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Chez Paul was a French restaurant in Chicago, Illinois. Established in 1945 by Paul Contos, Chez Paul became famous under Paul's son, Bill. When it was open, it was the oldest French restaurant in Chicago, [1] and was only exceeded in prestige by Le Francais (which is also closed). [2]
The best known farce is La Farce de maître Pathelin (The Farce of Master Pathelin) from c. 1460. [3] Spoof films such as Spaceballs, a comedy based on the Star Wars movies, are farces. [4] Sir George Grove opined that the "farce" began as a canticle in the common French tongue intermixed with Latin. It became a vehicle for satire and fun, and ...
Tru was a French restaurant located in the Streeterville neighborhood in Chicago. Tru was opened in 1999 by Rick Tramonto and Gale Gand with the backing of Rich Melman's Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises. It was a Michelin one-star restaurant since the Chicago guidebook's inception in 2011; in 2017 the restaurant was awarded two Michelin stars. [1]
In 2017, Mon Ami Gabi at Paris Las Vegas was named one of the top 100 restaurants in the country for gross food and beverage sales by Restaurant Business. The restaurant grossed $17.2 million in sales and served an estimated 300,000 meals. [3] Sotelino serves as head chef of the restaurant group and his son, Mark Sotelino, is a supervising partner.
Louie's Fun Lounge was a gay bar located on Mannheim Road near O'Hare International Airport, outside of Chicago's city limits. [ note 1 ] The bar had been founded in the mid-1940s and was located in an area known as Glitter Gulch, [ 4 ] which, according to author and LGBT historian St. Sukie de la Croix , was "a notorious strip of syndicate ...
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]
Located near Lincoln Square in Chicago's Far North Side, Goosefoot is a fine dining establishment offering multi- course prix fixe dinners. It is owned and operated by the husband and wife team of Chris and Nina Nugent. [5] Chris Nugent was previously chef for seven years at fine dining restaurant Les Nomades. [4]
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.