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The Blackhawk was a restaurant in the Chicago Loop from 1920 to 1984. It served a menu of American cuisine, notably prime rib and a signature "spinning salad bowl", and was, in the early part of its history a nationally known entertainment venue for Big Band music. Its legacy continued until 2009 at Don Roth's Blackhawk in Wheeling, Illinois.
Although the restaurant has undergone some expansion and remodeling, the landmark figures of anthropomorphic hot dogs "Maurie and Flaurie" on the roof date from the beginning. [6] [7] A Superdawg location in Midway Airport's B concourse operated from 2003-2010. Another Superdawg restaurant opened on Milwaukee Avenue in Wheeling, Illinois in ...
Jean Banchet (March 7, 1941 — November 24, 2013) was a French-American chef who popularized French cuisine through his Wheeling, Illinois restaurant, Le Francais, which opened in early 1973 and was one of the highest rated French restaurants of its era in America.
Richelieu Foods is an American private label food manufacturing company founded in 1862 and headquartered in Wheeling, Illinois.It was previously owned by investment group Brynwood Partners and owned by investment group Centerview Partners LLC from 2010 to December 2017, when it was sold to Parsippany, New Jersey–based Freiberger USA Inc., a subsidiary of the German Südzucker AG.
The Ram Restaurant & Brewery is a chain of brewpubs. The first restaurant opened in Lakewood, Washington in 1971, and the first brewery opened in Salem, Oregon in 1995. [670] The brewpub in Schaumburg opened in 2000 and closed in 2018. [671] The brewpub in Wheeling opened in 2001 and closed in 2019. [672]
Bob Chinn (March 2, 1923 – April 15, 2022) was an American restaurateur. [1] His most well-known creation is Bob Chinn's Crab House, in Wheeling, Illinois, which opened in 1982 and was ranked by Forbes magazine in August 2012 as the top grossing restaurant in America with an estimated $24 million in revenue.
"420" did not originate from the Los Angeles police or penal code for marijuana use. [107] California Penal Code section 420 prohibits the obstruction of access to public land. [ 107 ] [ 108 ] The use of "420" started in 1971 at San Rafael High School , where a group of students would go to smoke at 4:20 pm. [ 107 ]
Headquarters building of Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company, Wheeling, West Virginia Adjacent factory building. The Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company (formerly the Helme Tobacco Company) of Wheeling, West Virginia was a tobacco company founded by brothers Aaron and Samuel Bloch in 1879. [1] It was best known for its Mail Pouch chewing tobacco.