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O’Neil’s Restaurant Closing After 24 Years BY BRIAN SLUPSKI
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fter 24 years, a Winnetka institution will close its doors. O’Neil’s Restaurant, 1003 Green Bay Road, will cease operating on Jan. 1 2016. “It’s been a great run, but its time for someone else to come in with a new concept,” said O’Neil’s owner Patrick O’Neil. O’Neil said he plans to focus on his other two Winnetka restaurants – Trifecta Grille and Little Ricky’s Rib Joint – both of which he said are thriving. “We tried remodeling O’Neil’s and changing the menu but after [24] years it just ran out of gas. And the other two [restaurants] are rocking,” O’Neil said, adding that sales had stayed flat at O’Neil’s despite the changes. Continued on PG 13
cluding the boyfriend who originally introduced her to heroin. LENVIEW — Since her A former Cook County addicdaughter became a heroin tions counselor and caseworker addict in 2010, PJ Newberg – and a recovering alcoholic sober has been fighting something as for more than 20 years – Newberg insidious as the drug: ignorance was no stranger to the struggles that there even is a problem. of drug and alcohol addiction and She started a website and non- said she’s devastated she couldn’t profit organization called North protect her daughter from the Shore Secret Heroin Problem, perils. created a Facebook group with In the five years since, Newberg her daughter about heroin addic- has seen her daughter transform tion, and shared her family’s story to a “shell” of herself. She said her in a segment on the CBS show daughter has been to rehab nu48 Hours. Closer to home she merous times, been in jail, and has conducted community lived on the streets. “Heroin steals your soul, this forums and is partnering with several police and county agencies drug is the devil,” Newberg said. to provide education about heroin “It really does steal everything addiction. from you – your morals, your There still is much work to be values, your pride, your family. done, she said. You don’t care about anything. “My biggest problem is that Just chasing the drug.” people don’t want to talk about Today Newburg said her it,” Newberg said. “Property daughter is nearly six months values are more important than clean. Paula, who gave DailyNorthShore permission to acknowledging a real issue.” publish her mom’s description of Paula’s Story her heroin addiction, lives in a At 16 when she was a student halfway house out of state and at Glenbrook South High School, works part-time, with periodic Newberg’s daughter Paula Nixon visits from family. But Newberg began using heroin regularly. Like constantly worries about heroin’s many parents, Newberg said she grip – experts estimate a relapse was “clueless” at first and by the rate of 90 percent. time Paula was in treatment seven “People just don’t realize the weeks later, “things had gone level of physical addiction,” she from bad to worse” in a matter of said. “You crave it in your bones. It’s like torture.” months. Newberg said several of Paula’s friends overdosed and died, inContinued on PG 12 BY JOANNA SCHNEIDER DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM
PJ Newberg and her daughter, Paula.
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