Queen Creek Olive Mill will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony from noon to 1:30 p.m. Thursday to unveil recent renovations to its retail shop.

The biggest interior change people will notice is the removal of the walls that formed the room where the various olive oils were displayed. The oils are still in that same area on reconfigured shelves.

A bump-out was added to the building’s exterior to accommodate larger restrooms. It also allows the cash registers to be pushed back, resulting in more retail space.

Outside, the porch has a fresh coat of paint and the patio’s shade roof has been upgraded.

If you’ve been to the olive mill on a busy weekend, you know how human traffic gets jammed up trying to go in and out the same door. That problem has been solved with separate in and out doors.

Queen Creek Olive Mill, 25062 S. Meridian Road, Queen Creek, is open 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays. Info: (480) 888-9290.

Queen Creek Olive Mill is grilling again.

The working olive mill and retail shop debuted “Grill in the Grove” in April. For two weekends, it drew huge crowds by grilling sausages from the nearby Pork Shop.

This weekend, the olive mill will be grilling sweet corn in conjunction with its current Sweet Corn Festival, which runs June 15 to July 15.

Four flavors of sweet corn will be offered: parmesan herb, extra virgin, chili lime and garlic and sea salt. Ears will be $1 apiece. If you want to make your own at home, the mill’s gourmet marketplace will be selling the corn and flavored oils.

In addition, the olive mill will be offering apple pie ($2.50 slice, $3.50 a la mode), watermelon, sorbet-flavored lemonade ($2.25), root beer floats ($4.50) and Four Peaks beers ($3.99).

Seating will be available inside the air-conditioned mill, outside on a shaded patio with misters and in one of the olive groves.

Patriotic customers who show an American flag get half-off iced coffee, lemonade or watermelon.

“Sweet Corn in the Grove” runs 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Info: (480) 888-9290.