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The name of the restaurant stands for Lake to Ocean. The restaurant was located at 2300 N. Lincoln Park West, Chicago, Illinois 60614. L 2 O and Alinea were the only restaurants in Chicago to receive three stars from the 2010 Michelin Guide. [1] L 2 O earned 1 Michelin star in the 2011 guide and two stars in the 2012 guide. [2]
The Billy Goat Tavern is a chain of taverns located in Chicago, Illinois. Its restaurants are based on the original Billy Goat Tavern founded in 1934 [1] by Billy Sianis, a Greek immigrant. It achieved fame primarily through newspaper columns by Mike Royko, a supposed curse on the Chicago Cubs, and the Olympia Cafe sketch on Saturday Night Live.
Kronos Foods, Inc., is a Chicago-based company which is a foodservice manufacturer of Mediterranean food in the United States and the largest manufacturer of gyros in the world. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Kronos Foods is known for being one of the first to produce, standardize, and market gyro cones (an argument exists as to who exactly was the first to ...
Ceres Cafe is a diner in the lobby of the Chicago Board of Trade Building. [1] [2] It takes its name from the Roman goddess Ceres, which is a statue on the top of the building. [3] It has been known as a place for commodities traders that serves very strong alcoholic beverages. [4] [full citation needed] [5]
The restaurant was founded in 1971, [1] and does a thriving business to good reviews. [2] Similar to other Greek restaurants in Chicago, it serves saganaki, but has above-average seafood. [3] In January 2008 it was featured on the Food Network's The Hungry Detective. [4] There is a second location in Lombard, Illinois.
Greek immigration to Chicago began in the 1840s and accelerated after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. By 1882, approximately 1,000 Greeks, primarily Laconia and Arcadia, lived in Chicago. Greek immigrants initially settled near their workplaces, primarily on the Near West Side. By the 1920s, Greeks dominated Chicago's restaurant, ice cream ...
Claudia was a restaurant in the Logan_Square,_Chicago#Bucktown neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The restaurant received a Michelin star in March of 2022, [1] and closed in June 2023. [2] The restaurant offered various tasting menus with up to 15-courses. [3]
According to his brother Jim Belushi, John based the character on their Albanian uncle, who at one time owned a hot dog stand on Chicago's Northwest Side. [2] Olympia is a Greek town after which many restaurants were named. John Belushi's father owned a café called the "Olympia" in the 1960s. [3] List of episodes featuring the Olympia Café: