[Magdalen] oldest restaurants in Chicago

[Mahoney, W. Michael]

My wife, then my fiance, and I had lunch at The Berghoff in 1963, right
after we got our marriage license at the Cook County offices a few blocks
away.  We had lunch there again in 2010 when we were in Chicago for a week
long course at the Art Institute, also a few blocks away.  Didn't seem to
have changed much.

I think my mother took my sisters and me to the Walnut Room once.  As I
recall, she and the other women there all wore hats and gloves.

I don't recall hats and gloves in the others I visited, which included
Italian Village and Valois, possibly also Daleys, though one didn't readily
go to that part of town.

Mike M.







On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 1:39 PM, Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com> wrote:

> I enjoyed reading this list and was surprised at how many of these I have
> enjoyed,
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> 1. Schaller's Pump, *3714 S. Halsted St.*
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> 2. Daley's Restaurant, *809 E. 63rd St.*
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> 3. The Berghoff
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> , *17 W. Adams St.*
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> 4. The Walnut Room
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> , *111 N. State St.*
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> 5. Pompei, *1531 W. Taylor St.*
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> 6. Valois Cafeteria, *1518 E. 53rd St.*
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> 7. Green Door Tavern, *678 N. Orleans St.*
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> 8. Lou Mitchell's, *565 W. Jackson Blvd.*
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> 9. Lindy's Chili, *3685 S. Archer Ave.*
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> 10. Italian Village, *71 W. Monroe St.*
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>
> *Numbers 2, 3, 4, 6,8 and 10.*
> --
> Judy Fleener, ObJN
> Western Michigan
>