When I worked for NBC in 1956, I'd sometimes go to the London House after work. I remember seeing Teddy Wilson (one of the really great pianists) and Jo Jones (drums) there.
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If you try to find the highest point in Chicago with Google, you'll find a lot of contradictions. However, the consensus is that it's somewhere in Beverly. I grew up at 96th and Bell, and we always understood that the highest point was at 96th and Oakley, not at 93rd and Western. Perhaps someone with a good GPS can come up with a good answer.
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Back in the 40's I worked at the High Low at 2257 W. 95th St. (95th and Oakley). The ice cream brand was Roney's Real Rich Ice cream and the High Low chain at the time was owned by the Roney family. I remember High Low bread selling for 5 cents a loaf and potatoes that we received in 100 lb. burlap bags selling for 5 cents a pound. We'd buy tub butter at the deli counter. The first frozen foods I
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RegularGuy55 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Pixley & Ehlers used to have a couple of > restaurants in the Loop. The last one I remember > was on Wells near Lake Street. > > P&E seemed to always be open. They sort of > defined the phrase 'greasy spoon' with their > cafeteria-style service. Aha! I believe there was a Pixl
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I remember going to Kunis' Ice Cream Shoppe on E.79th (I think) back in the 40's and 50's. Their Raspberry sundaes were to die for!
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I remember watching "Wrestling from Rainbow" and "Wrestling from Marigold" in the early fifties. Some of the heroes were Cyclone Anaya, Vern Gagne and Chief Don Eagle. A few villans - Benito Gardini and Mr. Moto. Farmer Don Marlin was one who was sort of in between hero and villan.
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As a teenager, I worked at the soda fountain at the Beverly Pharmacy on 95th street near the Vanderpoel school. Green River was quite popular, whether we used the syrup for the namesake soft drink, as a Coke mixin, ice cream sodas or milkshakes. I particularly liked a Green River Coke.
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In later years, as ridership declined, the line was acquired by bus interests, as I recall. Lots of information should still be available from the Central Electric Railfans Assn. www.cera-chicago.org
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Two cent days and five cent nights! I remember them well. Some of the attractions I remember: Alladin's Castle and another fun house whose name I don't recall. Roller Coasters: The Bobs, Flying Turns, Silver Flash, Comet and the Greyhoound. Tilt-a-Whirl
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Some sixty plus years ago, I often ate at beaneries on State, near the Chicago Theater and on Wabash, south of VanBuren. The name ws E. W. Rieck's, or something similar. They served baked beans in a crock, which they emptied on your plate. Accompaning the beans were home made whit and brown bread. They also had very tasty vegetable soup. I also ate quite often at a cafeteria at Lake and Wabash (Wa
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Back in the mid 1940's I used to drive to the Dixie Cream Donut shop on Stony Island Ave. Near 79th Street. to pick up a dozen or two. To me, they were much better than Dunkin Donuts or Krispy Kreme. Inside the shop, you could watchthem dipping long rods loaded with doughnuts into the glaze. When you bought dooughnuts there, they were hot and fresh, and sooo good!
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