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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 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]
First restaurant in Connecticut. Closed due to the effects of COVID-19. Formerly a Yale Lock Co. factory 9 Chicago, IL: 923 W Weed St, Chicago, IL 60642 April, 2015 [16] July, 2016 [17] 1.25 years 168 12,686 [18] First restaurant in Illinois and the Midwest. Two story restaurant. 10 Baltimore, MD: 1401 Fleet St, Baltimore, MD 21231 September ...
Sonny Bryan's Smokehouse is a well-known BBQ restaurant in Dallas, Texas that was founded by William Jennings Bryan Jr. (known as Sonny) in 1958 near the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. [1] [2] It has seven locations in the Dallas – Fort Worth Metroplex (DFW) while closing all franchise units in Utah by mid-2014. Sonny Bryan ...
Mission BBQ (stylized as MISSION BBQ) is an American barbecue restaurant chain based in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Bill Kraus and Steve Newton opened the first location on September 11, 2011, as a way to support the military, police, firefighters, and first responders.
In November 2009, the company announced that after a successful pilot of Uno Express, which offers fast food, it would open at least 160 new Uno Express locations throughout 2010 into 2011. [8] In addition to the traditional Uno restaurants, Uno offers a limited menu (mostly its pizzas) at stadiums, service plazas, and airports. Uno-branded ...