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Drake Hotel (lower right) and the East Lake Shore Drive District from Oak Street Beach. According to local legend, John Drake (1826–1895) (the father of this hotel's founders) was standing with a hotel owner watching the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. The owner, seeing his hotel threatened by the flames, offered to sell it for any price.
The restaurant was founded in 1922 by Adolph Klas, who was born in Plzeň and moved to the United States at age 26. [1] [2] [4] Adolph Klas had previously worked at the Edgewater Beach Hotel, the Blackstone Hotel, and the Drake Hotel. [2] The restaurant was redecorated in 1934, featuring the artwork of Mary Adamec and Albert Rohls. [2]
The Pump Room was a restaurant established on October 1, 1938 by Ernie Byfield.It closed in 2017, then reopened under different names. [1] It is located in the Ambassador Chicago hotel, formerly known as the Ambassador East, on the northeast corner of State Parkway and Goethe Street in Chicago's Gold Coast area.
The Blackstone Hotel is a historic 290-foot (88 m) 21-story hotel on the corner of Michigan Avenue and Balbo Drive in the Michigan Boulevard Historic District in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. Built between 1908 and 1910, it is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Drake Hotel may refer to: in Canada. Drake Hotel (Toronto), Ontario; in the United States (by state) Drake Hotel (Chicago, Illinois), listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) Drake Hotel (Gallup, New Mexico), NRHP-listed in McKinley County; Drake Hotel (New York City), New York; Drake Hotel (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), NRHP-listed
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John Burroughs Drake (January 17, 1826 – November 12, 1895) was a hotelier who was part owner of the Tremont House hotel in Chicago, Illinois. [1] He managed the Grand Pacific Hotel from 1874 to 1895. [ 2 ]
The restaurant, named for his son, serves Mediterranean fare from a wood-fired oven in the open kitchen. Hugo's Wood-Fired Kitchen is now open in the Drake neighborhood in Des Moines.