DC Magazine - Summer 2023

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MODERN & Delicious

The Grove opens in Agora Towers

By: Kelley White • Photos by: Mark Busch

With a dash of flair, a touch of modernism and a base of homegrown flavors, owners Jason Engstrom, Sam Patterson and Steve Gackowski are introducing a cocktailfocused bar with an exceptional menu to DeKalb. The three business partners opened The Grove at 204 N. Fourth St. in April.

The trio grew up together in DeKalb and Malta, attending DeKalb High School together. In college and the years that followed, their lives pulled them to different cities, but their business venture reeled them back to their home region.

“We’ve all been all over the place the last decade, and once Steve started floating the idea of seriously starting a restaurant, we kind of came to the easy conclusion that our hometown would be a really good place to do that,” Patterson said.

THE BEGINNING OF A DREAM

The Grove co-owners are over a year into the process of opening their restaurant. When they started in October 2021, their first order of business was finding the perfect space for their vision.

“We looked at every available spot in town,” Patterson said. “None of the sites either met our financial needs, our base needs or uniqueness.”

They found their answer in the Agora Towers, inspired by their friend, mentor and owner of the Towers, John Pappas.

“Once this building was nearing completion, we had some dates in mind,” Patterson said.

“John Pappas is obviously a pretty good mentor to have in our back pocket when starting a restaurant. So, we saw the opportunity to have

this corner spot at Agora with 92 units above and outdoor space, which is rare in DeKalb, as well as the opportunity to really start fresh and not use and adapt someone else’s restaurant or space.”

The owners understand the business, with years of experience between them. Engstrom said he grew up working at Twin’s Tavern in DeKalb, later serving as a bartender. Patterson’s tastes in the restaurant industry were influenced by his past experiences as well as where he has traveled and lived.

“We take a lot from where we were living the past couple of decades, and we saw the need in DeKalb,” Patterson. “Then, having all of our contacts, family and friends still here, it was a really easy decision and transition bringing people over.”

AMBIANCE & FLAVORS

The Grove is a dining destination with modern flair.

“Everything from our décor, layout and overall aesthetic, all the way down to the menu we’re offering, and the cocktails, is elevated and fresh,” Patterson said. “Our menu is upscale modern American.”

He emphasizes the menu will not be overly expensive. Instead, it will be affordably classy. Ingredients are never frozen, and they aim to use local sources for produce.

“Being in a farming community, I think it’ll be good to tap into those local farmers and get some of the fresh produce they offer,” Engstrom said.

The Grove’s menu will constantly evolve throughout the year with a few select staples.

“We want our menu to be seasonally changing, so you are going to see things that will get pulled off that might not be on till next spring,” Engstrom said. “We want to go along with what the season is, which will affect both cocktail and food menus.”

The owners also have developed a wine locker concept where guests can bring wines they would like to drink and store at a yearly fee.

“Typically, a corking fee would be $20,” Engstrom said. “This fee would entice people if they are wine connoisseurs, with the ability to access wines they really like, guaranteed.”

The restaurant also will offer an extended listing of wine at a discounted price.

“It’s another unique thing that will hopefully bring in some people who might have to go to Geneva or farther to get the feel you might expect if you went a little more east,” Patterson said.

The Grove will have a patio with seating for about 50 people and is expected to be a big hit this summer

alongside a menu to perfectly complement the weather.

“I have a really good burrata dish,” Engstrom said. “It’s a very light dish with fresh peaches, a candied walnut balsamic reduction and prosciutto with toast points.”

The menu will also feature a lot of shared plates. “I love the idea of a table of four ordering five or six dishes and sharing every single piece,” Patterson said. “We also have five main dishes that point to skirt steak, salmon, scallops – that sort of thing. But we’re really focusing on the small to medium plates to get everyone sharing.”

Patterson is particularly proud of the tavern’s take on an American classic: the cheeseburger.

