Southland business updates

The Burbank-based Durbin’s Restaurant chain opened its eighth location last week in the former Pizza Stone restaurant in Manteno.

“It’s a nice fit for us,” said Durbin’s owner Tom McAuliffe, of Palos Hills.

The 6,000-square-foot location at 183 N. Main St. serves a typical Durbin’s menu including pizza, burgers, sandwiches, steak, pasta and seafood.

McAuliffe is proud of the chain’s pizza.

“We were voted as the best pizza in Chicago by listeners of the Score in 2009,” he said. The Score (WSCR-AM, 670) is one of Chicago’s sports radio stations…Please click here to read Bob Bong’s community update in the Tribune/Daily Southtown.