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THE BAKERY RESTAURANT - 2218 NORTH LINCOLN - PRIME RIB PLATE - c1970

TERRACE GARDEN RESTAURANT - MORRISON HOTEL - LARGE GROUP OF PERFORMERS - 1918

SPARGA'S RESTAURANT - PIZZA OVEN AND WOMAN - 1950s

SOUTH SHORE COUNTRY CLUB - LADIES TEA ROOM - 1921

SOUTH SHORE COUNTRY CLUB - DINING ROOM

SHORE POST RESTAURANT INTERIOR - 71ST STREET

SIEBEN'S BIER STUBE - NEXT TO SIEBEN BREWERY - EARLY

SHERMAN HOTEL - ICE SKATING AND TABLES

SHERATON HOTEL - RESTAURANT INTERIOR - c1960

SHERATON HOTEL - KONTIKI PORTS RESTAURANT - c1960s

SHANGRI-LA RESTAURANT - N STATE STREET - INTERIOR - EARLY

SHANGHAI LIL'S

SCHOENHOFEN'S HALL RESTAURANT - 876 MILWAUKEE AVE - EARLY

SCHEHERAZADE RESTAURANT AND ARABIAN  TENT ROOM - DOWNTOWN - 1955

ROMA RESTAURANT - 221 SOUTH WABASH - EARLY

QUINN'S LOUNGE - 2739 HOWARD - 1950s

PANDORA RESTAURANT - 2641 WEST IRVING PARK ROAD

PALMER HOUSE - THE TRADER'S RESTAURANT - 1959

PAGODA INN - CHINATOWN - INTERIOR - EARLY

OLSON'S RESTAURANT - 7339 WEST NORTH AVE - RIVER GROVE

NORTH AMERICAN RESTAURANT - INTERIOR - CROWD - EARLY

MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY - CAFETERIA - BASEMENT - 1950s

MISTER MIKE'S STEAK HOUSE - c1950s

MISS LINDQUIST CAFE - HYDE PARK - 1940

MARSHALL FIELD - OLD ORCHARD - HAWTHORNE ROOM

MARIGOLD ROOM - INTERIOR - ARTIFICIALLY COOLED IN SUMMER - c1920

MANDARIN INN - 416 SOUTH WABASH - 1913

LINCOLN TURNER HALL CAFE - 1005 DIVERSEY PARKWAY - INTERIOR

LENARDS RESTAURANT AND PASTRY SHOP - 3 INTERIOR IMAGES - 1307 MILWAUKEE AVE

LEE'S TAVERN - INTERIOR - 4502 BROADWAY

LASALLE HOTEL - THE EAST ROOM - EARLY

LASALLE HOTEL - GERMAN ROOM INTERIOR - EARLY

KING JOY LO - MANDARIN RESTAURANT - CROWD AT TABLES - 100  E RANDOLPH

KAISARHOF HOTEL - LADIES CAFE - BAUERNSTUBE - 1910

JACQUES FRENCH RESTAURANT - 900 NORTH MICHIGAN AVE - COURTYARD IN SNOW

HAYES HOTEL - NEW DINING ROOM - 64TH STREET

HARRY'S NEW YORK CABARET - NIGHT - c1940

HARDING'S RESTAURANT - SILVER GRILL - 135 NORTH CLARK - INTERIOR

HAGERTY'S RESTAURANT - 4747 W PETERSON - c1950-60

GUS GOOD FOOD - INTERIOR

GIMBEL'S RESTAURANT - LOUNGE - 30 WEST RANDOLPH

GIMBEL'S RESTAURANT - FRONT

GIBRALTER ROOM - NIGHT - PRUDENTIAL BUILDING - 1960

GERMAN CASINO - MELROSE WEST OF LINCOLN - MUSICIANS - 1939

GAZEBO PANCAKE HOUSE - 1447 NORTH WELLS - INTERIOR - c1970

POSTCARD - CHICAGO - GASTIS SWEDISH RESTAURANT - INTERIOR - 3259 N CLARK

FRENCH ROOM - TIP-TOP INN - PULLMAN BUILDING - INTERIOR - c1908

FIELD MUSEUM - CAFETERIA

EDGEWATER BEACH HOTEL - BALLROOM - 5300 SHERIDAN ROAD

EDELWEISS RESTAURANT - INTERIOR - 1905

DRAKE HOTEL - COCKTAIL LOUNGE - 1960s

CONGRESS HOTEL - GLASS HAT CLUB - 1950s

COLISEUM GARDEN - SIX THOUSAND SEATS - AERIAL VIEW OF CROWDED ROOM - 1906

CLUB FLAMINGO - WEST MADISON STREET

CLUB EL BIANCO RESTAURANT - 2747 WEST 63RD STREET - INTERIOR WITH BAR - c1960

CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN STATION - TEA ROOM - 1911

