I recall a place called Flo's, on the south side of Randolph, between State and Dearborn. Great burgers there. There was also a good coffee shop-type place on Madison, just off of State, called 'Round the Clock. I used to go to a Wimpy's off of state. Can't remember if it was Adams or Jackson but it was near a Mr Submarine.
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We used to go to a little corner grocery store at Milwaukee and Wisner. During the Big Snowstorm of 1967, we stopped at a corner store at Central Park and Diversey to buy supplies. Not sure why we didn't go somewhere closer.
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The Klaus was on Milwaukee, at Dawson, across the street from the original Abt Electronics. I lived about a half a block down, on Dawson, in the 1960s. On February 1, 1985, there was a massive arson fire in the old Klaus building. Three Chicago firefighters died trying to put out the fire. The last time I was in the old neighborhood, there was still a memorial to the firefighters at the bank on
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