RESTAURANTS & FOODS

— THE FAMOUS CHICAGO STYLE HOT DOG —
An all-beef hot dog on a poppy seed bun, top with yellow mustard, chopped white onions, green sweet pickle relish, a dill pickle spear, tomato slices or wedges, sport peppers, and a dash of celery salt.

41 Chicago-Style Foods Explained. Please don't eat the pictures. 

Abson’s English Chop House, 22 E. Jackson. Former Pickwick Stable and Farm. 
Affy Tapple, Chicago's & America's First and Original Caramel Apple. 

Amy Joy Donuts, a small chain that abandoned Illinois. 

Anderson's Candy Shop in Richmond, Illinois. 
Ann Sather's (Swedish) Restaurants of Chicago, Illinois.
Ashkenaz Restaurant and Deli; a local favorite. (1910-2012) 
Aunt Jemima and the Illinois Aunt Jemima's Kitchen Restaurants.

Bagel Restaurant and Deli of Chicago & Skokie, Illinois. 
Berghoff Restaurant in Chicago's Loop since 1898.
Berry’s Candy Factory in a former church at State and Adams Streets, Chicago. 

Bill's Drive-In, Evanston, Illinois. 
Big-T Burger, Devon and Milwaukee Avenues, Chicago.
Blackhawk Restaurant on Wabash Ave., famous for their "spinning-salad" bowl.
Boston Oyster House in the First Morrison Hotel, Chicago, Illinois.
Brach’s Confections. The "Palace of Sweets," a Chicago Institution. 

Burger Chef Restaurant History. Many stores in Illinois. 

Burt Katz, Restaurateur; The Inferno, Gullivers, Pequod's and Burt's Place.
Busy Bee Restaurant, 1550 North Damen Avenue in Chicago, Illinois (1913-1998).
Cafe Bohemia, a wild game restaurant that served Lions, Tigers, and Bears in Chicago.

Camellia House Restaurant in The Drake Hotel, Chicago. (1940-1977)

Cape Cod Room at the Drake Hotel; Nation’s 1st themed restaurant. (1932-2016) 

Case-Moody Pie Corporation of Chicago. A successful but troubled company.

Chez Paul French Restaurant at 660 North Rush Street in Chicago. (1945-1995)

Chicago Area's Food Timeline Beginning in 1788. 
Chicago Public School Butter & Peanut Butter Cookie Recipes. 
Choo-Choo Diner, the whole story that continues today in Des Plaines, Illinois.

C.J. Vitner Company, Chicago-style snacks. 

Cozy Dog Drive-In on Sixth Street in Springfield, Illinois. On Route 66. 
David Berg and Company, Chicago, Illinois. (1860-1992)
D.B. Kaplan's, a legendary Chicago Restaurant and Delicatessen. 
Devon Avenue Bakeries in Chicago. A compiled list from the 1960s & 70s.
Dutch Mill Candy Company of Chicago History. 
Eddie Doucette's Pancake Plantation Restaurants in Chicago, Illinois. 

Elliott's Pine Log Restaurant & Lounge, Skokie; The Real Story." 

Farrell Ice Cream Parlour Restaurants in Illinois.
Fluky's Hot Dog Stands, Chicago; 5¢ "Depression Dog" & 2¢ "Garden on a Bun."
Forum Cafeteria at 64 W. Madison; Biggest Restaurant in Chicago. (1911-1973) 

Frankenstein's Bar, 2235 West Howard Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Frederick Weeks Wilcox invented the Chinese Takeout Box in 1890. 

Harlo Grill in Melrose Park, Illinois. Another lost 1950s diner structure. 
Harold's Chicken Shack, locally famous in the Chicago area.
Home Run Inn, The Original Chicago Thin Crust Pizza.  

Il Forno Pizzeria & Restaurant in the West Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. 

Ike Sander’s Restaurants in Bloomington, Illinois.

Krantz's Confectionery Store, Chicago.

Kow Kow Chinese Restaurant, Chicago, then Lincolnwood, Illinois. (1949-2015). 

Lake House, Chicago's First Luxury Hotel and Fine Dining Restaurant.
Lazar’s Kosher Sausage Factory was located at 5511 N. Kedzie Avenue, Chicago.
Leavitt's Delicatessen, Halsted and Maxwell Street, Chicago. (1920s-1960s) 

Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises; Rich Melman's Chicagoland Restaurants.
Lockwood Castle Restaurant & Ice Cream Parlor, Chicago, Illinois. 
Loree’s Snack Shop and Ice Cream Parlor in Chicago. 

Lum's Restaurants in Illinois.
Lutz Café and Pastry Shop of Chicago, Illinois.
Marshall Field's - Cloud Room Restaurant at Chicago Municipal Airport (Midway).

