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  2. Archie's Family Restaurants - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. White Fence Farm - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. Joliet, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Joliet city, Illinois – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2000 [15] Pop 2010 [13] Pop 2020 [14] % 2000 % ...

  5. Tastee-Freez - Wikipedia

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    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]

  6. 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 ...

  7. List of people from Joliet, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    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]

  8. Harrah's Joliet - Wikipedia

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    Harrah's Joliet launched its first boat on May 4, 1993, a 210-foot yacht named the Northern Star, with 500 slot machines and 40 table games. [5] A second vessel with a more traditional paddleboat look, the Southern Star, was added the following January. [6] A $29-million hotel was added in 1999, with 204 rooms on 11 floors. [7]

  9. Joliet East Side Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The Joliet East Side Historic District is a set of 290 buildings in Joliet, Illinois. Of these 290 buildings, 281 contribute to the historical integrity of the area. Joliet was founded in 1831, deemed an ideal place for a settlement to reap the local natural resources.