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Dimple’s Donuts in St. Charles reopens following closure caused by pandemic, water pipe break

By Eric Schelkopf
“I’ve liked everything so far, and it’s been a different experience,” Manager Kathy Williams said. “It’s a nice place to work.” One of the menu items Williams recommended was the apple fritter. “That seems to be a big hit,” Williams said. “But all the doughnuts are great.” As for the production, Vong does much of the baking herself because she enjoys it and serving the customers from all over the TriCities. One of the conveniences of the St. Charles store is helping limit the distance people have to travel to get their Dimples Donuts fix. “We have our regular customers who come in from St. Charles, who would’ve traveled to Batavia,” Williams said. As for the Vong's future plans, she is already working on expanding into Elgin. Vong said she is looking to begin work on the new location in February of next year and hopes to open the store next June.

Dimple's Donuts in St. Charles has reopened after being closed since the start of the pandemic and a water pipe break.

Dimple’s Donuts in St. Charles has reopened after being closed since the start of the pandemic and after a water pipe break.

The restaurant, located at 1307 E. Main St., reopened April 1.

“There was water everywhere and it took two years to fix it,” owner Sovannary Vong said. “We had to remodel everything. I’m happy to reopen.”

Dimple’s Donuts is open from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 6 to 11 a.m. Sunday.

A grand opening is planned for a later date.

The restaurant originally opened in 2017.

“We are open every day, even holidays,” Vong said.

Vong also owns the Batavia location. Vong will receive a $10,000 building improvement grant from the city to pay for the repairs to the St. Charles store, St. Charles Economic Development Director Derek Conley said.

“There was a pipe burst and it did significant damage on the first floor,” Conley said. “She did all the work to have those improvements done and then kind of made some other upgrades around the building just to take the opportunity of putting an investment into the property.”

Conley said the building is completely remodeled.

“She didn’t just kind of fix the issue, she went in and did a lot of upgrades to it,” he said.

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