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The restaurant was founded by Leon Finney Sr., originally of Mississippi, in 1940. [1] It was one of the earliest barbecue establishments in Chicago. Along with other restaurants like Lem's Bar-B-Q, Leon's popularized the "Delta style" of barbecue that predominates in the South Side.
The restaurant is known for its Beijing Duck Feast, a three-course dinner with Peking duck carved tableside and served with gua bao, sauce, and garnishes. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] After serving the duck, the carcass is returned to the kitchen to be turned into duck fried rice or duck noodles, and then duck soup, the next courses.
The restaurant has been called a "barbecue icon" in the United States by Eater and a "civic treasure" in Chicago by the Chicago Reader. [1] [6] It was named one of Eater's "essential barbecue restaurants in Chicago" in 2019. [1] Lem's has also been named one of the top barbecue restaurants in the country by Time Out and Zagat. [3]
The Sweet Heat Pork BBQ includes pulled pork, cheddar cheese, pickles, and a sweet and spicy barbecue sauce. The Cubano includes pulled pork, smoked ham, Swiss cheese, pickles, and deli mustard.
The restaurant was founded in 1930. [2] Jacob and Fannie Bernstein purchased the restaurant from its original owners in 1940, and sold it in 1980. [3] It was originally located on North Avenue, but was moved to Thatcher Avenue in the 1940s. [4] As of 1988, it had two additional locations in Glen Ellyn, Illinois and Rolling Meadows, Illinois. [5]
Uncle John's served Chicago-style barbecue prepared in an 8x4 foot aquarium smoker, a metal chimneyed, glass-enclosed fire pit used to smoke meat in the cold, urban environment of Chicago. [3] The restaurant was known for its hot links, pork sausages made with Sevier's signature spice mix, and rib tips. [ 1 ]
Her grandmother, Betty King, was from Lexington, Missouri, inspiring the name of the restaurant. [2] After graduating from high school at sixteen, Leach attended culinary school at the Illinois Institute of Art – Chicago, graduating in 2006. [1] [2] She found that, as a Black, queer woman, she often had to work harder than her peers. [1]
The earliest barbecue restaurants in Chicago were established by African Americans who moved to Chicago from the Southern United States during both phases of the Great Migration from the south. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Between 1910 and 1970, the number of African-Americans in Chicago increased from 50,000 to 1,000,000.