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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]
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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.
Elmwood Park was incorporated as a village in early April 1914 in order to prevent annexation by the greater city of Chicago. Today one can still see evidence of a minority of landowners, or share farmers who voted for annexation to the city in 1915 by the odd chunk taken out of Elmwood Park's northeast corner, which kept the community from achieving a full square rectangular border.
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The restaurant was known for serving Chicago-style barbecue, including rib tips and hot links cooked in an aquarium smoker, [6] using hickory and oak wood. [7] They began experimenting with the use of the aquarium smoker, a Chicago invention, in the 1960s with help from Leon Finney Sr. [4] It also served barbecue chicken, turkey links and ribs. [5]
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