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1. Celebrated Restaurants, Restaurateurs, and Confectioners
2. Famous Bona-Fied Recipes From All Over Illinois
3. Olde Illinois Cook Books (PDF)

1. CELEBRATED RESTAURANTS, RESTAURATEURS, AND CONFECTIONERS

41 Chicago-Style Foods Explained. Please Don't Eat the Photos.

1960s & 70s Devon Avenue Bakeries in Rogers Park & West Ridge, Chicago.

A Primer About the Differences Between Lox, Smoked Salmon, and Gravadlax.

Abson's English Chop House, 22 E. Jackson. Former Pickwick Stable and Farm. 

Al Capone's Chicago Soup Kitchen, the Truth.
Affy Tapple, Chicago and America's, First and Original, Caramel Apples. 

Amy Joy Donuts was 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; was a local favorite. (1910-2012) 
Aunt Jemima and the Illinois Aunt Jemima's Kitchen Restaurants. 

Bagel Nosh Deli in Chicago's Rush Street Area of the Gold Coast neighborhood. (1978-1984)

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.

Big Herm's vs. Herm's Palace, Hot Dog Joints in Skokie.

Bill's Drive-In, Evanston, Illinois. 
Big-T Burger, Devon and Milwaukee Avenues, Chicago.

Black Cat Inn, in the Pullman Building at Michigan and Adams, Chicago.
Blackhawk Restaurant on Wabash Avenue is famous for its "spinning salad" bowl.
Borden Dairy Company and Elsie the Cow, Chicago's Favorite Dairy.

Boston Oyster House in the First Morrison Hotel, Chicago, Illinois.
Brach's Confections. The "Palace of Sweets," a Chicago Institution. 

Brown's Chicken Massacre in the Palatine, Illinois, Restaurant on January 8, 1993. 

Bunny Bread from Anna, Illinois, Fabulous Story.

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 was a wild game restaurant that served Lions, Tigers, and Bears in Chicago.

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

Cape Cod Room; Drake Hotel; the Nation's 1st Themed Restaurant. (1932-2016) 

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

Charles "Carl" Frederick Günther, known as "The Candy Man," creator of caramel.

Chez Paree Theater Restaurant and Key Club, 610 North Fairbanks Court, Chicago. 

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

Chicago Area's Food Timeline Began in 1788. 

Chicago's Candy Queen, Ora Snyder. 

Chicago Chop Suey History and Authentic Recipe.

Chicago Claim Company Restaurant, Chicago, Illinois.
"Chicago Dog Sauce," a new condiment, was introduced by Heinz in 2017. 

Chicago Loop Restaurant Area Nicknames by Type Beginning in the 1890s. 

Chicago's Love Affair with Oysters Began in 1835.

Chicago's Matzoh King, Levy Wittenberg.

Chicago Public School Butter Cookie & Peanut Butter Cookie Verified Recipes. 

Chinese Chop Suey History, and the Authentic "Chicago Chop Suey" recipe.

Choo-Choo Diner in Des Plaines, Illinois. The Whole Story.

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.

Dinty Moore's Rendezvous Restaurant, Chicago.

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

Drake Hotel - Cape Cod Room; the Nation's 1st Themed Restaurant. (1932-2016) 

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. 

Ferrara Pan Candy Company and Bakery History began in Chicago in 1908.
Fingerhut Bakery was a Chicago staple beginning in 1895.

Fluky's Hot Dog Stands, Chicago; 5¢ "Depression Dog" & 2¢ "Garden on a Bun."
     » Why do Chicagoans hate ketchup on their hot dogs?

Forum Cafeteria at 64 W. Madison; the 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. 

Funks Grove Pure Maple Sirup Farm in Funks Grove, Illinois, History of...

Green River Soft Drink History.

Harlo Grill in Melrose Park, Illinois. Another lost 1950s diner structure. 
Harold's Chicken Shack, it's locally famous in the Chicago area.
Heinz Introduced "Chicago Dog Sauce" in 2017.

Herm's Palace vs. Big Herm's, Hot Dog Joints in Skokie.

Home Run Inn, The Original Chicago Thin Crust Pizza.  

Homer's Ice Cream, in Wilmette, Illinois, Fabricated a "Legend" about an Al Capone.

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

Ike Sander's Restaurants in Bloomington, Illinois. 

Jack Spratt Coffee House, Civil Rights Sit-In, in 1943 Chicago.