“We’re really trying to make an attraction out of our burger,” he said. “You know, we’re not doing anything crazy, it’s just a very basic but different burger with the garlic aioli, onion, cheese, and that’s literally about it. It’s about simple amazing flavor.”

CUSTOMER SERVICE

With so many restaurants in flux nowadays, it’s important to the owners to keep a good attitude and environment at The Grove to create an atmosphere folks will love.

“The philosophy is basically being attentive,” Engstrom said. “I want all of our staff to get along. I think a happy place runs smoother with good leadership and management and also, we want to offer our employees incentives as far as food and percentages off so that when they’re not on shift, they want to bring their friends.”

Leadership is quality the trio of owners prioritize. “It starts from the top,” Engstrom said. “Leadership and leading by example is my main focus. I’m not above that, you know, I want to develop a good working relationship with these people.”

The Grove’s staff are valued as highly as the customers, and the owners want employees to be happy.

“Restaurants are stressful, and I think

that’s just the nature of the job,” Patterson said. “But if we can do our best and make people happy to be here, trying to make it as fun as possible, that’s what we want to do.”

Ultimately, Engstrom, Patterson and Gackowski want to see their customers content, feeling welcomed and having an amazing time in their new bar.

“I wouldn’t be in this if I didn’t want to make people happy,” Engstrom said.

“My whole goal is to bring new ideas and new flavor profiles to people who maybe aren’t getting that out here, you know?”

“I want customers to experience a bright and airy family atmosphere,” Patterson said. “We want to encourage the kids and adults to come here so we can provide them quality food that hopefully anybody can like.”

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ThroughFaith Open Door & an

Married couple builds space for discussion and connection with local coffee shop

By: Kelley White

Husband and wife team Nick and Stephanie Bradac have kept their love of people and togetherness at the core of their Genoa coffee shop, Open Door Coffee, since the business’s beginning.

“We’d had this dream to start a coffee shop, and we decided we were going to start small with a truck,” Stephanie said. “We had the truck in 2019 and we did farmers markets and craft fairs. We started doing things for our business, like putting tables out and going to springathons and craft fairs where we set up coffee pots – that sort of thing.”

The Bradacs took their truck to outdoor markets, business popups, festivals and other small events until February 2020, when they bought a property at the edge of downtown Genoa.

“We started renovating it. We turned the upstairs into an apartment. We put a drive-thru in, which opened in June of 2021, and we then opened the shop itself in June of 2022,” Stephanie said.

Photos courtesy of Open Door Coffee

While the Bradacs primarily operate out of their brick and mortar location at 502 W. Main St., Genoa, they still use the truck to attend events, weddings and festivals. In the years leading up to their coffee shop, the Bradacs cultivated their passions and found each other.

“I graduated high school in Batavia,” Nick said. “I was going to be a dentist, but then I decided I didn’t want to deal with all that schooling, so I took a year off and worked at a couple of different jobs. I was a GM at a Jimmy John’s in St. Charles, and I gained an appreciation for service and efficient operation during that time. Then I went back to school at NIU and graduated with a degree in industrial technology with an emphasis in occupational safety.”

Stephanie was born in the Seattle area and lived there through first grade. At that point, her parents moved the family to Mexico for missionary work. Stephanie lived there with her family until she turned 16, and it has been in her heart ever since.

“I’m fluent in Spanish, and I grew up having a very bicultural experience,” Stephanie said. “I can look back and remember enjoying really good coffee, roasted on the fire with coffee beans hand-ground. I think, more than anything, I grew up understanding the concept of ‘sobre mesa,’ which is just the time spent around the table, sharing in conversation or a meal or drink with people. That’s a very Latin thing. People take more time to enjoy life together.”

Stephanie eventually earned her degree in political science and international affairs. “I loved cross-cultural communication, but it’s interesting how life takes turns and doesn’t always look the way you thought it would,” she said.

After graduating college, Stephanie relocated to Spain to work as a student coordinator. A job transfer led to her arrival in the Chicago area, where she eventually met Nick. During her time in Chicagoland, she shifted into a marketing career.

