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Corner Bakery Cafe was founded by Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, a Chicago-based restaurant group. [1] It was sold to Brinker International, and then in 2005 to Il Fornaio (America) Corporation. [citation needed] Roark Capital Group bought Il Fornaio in 2011. [2]
The current Chicken Delight operation is a descendant of a much larger chain. Founded in Illinois in 1952, the chain grew during the 1960s to over 1,000 locations. [3] It was purchased in 1964 by Consolidated Foods.
Moto was a molecular gastronomy restaurant in the Fulton River District of Chicago, Illinois known for creating "high-tech" dishes which incorporate elements such as carbonated fruit, edible paper, lasers, and liquid nitrogen for freezing food. [1] Moto was run by executive chef Homaro Cantu until his suicide in 2015.
Harold Pierce, an African-American entrepreneur who moved to Chicago in 1943, founded the restaurant on June 22, 1950, at the corner of 47th Street and Kenwood, near the estate where he worked as a chauffeur. [3]
The origins of the dish are unknown, but some suggest it might have been popularized by the Vesuvio Restaurant, which operated at 15 E. Wacker Drive, Chicago, in the 1930s. [6] Other food historians have suggested that variants of Chicken Vesuvio can be found among the chicken dishes of the traditional cuisines of southern Italy .
The Lobby is a restaurant in Chicago, Illinois. The restaurant serves American [ 1 ] / New American cuisine [ 2 ] and received a Michelin star in 2014. [ 3 ] The restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, as well as afternoon tea and weekly brunch.
Louis Szathmary (born Lajos István Szathmáry II [1] June 2, 1919 – October 4, 1996) was a Hungarian-American chef, writer, and public personality.A pioneering force in the food service profession, he is best known for heading the Chicago restaurant The Bakery and writing the New York Times bestseller The Chef's Secret Cookbook.
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.