner reached out to him about the space opening up.
Following the soft opening, business hours are 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days a week. A grand opening with a ribbon cutting will be held closer to March, Elorza said.
“I’m just waiting for the liquor license,” Elorza said. “We can do that in March … when I get the liquor license I will post the grand opening the same weekend.”
Cuatro Amigos in New Berlin is open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily except for Fridays and Saturdays when the restaurant is open until 10 p.m.
Claire Grant writes about business, growth and development and other news topics for The State Journal-Register. She can be reached at CLGrant@usatodayco.com; and on X (Formerly known as Twitter): @Claire_Granted
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Multiple rounds of severe storms impacted central Illinois on Wednesday bringing damaging wind gusts and very heavy rain. Our area was sparred from the worst of the tornadoes, but areas south of I-72 were not so fortunate with damage to homes and injuries reported.
An outflow boundary from our morning storms struggled to get any further north than highway 136, which was about 30 miles south of what was anticipated early this morning. This kept the risk of strong tornadoes just south of our local region, though we still had plenty of rain and instances of large hail and gusty winds roll through central Illinois.
The worst of the wind came with the storms in the morning. As the severe storms moved through the area they produced measured gust of 60-70 mph with localized gusts estimated to be around 80 mph. The winds resulted in tree, powerline, and structural damage from Knox through McLean County.
Storm Reports
Galesburg – Tree and power line damage
Williamsfield – Roof partially torn off building
Princeville – Tree damage
Dunlap – 60 mph wind gust
Bellevue – 60 mph wind gust
Germantown Hills – Trees down
Roanoke – 60 mph wind gust
El Paso – Power poles snapped
El Paso – Multiple semis and campers rolled on I-39
Gidley – 70 mph wind gust
Chenoa – Semi rolled on I-55
Dunlap – 1.0″ size hail
Metamora – 1.0″ size hail
Armington – 1.0″ size hail
Rain reports
West Peoria – 4.37″
Lexington – 4.00″
West Peoria – 3.98″
Washington – 3.97″
East Peoria – 3.47″
Dunlap – 3.40″
Goodfield – 2.47″
Towanda – 2.43″
Peoria (PIA) – 2.24″
Lewistown – 2.20″
Galesburg – 1.84″
Chillicothe – 1.52″
Pontiac – 1.27″
Historic tree dating back to Abraham Lincoln damaged in Springfield
It may be the last living tree standing when Abraham Lincoln and his family lived in the Springfield neighborhood from 1844 to 1861.
More than 30,000 Illinois residents reported power outages Wednesday morning amid severe storms and destructive winds.
The National Weather Service forecast two rounds of severe weather throughout the day, issuing a tornado watch early Wednesday morning across central Illinois.
Where were power outages reported in Illinois?
More than 35,000 of the more than 5.8 million customers tracked on PowerOutage.com reported outages Wednesday, as of noon.
The majority of these outages were concentrated in west-central Illinois in Warren, Henderson and Woodford counties.
More than 93% of the customers tracked in Henderson County and nearly 60% of those in Warren County were impacted by outages.
Less widespread outages were also reported in DeKalb, Mercer, Knox, Menard, Jefferson and Gallatin counties.
Electric service company Amaren was by far the most impacted utility provider, followed Commonwealth Edison Company and Corn Belt Energy Corporation.
Illinois power outage map
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Illinois residents can report power outages in their area at PowerOutage.com.
Illinois power outage tracker
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