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Heartland Cafe. The Heartland Cafe was a restaurant in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago.Originally opened in 1976 by two activists as the "Sweet Home Chicago Heartland Café," it became a cultural icon for the diverse neighborhood, [1] known as much for its hippie ambience and left-leaning politics as for its largely (but not exclusively) vegetarian food.
The Highlander House is styled as a Carpathian chalet in the traditional Zakopane Style of Architecture. Located at 4808 S. Archer Avenue in Chicago, the structure underwent renovation under the eye of famed artist Jerzy Kenar in 2005. In 2012 the Highlander House was upgraded with state of the art audio and video equipment.
Also among its creations are two restaurants in the Paris Casino on the Las Vegas Strip, the Eiffel Tower and Mon Ami Gabi (an expansion of the flagship location in Chicago), Big Bowl, and L2O. [7] IN 2000, LEYE had 38 partners, 45 concepts, and 4,000 employees. It owns, operates and licenses 90 restaurant venues in the United States.
Owner George Lemperis said his restaurant, located blocks from Chicago’s United Center, was closed at the time and his employees had left about 3 p.m. nearly seven hours before the fire began.
Mister Kelly’s opened on November 24, 1953 on Rush Street in Chicago [2] as a restaurant featuring steaks and Green Goddess salad as a house special. [3] In 1954, entertainment was added with two singer-pianists, Buddy Charles and Audrey Morris, as the first entertainers.
Gino's East was opened in 1966 [1] by Sam Levine, Fred Bartoli, and George Loverde. Previously, they had opened the original Gino's in 1960 at 930 N. Rush Street. They bought a building on East Superior Street "but didn't know what to put in it," Levine told a Tribune reporter in 1983, when the restaurant was sold to new owners.
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In 1999, Stillman announced initial public offering (IPO) to open at least three Smith & Wollensky restaurants every year around the U.S. [4] The IPO took place in 2001 with a price of $8.50, and raised $45 million.