Still, she heard the call to something more. “I felt this pull to gather people,” Stephanie said. “That was a passion both Nick and I shared, to gather people, to provide spaces for people to connect and know each other. We’ve always been about really plugging into any community we’ve ever lived in.”

In 2009, Nick and Stephanie married and moved around the country, from Atlanta to Joplin, Missouri and eventually back to Batavia. In 2015, the family settled in Genoa to be closer to their relatives. They immediately fell in love with the town and have been raising their four boys in the community ever since.

Over time, the couple started to discuss the idea of opening a coffee shop. Nick initially planned to continue working full time and operate the coffee business on the side, but divine intervention changed his course.

“The Lord had other plans and He told me, when I was on my way to work one day, ‘You need to quit your job, so you’ll learn to trust me,’” Nick said. “I quit my job and went all in with the coffee truck. That was in October of 2018, and we’ve been working together since then.”

Throughout the process of operating their truck and renovating their coffeehouse, Nick and Stephanie maintained strong faith and convictions. Their faith helped pave the path to christening their business.

“We had tossed around so many names, and Open Door Coffee just felt right for us on so many different levels,” Stephanie said. “We named the business Open Door Coffee before we even had a door to open. It really is about people feeling welcomed and like they have a place to call home away from home. We based it off the Bible verse, Matthew 7:7-8. The gist of that is ‘ask and you will receive, seek and you will find, knock and the door will be open to you.’ Our faith background and our heart for what we wanted to see in the community all just kind of dovetailed – that’s where Open Door came from.”

The Bradacs have curated a menu of quality drinks and food fare that regularly evolves.

“Our emphasis on flavors and being able to distinguish different parts of the drink is important,” Nick said. “We’re offering interesting, unique options, whether

it’s food or our drinks. You’re going to get something that’s more flavorful than sugary.”

Stephanie added inspiration from her multicultural upbringing in both taste and care for quality ingredients.

“Once a year, we do horchata cold brew, and we just got done doing Mexican mochas,” she said. “Those are some tieins to Mexican culture and flavors. We’re also about to roll out premium matcha, something that’s truly flavorful.” She noted Open Door Coffee also partners with The Irie Cup, a husband-and-wife-owned tea shop with Caribbean flair based in Huntley. Working with the community and other businesses is an integral part of Open Door Coffee.

“During the pandemic, we were an openair coffee truck,” Stephanie said. “So, we were not in the same predicament as many of our friends and fellow entrepreneurs were. We were serving out in the open air. Also, we were able to invite other restaurants or food trucks to park and have a place to be and sell their things.”

One of their lasting restaurant partnerships is with Rivers’ Mexican Cantina & Grill, a Mexican restaurant based at 407 Sycamore Road, Genoa. “Francisco and Christina are wonderful people,” Stephanie said. Their 2-year-old Main Street space has enhanced their passion for their work, and the business continues to blossom as a place where people can enter and connect.

“When people show up and they’re just talking about how awesome it is, and you overhear those conversations, it’s kind of like your parents telling you that you can do anything,” Nick said. “It’s humbling and it’s exciting. Not only did we set out to create a space where people are comfortable, but now people can know our team, and I want our team to have these relationships and connections with people as well.”

Family & Flower Power

WILLRETT FLOWER COMPANY IS A HAVEN OF HEAVENLY SCENTS IN DEKALB

By: Kelley White | Photos by: Mark Busch and courtesy of Willrett Flower Company

ith a passion for community support and entrepreneurship, sisters Mary Grace McCauley and Kat Willrett recently opened Willrett Flower Co. in downtown DeKalb.

“I think that community involvement has been really important to us because we are not from the area,” McCauley said. “We didn’t grow up in DeKalb, so we’re both transplants. We both grew up in Kansas. So, we’re both fairly new to the area and the store is new.”

