Neal S. Samors

The authors present a retrospective on Chicago's restaurants from the city's early years through present day, accompanied by residents' memories and images of neighborhood restaurants.

"This book, which includes almost 50 interviews with Chicagoans of different backgrounds, ... who focus on their recollections of growing up in America's second largest city, also includes almost 100 black and white photographs from numerous sections of the city and suburbs"--Page 2.

Explores the dynamic changes that have continuously shaped the greater Loop district, from the late nineteenth century to the present time.

"Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837, and for the years that followed before the Great Chicago Fire, the city grew slowly and steadily, finally becoming for a brief period the second largest city in America. After the Fire in 1871, the city rebuilt quickly and technological changes came with brick buildings, a more modern downtown and transportation system. This was the prologue to the concept of this new book about how Chicago has changed...