At their meeting on Tuesday, March 24, Oak Park’s president and trustees consented to the 7 Lake St. building being used as a drive-through coffee shop. It’s a transformation for the property that owner and developer Greg Sorg purchased in 2015. Initially, his plan was to continue operating the long existing Minit Car Wash. “We just were bleeding money,” Sorg said. He shut the operation down and started searching for a new tenant. One possibility was a distillery. Another was a coffee shop. Sorg’s goal […]
