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Former owner Ted Banick asks Highwood to expedite reopening of Teddy O'Brien's

City of Highwood City Council · April 22, 2026
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Summary

At the April 21 council meeting Ted Banick, the former owner of Teddy O'Brien's (432 Sheridan Road), said he has a tentative lease and plans to reopen the long-standing bar in late May and asked staff for guidance on repairs, permits and inspections.

Ted Banick told the Highwood City Council on April 21 that he hopes to return Teddy O'Brien's at 432 Sheridan Road to operation and asked for the city's help to expedite necessary paperwork and inspections.

"My name is Ted Banick. I am the former owner of Teddy O'Brien's at 432 Sheridan Road," Banick said, adding he ran the business from December 1999 until December 2021 and that "we have a lease agreement tentatively waiting to happen." He said he and others have been cleaning and repairing the building and that a…

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