CHIAM RESTAURANT - INTERIOR - CHINATOWN

CHIAM RESTAURANT - 2251 SOUTH WENTWORTH - INSIDE AND OUTSIDE IMAGES

CENTURY OF PROGRESS 1933 - YE OLDE CHESIRE CHEESE OUTSIDE

CENTURY OF PROGRESS 1933 - YE OLDE CHESIRE CHEESE - INTERIOR

CAFE BELLINI - 1014 RUSH STREET - INTERIOR - 1961

BREVOORT HOTEL - GRILL ROOM - EARLY

BRATSKELLAR RESTAURANT - 2 IMAGES - 1960s

BLACKSTONE HOTEL - CLUB GRILL

BISMARCK HOTEL - NEW - DUTCH ROOM

BISMARCK HOTEL - SWISS CHALET RESTAURANT - MUSICIANS AND PEOPLE AT TABLES - 1950s

BISMARCK HOTEL - COCKTAIL LOUNGE - 1940s

BISMARCK GARDENS - STREET SCENE - 1905

BENNERT'S CAFE - 80 JACKSON BLVD - INTERIOR - c1910

ATHENS RESTAURANT - HARRISON AND HALSTED - NW CORNER - TWO INTERIOR IMAGES - c1940

ANDY'S GRILL - 2350 NORTH CLARK - 4 IMAGES

ALLEGRETTI'S - 3 IMAGES

RUSSIAN TEA ROOM AND ART SHOP - 116 SOUTH MICHIGAN - SECOND FLOOR

BREVOORT HOTEL - RAINBOW ROOM - c 1910

885 CLUB - CARTOON INTERIOR - 1943

LE MECKS RESTAURANT - LAKE PARK AND 53RD - MENU COVER - c1950

DON ROTH'S RIVER PLAZA RESTAURANT - MENU COVER

ZUM DEUTSCHEN ECK RESTAURANT - 2914 NORTH SOUTHPORT - MUG

VENICE CAFE AND BAR - 539 SOUTH WABASH - MATCHBOOK

VALENTINE'S RESTAURANT - 142 WEST VAN BUREN - MATCHBOOK

TYNAN'S COFFEE SHOP - ONE NORTH LASALLE - MENU COVER - 1970

TRIANGLE RESTAURANTS - 57 WEST RANDOLPH AND 6 OTHER LOCATIONS - MATCHBOOK

CHICAGO AND MILWAUKEE RR - MENU - c  1900

C AND E I R R - HARVEST INN BEVERAGE CAR - MENU INSIDE

C AND E I R R - HARVEST INN BEVERAGE CAR - MENU FRONT

BURLINGTON ROUTE - COLORADO ROOM - MENU COVER - 1970

TOWERS CAFE - 1951 EAST 71 ST STREET - MATCHBOOK

TOM BROWN'S RESTAURANT - 5200 NORTH LINCOLN AVE - MATCHBOOK

TIC TOC RESTAURANT - 178 WEST RANDOLPH - MATCHBOOK FRONT

THE TOWN HOUSE RESTAURANT - SHERIDAN ROAD AND MORSE - MATCHBOOK

THE GRILL - 4 LOCATIONS - MATCHBOOK

THE GOOD EARTH RESTAURANT - 2334 DEVON AVE - MATCHBOOK

THE BOAT CLUB  DOCKSIDE TAVERN - NORTH PIER - MATCHBOOK

THE 13 COLONY RESTAURANT COFFEE HOUSE -  120 WEST MADISON - MATCHBOOK

SYMPHONY LOUNGE - 317 WEST 79TH - MATCHBOOK

JOE & JEAN'S RESTAURANT - 2457 EAST 79TH - MATCHBOOK

SNAPPY TURTLE TRUCK STOP - 623 EAST CHICAGO AVE - EAST CHICAGO INDIANA - MATCHBOOK

SHERMAN HOUSE - COFFEE SHOP - MENU COVER - 1959

SHARKO'S WEST RESTAURANT - 5301 WEST 63RD STREET - MATCHBOOK

SCHALL'S RESTAURANT - 5474 LAKE PARK AVE - MATCHBOOK

RUPNECK'S RESTAURANT - 1127 THORNDALE AV - AT THE EL - MATCHBOOK FRONT

RUPNECK'S RESTAURANT - 1127 THORNDALE AV - AT THE EL - MATCHBOOK BACK

RICHELIEU RESTAURANT - 173 JACKSON BLVD - 118 QUINCY - 1910