The shop at 302 E. Lincoln Hwy. opened in September, and the sisters have focused on creating a space for people to connect over their gorgeous arrangements while providing opportunities to learn more about the floral craft.

“Some things that we’ve done to kind of encourage that

is putting on lots of classes and workshops, so we have lots of floral design classes and holiday classes and things like that,” McCauley said. “We also like to host other local makers. So, we have candle pouring classes or watercolor classes, and other makers who maybe work out of their homes or don’t have available space can come in and set up a class in our studio.”

The shop also hosts classes like flower gardening, which are free and open to the public.

“We offer a lot of great classes, and we try to bring that educational value,” McCauley said. “We just did a cut flower gardening class that was free and open to the public. We also have a book club that meets monthly.”

The book club is a free event where the sisters encourage readers to be patrons at local bookstores and libraries.

Kat Willrett started her florist journey with a desire to own her own business. Willrett already was living in DeKalb

WILLRETT FLOWER COMPANY

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about eight years ago when the seed of an idea started growing. She was working in medical sales, but she wanted to pursue her entrepreneurial ambition.

“My husband is an organic grain farmer. I was really passionate about organic farming and gardening, so I started learning about growing flowers and started with an acre of cut flowers,” Willrett said. The first thing she did with her new business was sell the colorful blooms at the DeKalb Farmers Market.

Willrett started selling flowers in 2015. What would eventually become Willrett Flower Co. quickly evolved from a farmers market stand to a wedding florist in Chicagoland. She maintained that business model until her sister moved to the area to assist and open the storefront.

“It was a full circle thing to have people come into the shop that actually first met me when I was selling Mason jars of flowers at the farmers market years ago,” Willrett said. “So, it was a long path to getting here. But eventually my sister and her family moved here, too. She was already pursuing floristry as well, alongside her corporate job. When she moved here, we decided to open the shop.”

When Willrett was first embarking on her business venture, McCauley and her family were living in Texas and Arkansas.

“I was working in various flower shops and just

really honing my craft as a florist,” McCauley said. “So, I have been doing that for several years and really developing that strong retail background.”

When Willrett had a deluge of weddings booked in 2021, it spurred McCauley to move up to the area with her sister and help Willrett run her business.

“I moved up here to work together and run the business together, and that’s when we had the idea to go ahead and move forward with opening the store,” McCauley said. “It was just a really good fit for both of our backgrounds.”

In May 2021, the sisters began their search for the perfect brick-and-mortar location.

“It took us a long time to find the right space, so we were searching for almost a year,” McCauley said. “Then it was just kind of a stroke of luck. We were walking out of our attorney’s office right across the street from our current building and we saw the ‘for rent’ sign. And that’s how we ended up where we are today, which we love. We’re right in the heart of downtown.”

They chose a historical building bursting with character. McCauley said the duo loves having a corner shop.

“We have such a good view of downtown DeKalb,” she said. “We love having our outdoor space really decorated so people see us when they drive by or when they’re walking

into El Jimador, so it’s just been a really, really fun, vibrant space to be in.”

The building required some work when they first moved in.

“The building was a little rough, at first,” McCauley said. “We have a wonderful landlord, and we have a great relationship with them. But it was the same business for a long time and there was a 30-year-old blue carpet, so it definitely needed a little bit of work.”

The space features floor-to-ceiling windows, a detail that isn’t missed among their foliage. “After we renovated it, it was basically a big blank canvas, which was perfect for us,” McCauley said. “Our goal when we opened the store is that we wanted it to feel just so bright and happy when you walked in. We wanted to just give you an instant hit of dopamine, so our shop is decorated really, really colorfully and we’re always changing our displays.”

The sisters have loved sharing their business with other female entrepreneurs in town, helping grow that community and support it while they expand their business.

“We have really had an opportunity to work with them to plan more events to help bring people downtown,” McCauley said. “So, that’s been a focus for us, to try and find that happy medium between doing something that is great for the business, but something that

also brings a lot of value for the community as well.”

