Like the restaurant and Lemont, the mural holds a special place in Avalos's heart. "It sat there (the restaurant) for 13 years-and it could have gone another 10 or 20, but due to the economy, we couldn't hang on." "With Andy's blessing, he is giving us this beautiful mural," Chialdikas said. Trustee Paul Chialdikas, who purchased the restaurant from Avalos in 2005, believed the board room would be the perfect spot for the mural.
The mural was recently lifted from the wall of the restaurant-which closed in June 2013-and lovingly installed in its new home on the board room wall at Village Hall. Avalos so loved the skyline, he had it emblazoned across a wall. In 2000, the NBC 5 weatherman opened Pancake Cafe, which would become a local favorite. so the village in its own way spoke to me, and said, 'come here, come here,'" Avalos said. "There was this feeling that I got each time.
Speckled with steeples rising above storefronts, the sight was unlike the backdrop of any other locations Avalos was considering as a home for his business endeavor. As Andy Avalos drove across the State Street bridge more than 13 years ago, the skyline of Lemont sparkled in his view.
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