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Aleman Brewing Company, Chicago, founded in 2013. Initially the beer was contract brewed. [500] Opened their own brewery in 2016. Closed in 2023. Ale Syndicate was founded in Chicago in 2013. The beer was originally contract brewed at several locations, including Big Chicago Brewing Company, Galena Brewing Company, and Excel Brewing Company. [501]
Aging barrels at Goose Island Brewery in Chicago. Goose Island Beer Company is a brewery in Chicago. The oldest currently-operating brewing company in Illinois, it began as a brewpub that opened in 1988 in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, and was named after a nearby island. A larger production brewery opened in 1995.
German immigrant Anton Griesedieck brought his family brewing tradition (dating from 1766 in Stromberg, Germany) to St. Louis in about 1866.He owned a series of breweries, employing his four sons, including Henry Jr. and Joseph "Papa Joe", and nephew Henry L. Griesedieck, who would later found Griesedieck Western Brewery Co. [1] The four sons established the National Brewery Co. in 1891, which ...
The Berghoff restaurant, at 17 West Adams Street, near the center of the Chicago Loop, was opened in 1898 by Herman Joseph Berghoff and has become a Chicago landmark. [1] In 1999, The Berghoff won a James Beard Foundation Award in the "America's Classics" category, which honors legendary family-owned restaurants across the country.
The ballpark (by then known as Busch Stadium, but still commonly called Sportsman's Park) was also the home to professional football: in 1923, it hosted St. Louis' first NFL team, the All-Stars, and later hosted the St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League from 1960 (following the team's relocation from Chicago) until 1965, with ...
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It was built by Grone Construction, owned by Louis Henry Grone whose cousins owned H. Grone Brewery. [7] It operated under the name Bevo Mill until its closure in 2009. [8] In 2017, a restaurant and event venue named Das Bevo opened at the location. The restaurant and venue remain in operation today with a weekend dining schedule. [9]
The area gets its name from a streetcar turnaround, or "loop", formerly located in the area. [2]Delmar Boulevard was originally known as Morgan Street. According to Norbury L. Wayman in his circa 1980 series History of St. Louis Neighborhoods, [3] the name Delmar was coined when two early landowners living on opposite sides of the road, one from Delaware and one from Maryland, combined the ...