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The comic notably featured Maurice Berlinsky, then the real-life mayor of Joliet, and Bob Anderson, then the real-life director of First National Bank of Joliet. [3] The Archie's Restaurant storyline was also featured in issues #26-30 of Everything's Archie, and Pep Comics #280 and #295. The next restaurant opened in Merrillville, Indiana.
Edward C. Akin (1852–1936), Illinois Attorney General and Mayor of Joliet [2] Meade Baltz (1912–1994), businessman and Illinois state legislator [3] Richard J. Barr (1865–1951), Illinois State Senator and Mayor of Joliet [4] William G. Barr (1920–1987), Illinois state representative and businessman [5]
Since 1954, the restaurant has been owned and operated by the Hastert family. Robert Hastert Sr. was the first family owner-manager. Hastert had begun as a wholesale poultry dealer at the Aurora Poultry Market during World War II and later owned the Harmony House restaurant in Aurora, Illinois, which he had opened four years before he bought White Fence Farm. [2]
Tastee-Freez was founded in 1950 in Joliet, Illinois, by Leo S. Maranz and Harry Axene (formerly of Dairy Queen). [2] [3] Maranz invented a soft serve pump and freezer which enabled the product, and their Harlee Manufacturing Company (a portmanteau of Harry and Leo) produced the machines which franchisees would buy and use in their respective locations. [3]
How one of the best restaurants in Peoria, Illinois, became "the most infamous restaurant in the state." 40 years ago, a beloved Peoria restaurant was the source of a historic botulism outbreak ...
At the time, it was believed to be the longest-running restaurant with a single owner on Hilton Head. In retirement, she had been working on a cookbook. Over the course of her career, her family ...
Magister was best known for Crazy Water, a contemporary American restaurant in Walker's Point that was open from 2002 to 2020. Milwaukee restaurateur Peggy Magister, James Beard semifinalist, dies ...
Victor P. Spilotro (October 8, 1933 – December 30, 1996) was the older brother of Chicago Outfit mobster, Tony Spilotro and of Outfit associate, Michael Spilotro.Victor Spilotro's activities reportedly became more widely known to the public during the 1980s.