Nicholas Parisi grabs a cheeseburger from the train at the Choo-Choo while his father Jeff watches in this 1996 photo. The restaurant has been a suburban landmark for 57 years.
(Richard A. Chapman/Sun-Times files)
End of the line for famous Choo-Choo restaurant?
The owner of Des Plaines' famous Choo-Choo restaurant is afraid that her building may get knocked down to make way for a new police headquarters. "The city wants to take this away from this town," said Jean Paxton, who owns the 57-year-old suburban landmark and has started an online petition to save it. "People come from everywhere for the Choo-Choo." But Des Plaines Mayor Tony Arredia wants Paxton to relax -- there are no current plans to knock anything down because there's no money to build.