Willrett said they’re able to use their online presence to boost the community.

“We have a lot of social media followers that are not local to DeKalb, so it’s been a really fun opportunity for us to put out on our social media other events that are happening in downtown DeKalb, just kind of showcasing all the events and things like that to our audience that is a little bit wider and may not have known that those things existed.”

Nowadays, the cozy light-filled shop in DeKalb offers arrangements for delivery with a focus on unique, singular creations customers won’t find anywhere else.

“We are not just the traditional flower shop,” McCauley said. “We do have lots of unique offerings that are a little bit different from what you would expect to see when you enter a flower shop.”

Among their services is the popular stem bar, a space in the shop where customers can come in and build their own bouquet or “pick out a few stems” from a selection of flowers that is constantly rotating.

“We also have a really great selection of gifts and toys and items for the home that are always changing,” McCauley said. “We have a big focus on stocking indie brands, especially brands that are women-owned and have a

totally unique story.”

Willrett Flower Co. only stocks the best quality of flowers, and they strive to create flower arrangements according to a color palette using as many locally grown blooms as they possibly can. This practice is part of their commitment to sustainability as well.

“We have a big focus on sustainability,” McCauley said. “We really focus on buying locally grown flowers – that’s a huge part of our business model. And that’s one thing that most people don’t know when they’re buying flowers. How much really goes into those flowers before they even reach the florist?”

According to McCauley, most flowers come from other countries before they reach the United States, including places like South America, Holland or Japan.

“A large carbon footprint comes with that and with the water that it takes to grow these flowers,” McCauley said. “Every mile that those flowers travel has an impact. They are also so much more beautiful from locally grown places as opposed to the wear and tear of shipping.”

The sisters of Willrett Flower Co. will continue to celebrate the community, helping sustain female business ownership and local commerce while giving folks the opportunity to take home their unique bouquets of beauty.

FOR THE

LOVE OF

Sub 70 in Sycamore brings a personal touch to the sport with high-end, handcrafted clubs

By: Kelley White • Photos by lindsayrae.me and courtesy of Sub 70

Quality is one of the most important aspects of crafting a product, and Sub 70 owner Jason Hiland understands the rarity of true excellence.

The boutique, high-end golf club company is a crowning achievement after years of Hiland honing his business sense and passion for golf. For almost 30 years, he has combined his career with his love of the sport.

“I grew up in Hinckley and then started my first company in 1995 called Diamond Tour Golf, so I’ve always been in the golf business,” Hiland said. “Our first warehouse was in Waterman, and then we moved up to DeKalb. After that, we moved to Sycamore in ’97.”

Hiland spent much of his 20s and 30s building his portfolio and refining his skills as a business owner.

“When the kids were little, I backed off of it for a few years,” he said. “And then as the kids got out of the baby phase, I got a little bored and I wanted to do the next thing.”

The idea of starting a high-end, boutique company was always on Hiland’s radar. His vision started taking more form in 2016 and 2017, when he and his colleagues shifted their focus toward high-quality, direct-to-

consumer products.

Direct-to-consumer retail is a large part of Sub 70’s business model, relying heavily on custom orders.

“We decided we were going to be totally different and hand-build things,” Hiland said. “We could eliminate a lot of steps in the traditional chain of retail that way. We could eliminate the retail store that marks it up another 40%, for example.”

Even though Hiland operates two other companies, he spends most of his time at Sub 70, which is his passion project. Each golf club is handcrafted in Sycamore and the company operates on custom orders only –they don’t stock any premade products.

“Sub 70 is the brand, and we make sure we control the quality,” Hiland said. “So, the product is exactly the way the customer

wants it. Everything we do is hand-built.” This uncommon business model separates Sub 70 from other well-known golf brands.

“When we did this, we wanted to be different and more modern,” Hiland said. “It does make it a little more unique, the amount of customizations the clients can do to the clubs.”

