During last year’s Small Business Saturday, the owners of Hearth & Hammer General in Batavia could only let in two or four customers at a time because of capacity restrictions put in place because of the pandemic.

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Shoppers browsed the goods at Hearth and Hammer in Batavia on Small Business Saturday Nov. 27, 2021.

The Kane County Chronicle looked at one block of West State Street in Geneva, where some businesses closed but others opened during the pandemic.

The Graceful Ordinary will add to St. Charles’ culinary scene when it opens its doors on Friday.

To accommodate Zen Leaf’s growth, the dispensary has moved into the former Jared Jewelry store in the Main Street Commons shopping center in St. Charles.

Chums Shrimp Shack has been busy since opening its doors on Oct. 12 in the former Beef Shack building at 2115 W. Main St. in St. Charles.

The North Aurora business recently expanded its taproom.

The Graceful Ordinary, is set to open in November in the former BMO Harris Bank building at 1 E. Main St. overlooking the Fox River in downtown St. Charles.