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Patch Picks: Local Innovative Businesses

Patch Picks innovative businesses in the area.

, 139 Hale Street, Wheaton

This boutique selling gourmet oil, balsamics, spices, blends and rubs features a wide and growing number of oils and balsamics from around the world. The oils are imported from growers in both the northern and southern hemispheres. 

Cosmos Beauty Bar, 526 Duane Street, Glen Ellyn

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This full-service nail salon added a full-service bar (specializing in Cosmos)—so patrons tempted to indulge themselves in a trip to the salon or a trip to the bar don't have to choose between the two.

, 120 Liberty Drive, Wheaton

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It's not 'fast food,' but it's good food fast. An establishment for breakfast to go? Enough said.

, 484 Main Street, Glen Ellyn

The Swap Shop Resale Boutique is one of the communities newest clothing and accessory stores. More than just a resale shop, the Swap Shop buys and sells top name brands, and carries clothing, handbags, shoes, jewelry, accessories and more. 

I Have a Bean—Inspired Coffee, Wheaton

I Have a Bean is a band of coffee roasted and sold by Second Chance Coffee Company, which employs former offenders trying to re-establish themselves in society. I Have a Bean sells coffee at the Farmers Market on Saturday mornings.


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