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Thinking that Chicago could do much better, he lined up restaurants to participate and persuaded then Mayor Jane Byrne to block off Michigan Avenue for the first Taste of Chicago on July 4, 1980. A crowd of 100,000 was expected, but more than 250,000 showed up, with food and soda sales grossing $300,000.
SPB Hospitality is a multi-brand restaurant operator headquartered in Houston, Texas.The company owns several casual dining restaurant chain brands, including Logan's Roadhouse, Old Chicago Pizza + Taproom, J. Alexander's, Stoney River Steak House, Krystal Restaurants, Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurants, and Rock Bottom Restaurants Breweries.
Kimbal James Musk (born 20 September 1972 [3]) is a South African-born Canadian and American businessman and restaurateur.He co-owns The Kitchen Restaurant Group, with restaurants in Colorado, Chicago, and Austin. [4]
PETRONAS Carigali Overseas Sdn Bhd, a wholly owned subsidiary of PETRONAS Group of Companies, held a 28.5% share in the consortium that acquired the right to explore and develop oil deposits in Block 5A. In 2003, Lundin Petroleum and OMV sold their interest following a public outcry about the role of the consortium in Sudan's oil war.
Jean Joho is a French-American chef and restaurateur.He was chef and proprietor of Everest in Chicago (founded in 1986, closed 2020), [2] [1] Paris Club Bistro & Bar and Studio Paris in Chicago, The Eiffel Tower Restaurant in Las Vegas, and Brasserie Jo, first in Chicago, then in Boston.
He’s best known for co-founding Freddy’s Frozen Custard — the burger chain that started in 2002 as a single restaurant at 21st and ... Today, Ingermanson is the largest Freddy’s franchisee ...
In October 2008, chef and owner Grant Achatz and co-author Kokonas published Alinea, a hardcover coffee-table book featuring more than 100 of the restaurant's recipes. [citation needed] In January 2016, the Alinea Group, the owner of Alinea, bought Moto restaurant in Chicago. [8] On January 1, 2016, Alinea closed temporarily for renovations. [9]
Rich Melman (born 1942) is an American businessman, and the founder and chairman of Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, a privately held restaurant company with more than 100 venues. [2] [3] In 1971, Melman and Jerry A. Orzoff founded R.J. Grunts in Lincoln Park in Chicago. Melman and Orzoff continued their partnership, developing a number of ...