RED FOX RESTAURANT - MATCHBOOK - BACK

RED FOX RESTAURANT - MATCHBOOK

RAY ROBERTSON STEAK HOUSE - SOUTH OF ROOSELVELT ROAD - MATCHBOOK

POLLY RESTAURANT - 17 NORTH WABASH - 1949 - MENU COVER

PICCADILLY RESTAURANT - 406 FINE ARTS BUILDING - 410 SOUTH MICHIGAN - MENU COVER

PALMER HOUSE COFFEE HOUSE - MENU COVER - 1950-60s

PALM COURT RESTAURANT - WINES - MENU

PAGO PAGO RESTAURANT - MATCHBOOK

ONG LOK YUN RESTAURANT - 105 DEARBORN - MATCHBOOK

OLSON'S RESTAURANT - 7330 WEST NORTH AVE - RIVER GROVE - MENU COVER

OLDE CELLAR RESTAURANT - 322 N MICHIGAN - MATCHBOOK

OLD FREEMAN RESTAURANT - 731 W MADISON - 1920s - MENU COVER

NORWOOD HOUSE RESTAURANT - MATCHBOOK

NIKKO RESTAURANT - 324 SOUTH WABASH - 1910 - NEWSPAPER AD

NANTUCKET COVE RESTAURANT - 1000 NORTH LAKE SHORE DR - MATCHBOOK

MR KELLY'S NIGHTCLUB - MATCHBOOK

MOROCCO THEATRE CAFE - MATCHBOOK

MILLER'S PUB - 23 EAST ADAMS - MATCHBOOK

MILLER'S 23 RESTAURANT - EAST ADAMS - MATCHBOOK

MELODY LANE DRIVE IN RESTAURANT - 1425 W 87TH - MENU COVER

MEI LAN RESTAURANT - 410 SOUTH CLARK - MENU COVER

MCCORMICK PLACE - PRESIDENTS' WALK RESTAURANT - HILTON CATERING - MENU COVER - 1962

MAYFLOWER RESTAURANT - 1046 WILSON AVE - MATCHBOOK

MARTIN'S RESTAURANT - MENU COVER

MARINA 300 RESTAURANT - MATCHBOOK

STOUFFER'S RESTAURANT - MENU INSIDE WITH PRICES - 1949

STOUFFER'S RESTAURANT - MENU COVER - 1949

SIRLOIN ROOM RESTAURANT - STOCK YARD INN - MENU COVER - 1950

POLLY GRILL - 17 NORTH WABASH - MATCHBOOK

MUGGSIE MCGRAW WONDER BAR RESTAURANT - 935 WILSON - MATCHBOOK

MILLER'S PUB - WABASH INN - MATCHBOOK

THE BAKERY RESTAURANT - LOUIS SZATHMARY - COOK BOOK COVER

LORANGER'S LADIES AND GENTS RESTAURANT - 1546 WABASH - MENU COVER

MANN'S RAINDO RESTAURANT - LAKE AT MICHIGAN - MENU

LOBSTER NEWBURG - LAKE AT MICHIGAN - RAINBOW TROUT FEATURE - MENU

LIMEHOUSE RESTAURANT - 1564 HOWARD ST - MATCHBOOK

L'EPUISETTE RESTAURANT - 1972 - MENU COVER

KHYBER RESTAURANT - 50 EAST WALTON - MENU COVER

JULES CAFE - MENU - 1911

JACK SPOT RESTAURANT - 851 MONROE - MATCHBOOK

ILE DE FRANCE RESTAURANT - 101 EAST WALTON PLACE - MATCHBOOK

I C LOUNGE - 3104 EAST 91ST - MATCHBOOK

HOTEL SHERMAN - BAKERS CLUB RESTAURANT - MENU COVER - 1958

HERMANSEN'S DANISH COFFEE SHOP - 21 SOUTH LASALLE - MENU COVER - 1940s

HAROLD THE FRIED CHICKEN KING - 1235 EAST 47TH - MATCHBOOK

GLASS HAT RESTAURANT - MATCHBOOK

GEORGE'S NORTHERN ITALIAN - 230 WEST KINZIE - MATCHBOOK

GENE AND GEORGETTI - 500 SOUTH FRANKLIN - MATCHBOOK

GAZEBO RESTAURANT - 1447 NORTH WELLS - MENU COVER

