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It is with a heavy heart The Culinary Fox Cafe'

is permently closed.

Our beloved Chef Gene passed away this October.

He was a a wonderful man with a big heart for everyone,

a great boss and one of the best Chef's on this earth.

He will be greatly missed.

Thank you to all who have supported us these last 17 years

​We love and appreciate all of you

​and will miss seeing all of you!

A funeral mass will be celebrated on Friday, November 13, 2026 at 10:30 AM at St. John Neumann Catholic Church, 2900 E. Main St., St. Charles. Burial will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery, Elgin. Visitation will be held on Thursday from 4-8 PM in the Laird Funeral Home, 310 S. State St., Elgin and on Friday morning at the church from 10:00 AM until the time of mass.

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