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The Berghoff restaurant, at 17 West Adams Street, near the center of the Chicago Loop, was opened in 1898 by Herman Joseph Berghoff and has become a Chicago landmark. [1] In 1999, The Berghoff won a James Beard Foundation Award in the "America's Classics" category, which honors legendary family-owned restaurants across the country.
Sign inside the tavern Door to the tavern. The first location, at 1855 W. Madison St., opened in 1934 when William "Billy Goat" Sianis bought the Lincoln Tavern, near Chicago Stadium, for $205 with a bounced check (the proceeds from the first weekend they were open were used to fulfill the payment).
The club derived its name from the Kingston Mines Theatre Company founded by June Pyskacek in 1969 at 2356 N. Lincoln Avenue [1] and named after Kingston Mines, Illinois, where the father of one of its actors, Jack Wallace, worked. Pyskacek asked Harry Hoch and a partner to open a café and performance space in the front of the building called ...
The building, at 678 N. Orleans St. (700N, 300W), Chicago, Illinois, United States, was erected in 1872 by James McCole, just one year after the Great Chicago Fire. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It has a wooden frame , a building technique outlawed in the Central Business District by an ordinance passed by Chicago City Council shortly afterwards. [ 1 ]
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Harrison's Restaurant and Brewery, Orland Park, opened in 1998, closed in 2013. [598] Hofbräuhaus Chicago opened in Rosemont in 2013 [599] and closed in 2021. [600] Hofbräuhaus St. Louis opened in Belleville in 2018 [601] and closed in 2023. The brewpubs were part of an international chain licensed by the original Hofbräuhaus in Munich, Germany.
The Twelve Pubs of Christmas, popularly known as TBOX, which stands for Twelve Bars Of Xmas, is an annual pub crawl held in Chicago, Illinois, United States, since 1996. [1] The event now [ when? ] draws tens of thousands of participants annually.
Schaller’s Original Pump was the oldest bar and restaurant in Chicago, Illinois. [1] Located at 3714 South Halsted Street, the Pump was opened in 1881 by George “Harvey” Schaller and was owned and operated by the founder’s descendants until its closure in 2017. It was a local landmark in the Chicago South Side neighborhood of Bridgeport.