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Harry Caray's Restaurant Group began
when the first Harry Caray's Italian
Steakhouse opened in Chicago's River
North neighborhood in 1987. Located at
33 W. Kinzie St. it was once home to
the notorious enforcer of the Al Capone
gang, Frank Nitti. He lived in an
apartment on the fourth floor with his
wife Annette, who’s family owned the
building. Harry Caray was a radio and
television broadcaster, covering Major
League Baseball teams beginning with a
long tenure calling the games of the
St. Louis Cardinals, Oakland Athletics,
and the Chicago White Sox before ending
his career as the announcer for the
Chicago Cubs.
Harry Caray's Restaurant had been designated the Official Home Plate of
the Chicago Cubs. The bar is 60 feet, 6
inches long, the exact distance from
the pitcher's mound to home plate. The
restaurant houses 1,500 pieces of
baseball memorabilia, including a bat
autographed by Sammy Sosa during the
period in 1998 when he set a record
with 20 home runs in a single month, as
well as items from Stan Musial, Ernie
Banks, Hank Aaron, Ted Williams and
others.
The front of the "Caray" Out menu features both of the Harry Caray's
Restaurant logos. At the bottom is a
welcome note from Caray that reads:
Hello again, everybody - Welcome to the friendly confines of Harry Caray's.
I've wanted a place like this for a
long time-a place where I could hang
out, relax and talk sports with my
friends. Well, here it is and I'm glad
you can be apart of it. You know, after
all all those years on the road dinning
out, I acquired a taste for really good
food. I think this menu shows you what
I mean-there's prime steaks, classic
Italian, good drink, and whole lot
more. So sit back, relax and have a
terrific time. Holy Cow, you've earned
it. Harry Caray (facsimile
Signature)
The back of
the heavy paper tri-fold menu lists the HC Restaurant group restaurant
locations, with the inner-fold
advertising Private Party booking. The
Harry Caray's Restaurant Dinner Menu on
the inside is divided into nine
categories: Soup, Appetizers, Salads,
Pasta, Sides, Steaks And Chops, Italian
Favorites, Seafood, and Beverages. The
third panel of the menu "Look Who's
Wild About Harry's!" lists restaurant
reviews, and at the bottom pictures a
Shirtless Harry Caray in shorts in the
booth. "HOLY COW!"
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