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Wag's was a chain of casual dining (or "family") restaurants owned and operated by Walgreens in the 1970s and 1980s. They were modeled after restaurants like Denny's, Shoney's, and Big Boy in that they were mostly 24-hour establishments specializing in inexpensive fare such as hamburgers and breakfast. The chain was based on smaller restaurants ...
The original location, at 928 W Belmont, was in the Lakeview neighborhood on Chicago's north side. The restaurant is known for its Chicago-style pizza and Italian food. [2] Leona's was a pioneer in the pizza delivery business. In the 1950s she purchased a small fleet of cars and mounted them with neon signs for delivery.
The Red Barn restaurant was a fast-food restaurant chain founded in 1961 in Springfield, Ohio, by Don Six, Martin Levine, and Jim Kirst.In 1963, the small chain was purchased by Richard O. Kearns, operated as Red Barn System, with the offices moving briefly to Dayton, Ohio and in August 1964 to Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
McDonald's. San Bernardino, California. McDonald's started out as McDonald's Bar-B-Q in 1940 before changing the menu to include burgers and fries and dropping the Bar-B-Q in the name in 1948.
The chain traces its origins to 1949, when John and Belva Brown opened a restaurant in Bridgeview, Illinois. Brown's expanded to many locations throughout the United States in the 1970s. In the 1980s, pasta was added to the menu and eventually to the name of the company. In the 1990s, a traditional grill named "The Chicago Way" was added to all ...
Henry's Hamburgers is a former American fast-food restaurant chain of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. Only one franchise store, in Michigan, remains. Only one franchise store, in Michigan, remains. History
Rosati's Authentic Chicago Pizza, doing business as Rosati's Pizza, is an American casual dining restaurant chain specializing in Chicago-style pizza. Its headquarters is in Elgin, Illinois. [ 1 ] There are more than 200 locations across the United States, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] with more than a third of them in Illinois. [ 4 ]
Everest was a French restaurant run by Jean Joho in Chicago for over 30 years. [1] First opened in October 1986, [1] it was located on the 40th floor of 425 South Financial Place, and served Alsatian cuisine. [2] The restaurant had earned one Michelin star. [3] It closed at the end of 2020; the COVID-19 pandemic was a cause of its closing. [4]