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Wholey's / ˈ w ʊ l iː z /, officially known as Robert Wholey & Co. Inc., is a prominent fish market and grocery store in Pittsburgh's historic Strip District neighborhood. [1] The store is known for its vintage decor, that includes a suspended model train, a bronze pig, and several animatronics.
Burhop's Seafood is a privately owned seafood retailer and one-time wholesaler and full-service restaurant founded in 1926 by Albert E. Burhop in Chicago, Illinois.. The company is best known for having partnered with Clarence Birdseye in the 1920s to transport refrigerated seafood into the Midwestern United States for the first time.
The original Wildfire location on Erie Street in Chicago. The first restaurant, R.J. Grunts in Lincoln Park, opened on June 10, 1971. [1] It is still in operation, as of 2024. [2] The company lists nine original partners: Bill Higgins, Melman, Bill Frost, Bob Wattel, Charles Haskell, Orzoff, Marvin Magid, Danny Koval and Fred Joast. [3]
The original fish market opened in 1981 on Indian River Drive, along the Indian River Lagoon. It moved to a second location, then opened a third. 42-year-old fish market and seafood restaurant ...
A since-closed Arthur Treacher's co-branded with a Nathan's Famous in Downtown Pittsburgh. The chain is the namesake of Arthur Treacher (1894–1975), an English character actor typecast as "the perfect butler" for his performances as Jeeves, as a butler in several Shirley Temple films, and the role of Constable Jones in Walt Disney Productions' Mary Poppins. [5]
Chicago. Once described by a critic as "Chicago's finest Italian restaurant," Spiaggia had a loyal following for 37 years. After closing early in the pandemic temporarily, the restaurant announced ...
They were ahead of McDonald's in those days. When they went public, every franchisee became a multi-millionaire. Within a year the company was worth 500 million [dollars], from two million [dollars]. [14] When the deal was consummated, KFC said they planned to have 1,000 combined company-owned and franchised H. Salt Fish & Chips stores by 1973 ...
The bones of the original 1950s building were made of old pine. On the rafters clung residue from the decades of fryer baskets, a small bit of every flounder, shrimp and oyster sent out to the ...