FLUKIES RESTAURANT - 8211 S COTTAGE GROVE - 1960s - LIGHTER

FELIX RESTAURANT - 1101 LAWRENCE - MATCHBOOK

ESQUIRE PUB - MATCHBOOK

ESPANA CAFE - 4600 LAKE SHORE DRIVE - MATCHBOOK

ELLIOT'S OPEN KITCHEN - 534 W GARFIELD - MATCHBOOK

EDDIE SHERMAN'S FAMOUS DOOR RESTAURANT - 2809 BROADWAY - MATCHBOOK

DRAKE'S RESTAURANTS THE RANCH - DRAKE'S - THE COVERED WAGON - MENU COVER - 1954

DANNY'S DE LUXE HAMBURGERS - 371 EAST 61ST - MATCHBOOK

COUNTRY STORE RESTAURANT - WABASH AVE - MENU COVER - 1959

COPPER SKILLET COFFEE SHOPS - MATCHBOOK

COOLEY'S CUPBOARDS - THREE TEA ROOMS - EVANSTON - MATCHBOOK COVER

COOLEY'S CUPBOARDS - THREE TEA ROOMS - ADDRESSES - EVANSTON - MATCHBOOK BACK

COOLEY'S CUPBOARD RESTAURANT - MENU COVER - c1950

CENTURY OF PROGRESS 1933 - WALGREEN'S RESTAURANT - MENU COVER

CENTURY OF PROGRESS 1933 - WILSON'S TERRACE RESTAURANT - SOUVENIR MENU

CARDER'S RESTAURANT - 118 SOUTH DEARBORN - MENU COVER - 1940

CANDY BOX RESTAURANT - MENU COVER - 1933

CAFFARELLO'S RESTAURANT - 5717 SOUTH CICERO - MATCHBOOK

BURNHAM RESTAURANT - 201 N WELLS - 160 N LASALLE - MATCHBOOK

BROADMONT - DINE AND DANCE - 4404 BROADWAY - MATCHBOOK INSIDE

BROADMONT - DINE AND DANCE - 4404 BROADWAY - MATCHBOOK FRONT

BIG GEM DINER - 2005 PARK STREET - MATCHBOOK COVER

BASTILLE BRASSERIE PARISIENNE - MENU COVER

ART INSTITUTE - GARDEN - MENU - 1950s

AMBASSADOR WEST - BEAU NASH ROOM - MENU COVER - 1953

AGOSTINO'S - MENU COVER - 1950s

RESTAURANT - 6162 N BROADWAY - MATCHBOOK

1424 CLUB - 1424 NORTH CLARK STREET - MATCHBOOK

GIMBEL'S RESTAURANT - WINE MENU - 1945

MILANO ITALIAN RESTAURANT - GOLD COAST - MATCHBOOK

AQUARIUM CAFE - 326 S WELLS - MATCHBOOK

WIEBOLDT'S DEPARTMENT STORE - TRIPLE DIPPER CHOCOLATE SUNDAE - MATCHBOOK

TURN-GEMEINDE SOCIETY - NEW YEARS EVE BALL - 1907 - MENU

SLICK CHICK DRIVE IN - 5940 NORTH LINCOLN AVE - MATCHBOOK

PALMER HOUSE - 1884 - MENU COVER

MARSHALL FIELD - ETIQUETTE BOOK COVER - 1927

LLOYD J HARRIS PIE COMPANY - MATCHBOOK

HOTEL NORTH PARK - CHANDELIER ROOM - MATCHBOOK

CHICAGO DULUTH AND GEORGIAN BAY TRANSIT - STEAMSHIP LINE MENU - 1924

BLACKSTONE HOTEL - BREAKFAST MENU COVER - 1950s

ARAGON BALLROOM - MENU COVER WITH HAMBURGER PRICE FEATURE - 1950s

MOVIE INN - 17 N WABASH

KUNTZ REMMLER RESTAURANT - 301 WABASH AVE - INTERIOR - 1909

WARSAW RESTAURANT - 820 N ASHLAND - 1963

PEARSON HOTEL - ENGLISH ROOM

LITTLE JACK'S RESTAURANT - MADISON & KEDZIE - 1950s

TOWER'S RESTAURANT - LEE HIGHWAY AND AIRPORT ROAD

CAFE DE PARIS - INTERIOR

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