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Rosy’s owner’s first love: music

By Lauren Iverson | April 9, 2014

DeKalb | Joe Chavez, co-owner of Rosy’s Roadhouse, 930 Pappas Drive, brings musical experience and friendships to the NIU community.Chavez spoke to the Northern Star about the music business, his genre and artist preferences and the future of music...

Starbusters sits vacant prior to the construction of Rosy's Roadhouse, a newly opened bar and restaurant.

Rosy’s Roadhouse a work in progress

By Kathryn Minniti | August 27, 2013

The renovations of Rosy’s Roadhouse, 930 Pappas Drive, distract customers from the not-so-impressive food.If you went to Starbusters before Rosy’s bought it out, you know it was a crazy rundown bar where students usually went. The floors were trashed,...

Rosy’s Roadhouse welcomes thousands over opening weekend

By Jessi Haish | August 26, 2013

There is not one but three owners of Rosy’s Roadhouse, 930 Pappas Drive, and they work together “kind of like clockwork.”The owners purchased Starbusters in April and spent most of their summer working to fix up and reinvent the longtime bar.The...