THE FOLLOWING IS A NEWS-GAZETTE STORY BY JENNIFER BAILEY
ABOVE: From Left; Penny Cook, Nancy Joseph, Carol Cox, and Marcella Coy take time out from their euchre game at KickStand Grill in Chrisman. They have lunch there twice a week and enjoy supporting a local business (Jennifer Bailey/The News-Gazette)
CHRISMAN — Two other unique and community-minded businesses in Chrisman include KickStand Grill at Illinois 1 and U.S. 36, and a yarn shop appropriately named Yarn to Dye For, located a few blocks off Illinois 1 in an unconventional building — a former funeral home.
KickStand Grill owner Janice Craig opened the business about two-and-a-half years ago as a place to get a burger while your motorcycle was being serviced. She, her husband, sons and other family members all ride motorcycles. Her father-in-law also was in one of the first motorcycle clubs in the area.
The bike shop is now gone, with a bar area in its space, and the restaurant is still operating.
Lead Cook Daniel Briseno said the corner the restaurant sits on was originally built as a truck stop. He’s seen photos from the 1950s and 1960s.
“It’s always been a service station, truck stop, restaurant,” Briseno said.
Later, P.J. Wiseman bought it and ran it as a service station and snack bar with video rentals, called PJ’s Shortstop. It sat dormant until the Craig family bought it.
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