Marshall Field's - Food Service History and Mrs. Hering's 1890 Chicken Pot Pie Recipe.

Maurice Lenell Cooky Company's History, Chicago-Norridge, Illinois. (1925-2015)
Mickelberry Log Cabin Restaurant, 2300 W. 95th Street in Chicago, a Brief History. 

Milk Pail Restaurant and Country Stores in Dundee, Illinois. 
Monarch Brewing Company of Chicago History. (1892-1958) 
Moo & Oink Grocery chain of Chicago. 

Morton House Restaurant in Morton Grove, Illinois.

Mr. Submarine Chicago-Style Sub-Sandwiches for Over 45 Years. 
Mrs. Japp's Potato Chips; Jays Foods, Inc. of Chicago. 

Naugles 24-Hour Mexican Fast Food Restaurants of Illinois. 
New York Kosher, 2900 West Devon, Chicago. History of the Grocery Store and Deli. 

Nicknames for Downtown Chicago Restaurant Areas by Types Beginning in the Gay 1890s.
Noose Coffee Shop fed, gratis, Cook County Jail's death row inmates their last meal.

Ontra Cafeteria of Chicago, Illinois. 

Peacock Ice Cream Company in Evanston, Illinois. 

Pequod's Pizzeria and the history of owner, Burt Katz.

Pickle Barrel Restaurant's Brief History.

Piggly Wiggly Grocery Store in Oak Park, Illinois.  
Pullman Building's Tip Top Inn & Black Cat Inn Restaurants, Chicago.
Pump Room Restaurant, famous for catering to Mid-20th Century's celebrities.
Red Hot Ranch at 3118 West Devon Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. (1952-1985) 

Sally's Bar-B-Q Restaurants of Chicago, Complete History.

Sandy's Drive-Ins of Illinois. 

Seven Continents Restaurant and Rotunda Building at Chicago O'Hare International Airport.

Sparky's Snack Shop at Oakton Street and Monticello Avenue in Skokie, Illinois. 
Superdawg at Devon, Milwaukee, and Nagle Avenues, Chicago. A 1950s Drive-In.  

Tartan Tray Coffee Shop: Seven Continents Rotunda, Chicago O'Hare International Airport.
The Brownie was invented by Chicagoan Bertha Palmer for the 1893 World’s Fair. 
Thompson’s Cafeteria Restaurants of Chicago, Illinois. 

Town and Country Restaurants in Chicago. (1955-1987)

Uncle Andy's Cow Palace in Palatine, Illinois (1964-1978) 

V8 Vegetable Juice was created in Evanston, Illinois. 
Victoria Station Restaurants in Illinois. 

Vitner Company, Chicago-style snacks. 

Wally's Deli in the Milk Pail, Lincolnwood, Illinois. 
Wanzer & Sons Creamery of Chicago. (1857-1970s) 
What's Cooking Restaurant, Lincoln Village Shopping Center, Chicago. (1978-2012) 

White Fence Farm Restaurant on Route 66 in Romeoville, Illinois. 

Why Chinese Restaurants Nearly Became Extinct in Chicago.
Wimpy Grills in the Chicago, Illinois area. (1934-1978) 

Yau Tak Cheung invents the Fortune Cooky Machine.

Zephyr Café & Ice Cream Parlor, Chicago, Illinois. (1976-2006)

100% AUTHENTIC RECIPES

Abraham Lincoln's Favorite Gingerbread and Topping Recipes.

Authentic Bookbinder's Soup Recipe from Master Chef Marshall at Chicago's Drake Hotel.

Blackhawk Restaurant's Famous Spinning Bowl Salad Dressing Recipe by Otto Roth. 

Butter & Peanut Butter Cookies; The Real Chicago Public School Recipe. 
Camellia House Salad Dressing Recipe from the Vault at the Drake Hotel in Chicago.

Eddie Doucette's Pancake Plantation Restaurants Fabulous French Pancake Recipe. 

First-Ever Brownie. The Recipe was Invented by Bertha Palmer for 1893 the World’s Fair. 

Garlic Butter Mushrooms; the real recipe from the Bristol Renaissance Faire.

Mrs. Hering's Original, 1890 Chicken Pot Pie Recipe Launching Field's Food Services. 

Pioneer's Corn Dodgers. An 'Original' Frontier Recipe.

OLDE COOKBOOKS FROM ILLINOIS

Daily News Cook Book. by Chicago Daily News Company. 1896. 

Edwardsville Cook Book, 1906. 

Favorite Dishes. A Columbian Autograph Souvenir Cookery Book, 1893 

Good Things to Eat as Suggested by Chicagoan Rufus Estes, 1911
Illinois Cook Book. 1881 

Keep the War (WWI) Foods Cooking. 1918

Mrs. Owen's Illinois Cook Book, by Mrs. T.J.V. Owen, 1871.