Since its first days in 1959 as a small cabaret theatre on Chicago’s north side, The Second City hasn’t just launched the careers of countless comedic greats – it blazed the path for an entire genre of comedy. December 11-13, the legendary company renowned for spot-on political, cultural and topical improv will mark its golden [...]
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The Pump Room: Star Studded Chicago Dining Landmark
Posted by Ross Everett on October 7th, 2009
Long a hangout of A-list celebrities, the Pump Room Restaurant in Chicago is still ‘hopping’ in the 21st century. The restaurant, memorialized in Frank Sinatra’s classic “Chicago”, was one of the first high level restaurants to open in Chicago after the Prohibition era. The eatery has seen countless celebrities including Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable, Ronald Reagan, John Barrymore and countless others. For a while, it’s luster faded somewhat as the dining scene in Chicago led by Charlie Trotter passed it by.

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