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Ceres Cafe is a diner in the lobby of the Chicago Board of Trade Building. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It takes its name from the Roman goddess Ceres , which is a statue on the top of the building. [ 3 ] It has been known as a place for commodities traders that serves very strong alcoholic beverages.
The Gold Coast Historic District is a historic district in Chicago, Illinois. Part of Chicago's Near North Side community area, it is roughly bounded by North Avenue, Lake Shore Drive, Oak Street, and Clark Street. The Gold Coast neighborhood grew in the wake of the Great Chicago Fire.
While the heavyweight boxer Jack Johnson thought the $57 gold spittoons in his café were worth boasting about, the patrons of the Everleigh Club were obliged to expectorate in $650 gold cuspidors. [7] The Everleigh Club was described by Chicago's Vice Commission as "probably the most famous and luxurious house of prostitution in the country". [8]
Though typically not measured by pounds, seeing as 12 troy ounces equals a troy pound, and taking the current value of an ounce of gold as of Oct. 26, 2023, into account, a 1-pound gold bar would ...
This bar weighs a stunning 27.4 pounds and is worth $959,000 at the recent spot price. The kilobar: This bar is a kilogram of gold, or 32.15 troy ounces. It prices out at about $77,080 at the ...
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. This barbecue heavily features rib tips, a cheap cut of meat usually discarded by butchers, which are cooked in an "aquarium smoker". [2]
The bar has won several awards and titles, including being named 13th best bar in the world, in The World's 50 Best Bars publication in 2014. [12] Eater lists the bar among its 28 "essential bars in Chicago". [7] The bar does not address the controversy involved with tiki culture, and still is known as a "tiki bar".
[5] [6] After the IPO, the company was able to expand and grow sales, but the stock was not profitable. It had been consistently below the initial offering price. [ 7 ] In 2007, Landry's offered an unsolicited $7.50 a share for the company, and a privately held Patina Restaurant Group offered $9.25 a share and succeeded in a buyout.