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The Billy Goat Tavern is a chain of taverns located in Chicago, Illinois. Its restaurants are based on the original Billy Goat Tavern founded in 1934 [ 1 ] by Billy Sianis , a Greek immigrant . It achieved fame primarily through newspaper columns by Mike Royko , a supposed curse on the Chicago Cubs , and the Olympia Cafe sketch on Saturday ...
The Curse of the Billy Goat was a sports curse that was supposedly placed on the Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in 1945, by Billy Goat Tavern owner William Sianis. The curse lasted 71 years, from 1945 to 2016.
A billy goat is a male goat. Billy goat may also refer to: Billy Goat (band), American band; William Windsor (goat), a goat also known as Billy the Goat; Billy Goat, a character in the Donald Duck universe; The Billy Goat Tavern, a chain of taverns mostly in the Chicago area. Sergeant Bill, a Canadian WW1 military mascot
Kogan has authored eight books, including: Yesterday's Chicago (co-authored with his father, Herman); Everybody Pays (co-authored with Maurice Possley), about the Chicago mob and the retrial of mob hit man Harry Aleman; America's Mom: The Life, Lessons and Legacy of Ann Landers; A Chicago Tavern: A Goat, a curse And the American Dream, about ...
Grant M. DePorter (born November 7, 1964) is a restaurateur from Chicago, U.S., who came to prominence in 2004 after he paid US$113,824.16 for a baseball which had played a role in the Chicago Cubs defeat in the 2003 National League Championship Series, and had the ball destroyed in a nationally televised event.
Through his columns, Royko helped make his favorite after-work bar, the Billy Goat Tavern, famous, and popularized the curse of the Billy Goat. Billy Goat's reciprocated by sponsoring the Daily News's 16-inch softball team and featuring Royko's columns on their walls. [17] Royko's columns were syndicated country-wide in more than 600 newspapers.
Billy Goat Tavern; C. The Cubby Bear; G. ... Marty's Martini Bar; Minibar (Chicago) Mirage Tavern; O. Old Town Ale House, Chicago ... Wikipedia® is a registered ...
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