Quiz: How Well Do You Know Chicago Restaurant History?

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Are you ready for Chicago Restaurant Week? While you wait to be seated, test your knowledge of some of Chicago's favorite foodie spots in this quiz by our bloggers Angie, Beth, Beverly, Jade, Johanna, Michelle, Paul, Sarah and SarahD. Then stop on in to see our current exhibit, A Taste of Charlie Trotter -- no reservations required.

In 1971, Richard Melman and Jerry A. Orzoff founded Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises with the opening of which restaurant?
The restaurants and cafeterias catering to workers and shoppers near Madison and Clark streets at the turn of the 20th century became known as?
Which iconic 7th floor Chicago restaurant was the first to open in a department store?
Which hotel was home to Chicago’s first upscale restaurant?
Which Chicago restaurant did then-state Senator Barack Obama claim as a favorite during his 2001 appearance on WTTW’s Check Please?
Which pizzeria first served up Chicago’s deep dish pie?
Why do ladies and children receive Milk Duds at Lou Mitchell’s restaurant?
Which Al created and opened the first Al’s Italian Beef?
Which eating establishment was cast as the Soul Food Café, where Aretha Franklin sings “Think,” in the 1980 film The Blues Brothers?
Which restaurant has the distinction of being known as Chicago’s first Chinese restaurant?
Which sports figure did NOT open a restaurant with his name in Chicago?
Which Chicago restaurant appears in the opening scene of My Best Friend’s Wedding?
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