Janda's Drive-In, 8030 Ogden Avenue and Barrypoint Road, Lyons, Illinois.

Kohlsaat and Company, Commercial Bakery and Lunch establishment, Chicago.

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. 

Lums 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 - Famous Frango Mints, the Myth, and Back Story.

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

Martha Washington Candies Company History.

Mathon's Fish and Seafood Restaurant, Waukegan, Illinois.

Maurice Lenell Cooky Company's History, Chicago-Norridge, Illinois. (1925-2015) 

Meyer Brewing Company, Bloomington, Illinois. (1862 to 1922)

Mickelberry Log Cabin Restaurant, 2300 W. 95th Street in Chicago, a Brief History. 

Midget Club at 4016 West 63rd Street, Chicago. (1948-1982) 

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. 

Municipal Restaurant & Luncheonette, 63rd Street and Cicero Avenue, 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.
No Exit Café History, Chicago, Illinois.

Noose Coffee Shop fed, gratis, Cook County Jail's death row inmates their last meal.

North Pole Mobile Ice Cream Store, River Forest, Illinois. 1938

Ontra Cafeteria of Chicago, Illinois. 

Oscar Mayer's Enterprise was founded in Chicago, Illinois, in 1883.

Paper Pail was an Invention by Chicagoan Frederick Weeks Wilcox in 1890.

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 was famous for catering to Mid-20th Century celebrities.
Red Hot Ranch at 3118 West Devon Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. (1952-1985) 

Roos' Restaurant, Home of the $1, Eight Course Dinner, beginning in 1923.

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

Sandy's Drive-In of Illinois. 

Seven Continents Restaurant by Carson Pirie Scott & Co., at Chicago O'Hare Airport.

Sky-Hi Drive-In and Restaurant, Chicago; Eat in a Real DC-7 Airplane. 

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.

     » Why do Chicagoans hate ketchup on their hot dogs?

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. 

Tip Top Inn, in the Pullman Building at Michigan and Adams, Chicago. 

Tom Tom Tamale Manufacturing Company History began in Chicago, Illinois, in 1937.

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-the 1970s) 
What's Cooking Restaurant, Lincoln Village Shopping Center, Chicago. (1978-2012) 

Where Have All The Chicago Jewish Delis Gone?

Whistlers Restaurant, Lincolnwood, Illinois. (1976-2016)

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) 

World's Largest Catsup Bottle at Brooks Tomato Products Company, Collinsville, IL.

Yau Tak Cheung invents the Fortune Cookie Machine.

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

2. FAMOUS BONA-FIED RECIPES FROM ALL OVER ILLINOIS

Abraham Lincoln's Favorite Gingerbread and Topping Recipes. ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS

Ann Sather's Famous Carrot Bread Recipe Came Directly from the Restaurant.

Authentic "Chicago Chop Suey" recipe.

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

Bookbinder's Soup Recipe, First Hand from Master Chef Marshall at Chicago's Drake Hotel.

Borden Dairy Company's "Meat Biscuits," aka "Soup-Bread" Recipe.

Butter Cookies & Peanut Butter Cookies; The VERIFIED Chicago Public School Recipes. 
Camellia House Restaurant's Salad Dressing Recipe from Chicago's Drake Hotel Vault. 

Chinese Chop Suey History, and the Authentic "Chicago Chop Suey" recipe.

Dinty Moore's Original Corned Beef & Cabbage Recipe.

Dinty Moore's Original Irish Stew Recipe.

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

Brownies, the First Ever, was Invented by Bertha Palmer for the 1893 World's Fair.

Garlic Butter Mushrooms Verified Recipe from the Bristol Renaissance Faire. (Wisc. Border)

Giardiniera Recipe, Chicago-Style.

Mel Markon's, Restaurateur, Authentic Sweet & Sour Cabbage Soup Recipe.

Mrs. Hering's 1890 Chicken Pot Pie Recipe that Launching Marshall Field's Food Services. 

Pepper & Egg Sandwich, Chicago's Very Own.

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

3. OLDE ILLINOIS COOK BOOKS (PDF)

Daily News Cook Book. by Chicago Daily News Company. 1896. 
Illinois Cook Book. 1881 

Edwardsville [Illinois] Cook Book, 1906. 

Favorite Dishes. A Columbian Autograph Souvenir Cookery Book, 1893 

Good Things to Eat as Suggested by Chicagoan, Chef Rufus Estes, 1911 (600+ Recipes)

Keep the War (WWI) Foods Cooking. 1918

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