Orland Park is splitting sales tax money brought in by two restaurants, one of which is relocating in the village with the other having opened earlier this year.

The inducement agreements are meant to help the businesses, both focused on a breakfast-lunch menu, defray the costs of opening, although what is paid to the restaurants is based on how well they perform.

Village trustees approved agreements this week that will split sales tax revenue, for up to 10 years, to The Original Pancake House and Egg Harbor.

The Original Pancake House told customers in April it would move from its existing home, 15256 S. La Grange, to 16153 S. La Grange, the former home of Houlihan’s, which closed in late 2019.

Original Pancake House has been at its existing location more than 20 years.

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