![]() ![]() UPDATE: Schaller's Pump has unfortunately closed permanently. Its mere location, across the street from the local Democratic ward office, nearby the old Union Stockyards, and a short walk from Comiskey Park (er, Guaranteed Rate Field), essentially confirms the notion that many plans and schemes affecting Chicago's history were hatched over drinks and dinner here. ![]() At least five former Chicago mayors who hailed from the same Bridgeport neighborhood frequented the restaurant. It's called "Schaller's Pump" because, in the old days, the beer was pumped in from a brewery next door. It opened at 3714 South Halsted Street in 1881 but had a different name until George "Harvey" Schaller purchased it at the end of the Prohibition era. Schaller's Pump was once the oldest restaurant in the City of Chicago.Then let us know if these classic Chicago restaurants still have the magic after half a century of doing business amidst Chicago apartments.ฤก 1881 Schaller's Pump - Back of the Yards We figure if you can keep it going for 50 years, you must be doing something right, even if, as in the case of Jimmy's Red Hots (founded 1954), the entire menu consists of polish sausage, a hot dog, a tamale, french fries, and soda. It's part of our ongoing effort to educate our Chicago tenants about the neighborhoods in which they live. So Domu has compiled this list of famous Chicago restaurants operating in Chicago's neighborhoods for 50 years or longer. Chicago apartment renters don't just lease an apartment - they lease a neighborhood. ![]()
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