Sub 70 clubs are made with a wide array of materials all specialized in the most modern techniques and science. Hiland said the material used to craft a club depends on the style.

“If it’s a forged iron, we use a DP4 carbon steel,” he said. “There are all kinds of different metals you can use depending on what you want the golf club to do. Drivers are titanium, for example. There are all kinds of unique materials to use.”

Sub 70 was launched in December 2018. Despite their storefront for club fittings on Lucas Street in Sycamore, they are primarily a global internet-based business.

“We’re glad we’re here in DeKalb and Sycamore […] but it’s a global company,” Hiland said. “It’s not just serving the DeKalbSycamore market. We’re all over the world.”

Although the United States being the largest

GOLF TALK

Jason Hiland hosts a podcast with more than 150 episodes featuring a variety of guests and topics centered around golf.

“We’ll have professionals on and industry people,” Hiland said. “Then, we’ll have a country musician on or something like that. Mainly it’s a golf podcast where we’ll talk about what it’s like to be a trained professional around the world, or about the pressure of winning cups. I’m fortunate and lucky that they’ll come on and talk about their career and what made them great. And hopefully people can learn a little bit from them on that side of things.”

For an archive of episodes, visit www.golfsub70.com/podcasts.html.

market, Sub 70 has partnerships in about 15 different countries around the world. “The world is so flat from technology,” Hiland said. “Of course, we want to serve the local market. And that’s why we do have the 70 fitting center in downtown Sycamore. But we always thought about how to turn it into a global brand.”

The company’s reach around the world gives Sub 70 a limitless feel. Hiland said they ship thousands of boxes each week.

“We’re basically an internet or tech company that just happens to be in the golf business,” Hiland said.

Even though most of their business exists over the World Wide Web, Sub 70’s warehouse and facilities in Sycamore are impressive. The company’s main building is 26,000 square feet, which houses the production facility and offices.

The Sub 70 building opened last year in downtown Sycamore is primarily for media events or customers coming in for fittings.

“It’s a really unique experience,” Hiland said. “We bought that building in downtown Sycamore and it is just a really cool building built in the 1860s with all this old heritage. It is our fitting facility or our retail store, by appointment only. If somebody comes in, they

work with one of our golf professionals and get a oneon-one experience.”

Aside from their custom golf clubs, Sub 70 also offers key services to their customers.

“The trade-in is for somebody who has a previously owned set of golf clubs, just kind of like trading in a car,” Hiland said. “You can trade them in with us, and we have an eBay account that we use for our used golf clubs. We try to make it convenient for people.”

Sub 70 also operates a full-service professional repair shop for golf clubs.

“We still do club repair and regripping – any sort of repair,” Hiland said. “Sort of like any kind of repair shop you would go to for your car, except for golf clubs. Our main window to the world is the website and social media with how we reach people.”

The timeless sport of golf has been with Hiland his whole life, and creating a business to support it has only enhanced his love for the game.

“I think it’s one of those sports that you can still play for a lifetime,” he said. “But I love the challenge of trying to get better. And there’s not too many sports that, at 50, you can get better. I

just turned 50, and I still think I can improve. It makes it such a unique sport. There’s still something about trying to figure it out and never being able to fully master it. The love of that has never left me since I was a kid.”

Sub 70 and Hiland are dedicated to the city of Sycamore. Hiland has spent nearly his entire life there, and his history with the community has instilled a desire to help however he can.

“If anyone needs help, we try to maintain most of all of our charity giving,” says Hiland. “We may say no to other areas throughout the world, but we always say yes to here. If there’s a charity or fundraiser or whatever it is that needs help, we try to make sure that the things that are local get all the help that they may need from us.” Hiland humbly expresses his desire to keep building the community and encouraging others to do the same.

“This is where I live,” Hiland said. “These are our roots. If you can, try to help home base and realize how fortunate you are to grow up in this area. And how good the people are. I’m very proud that we’re from here and the business is here and that we live here. This is my home.”

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