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Downers Grove restaurant one of 500 businesses to receive $2,000 Heinz grant

Wendy and Alex Villarreal have owned Cozzi Corner Hot Dogs and Beef at 75th Street and Lemont Road in Downers Grove for 29 years. The restaurant was recently named one of 500 nationwide to recieve a grant from Heinz. (Sandy Bressner)

Wendy and Alex Villarreal have owned Cozzi Corner Hot Dogs and Beef at 75th Street and Lemont Road in Downers Grove for 29 years. The restaurant was recently named one of 500 nationwide to recieve a grant from Heinz. (Sandy Bressner)

Customer Greg Lamoureaux of Downers Grove (left) places an order with Alex and Wendy Villarreal at Cozzi Corner Hot Dogs and Beef. The family have owned the 75th Street and Lemont Road mainstay in Downers Grove for 29 years. The restaurant was recently named one of 500 nationwide to recieve a grant from Heinz. (Sandy Bressner)

Wendy Villarreal takes an order at Cozzi Corner Hot Dogs and Beef. Villarreal and her husband, Alex, have owned the 75th Street and Lemont Road mainstay in Downers Grove for 29 years. The restaurant was recently named one of 500 nationwide to recieve a grant from Heinz. (Sandy Bressner)

Alex Villarreal makes a hot dog at Cozzi Corner Hot Dogs and Beef. Villarreal and his wife, Wendy, have owned the 75th Street and Lemont Road mainstay in Downers Grove for 29 years. The restaurant was recently named one of 500 nationwide to recieve a grant from Heinz. (Sandy Bressner)

Alex and Wendy Villarreal, shown here with their kids Jack and Katie, have run Cozzi Corner in Downers Grove for 29 years. They recently were one of 500 restaurants nationwide to be awarded $2,000 grants from the Heinz Corp. (Photo provided)