After facing several challenges following its relocation to Champaign, the restaurant Blues BBQ reopens for lunch on Monday.

Blues BBQ, 1410 N. Prospect Ave., had been closed temporarily for dine-in, but remained open for catering.

The restaurant moved to North Prospect Avenue, formerly home to Prospect BBQ & Sweets and prior to that a Chinese restaurant, last fall. It originally opened at 701 S. Gregory Ave., U, in 2005, but closed in December 2009, planning to move across town.

The restaurant will be open for lunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on weekdays. Management expects to be open for dinner as well as weekends in about a month, said Rebecca Shuford, vice president of operations. They're also serving up food at the Taste of Champaign this weekend and at the city of Champaign's sesquicentennial Unity Celebration at the Boneyard Creek basin on June 23.

Due to the delay in opening the dining room last fall, and some building issues that arose, such as a malfunctioning heating and air conditioning system and the need to overhaul the fire suppression system and address parking space issues, "we lost some momentum," said owner Darryl Cheeks.

The restaurant closed temporarily to deal with those issues.

"We wanted to make sure when we open up again we won't have these issues. ... We are now ready to rock and roll," Cheeks said.

Catering also is available. The restaurant can be reached at 352-9007 and http://www.eatbluesbbq.com.

Clothing store coming

National urban clothing chain Citi Trends plans to open a store in Champaign this fall.

Citi Trends sells brands like Rocawear, Apple Bottoms, Akademiks, Baby Phat and more. The Savannah, Ga.-based company has about 482 stores in 27 states, including several in Illinois cities such as Decatur, Springfield, Peoria and some Chicago suburbs, according to Susan Weiner, vice president of marketing. Citi Trends is opening about 70 new stores this year.

The opening for the at 2013 N. Prospect Ave., in Baytowne Square, is anticipated for the beginning of October, Weiner said.

Ready for your closeup?

Photographer Lou Taylor plans to launch her own photography business in Champaign on July 1. The Lou Taylor Photography studio will be located above the pet store Sailfin, 720 S. Neil S.

Taylor, a former manager of the Olan Mills studio in Meijer, offers portrait, wedding, children and pet photography as well as photos of homes and products for people selling items online. She also does photo restoration.

She provides clients with a CD of the photos with copyright release. And she said any military service member who has orders to deploy within two weeks of making an appointment can come to the studio and receive a picture in uniform for free.

"That way families have updated pictures of them," she said.

The assistant photographer will be Brandy Nickell, also a former studio manager at Olan Mills.

Taylor is booking appointments for July. She can be reached at 352-9095 or via email at lou@loutaylorphotography.com. The website is http://www.loutaylorphotography.com.

Now open

— Panchero's is now open at the Gateway Shoppes at Five Points at 102 E. University Ave., U. The Mexican food chain is known for burritos, quesadillas and other items made with hand-pressed tortillas. It can be reached at 367-4000.

— The McDonald's in Tuscola is now open following a three-month tear-down and rebuild on the site of the old restaurant.

The restaurant, 1005 E. Southline Road, opened Wednesday.

The McDonald's had been there since about 1985 and franchise owners Jim and Pat Desmond, who have had the restaurant for about 20 years, said "it was time" for a new building and look.

The phone number, 253-5266, remains the same.

Are you opening a new business or changing an existing business? Christine des Garennes can be reached by phone at 351-5388 or 800-252-3346; by email at cgarenne@news-gazette.com; or by regular mail at The News-Gazette, c/o It's Your Business column, P.O. Box 677, Champaign, IL 61824-0677.