Bellas Oglesby

The new restaurant in Oglesby called Bella’s has nothing to do with Lil Bella’s Pizza. It doesn’t even have pizza on the menu. Despite many people wondering about the similar name, Bella’s owner Agim Mehmedi says he had no idea about Lil Bella’s Pizza when he came to Oglesby. He named his restaurant after his daughter. The latest restaurant to try and succeed behind Subway in Oglesby opened Wednesday. Mehmedi says he stopped in Oglesby on a vacation three months ago and though it would be a good place to start a restaurant being off the interstate. He runs Five Brothers Café in Fairfield and Salem in southern Illinois. Bella’s is open seven days a week from 6 in the morning until 10 at night.