Article: Chicago Tribune Small Business Notebook Column.

By Delroy Alexander, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Sep. 27-- Business is returning to accustomed levels for chef Rick Tramonto, co-owner of Tru, the four-star St. Clair Street restaurant.

"Weekend business has hardly been touched by recent events," Tramonto says, adding that the first few days of the week remain a bit slower.

For Tramonto and others in the hospitality industry, business has changed for the foreseeable future.

The recent terrorist attacks in New York and Washington came just as the economy appeared to be slowing. More recent figures from The Conference Board showed that consumer confidence has ...

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