Ann Sather Restaurant

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Ann Sather
Ann Sather Restaurant
Restaurant information
Established1945 (1945)
Owner(s) Tom Tunney
Previous owner(s)Ann Sather
Food typeSwedish cuisine
CityChicago
StateIllinois
CountryUS
Coordinates 41°56′23.82″N87°39′5.95″W / 41.9399500°N 87.6516528°W / 41.9399500; -87.6516528
Other locations Lakeview, Chicago, Edgewater, Chicago
Website www.annsather.com

Ann Sather's is a Chicago restaurant with locations in Lakeview, Chicago [1] and since 2012, a location in Edgewater, Chicago. [2] From 1987 to 2013, there was a location in Andersonville, Chicago. [3]

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Serving Swedish cuisine, Ann Sather opened the eponymous restaurant in 1945. When Sather retired in 1981, she sold the restaurant to Tom Tunney, a 24 year old graduate of Cornell University School of Hotel Administration. [4] Open for breakfast and lunch, they are famous for their cinnamon rolls. [5] Jeff Mauro calls them insane. [1] Tunney is credited with expanding the menu "to include the most famous breakfast in town." [2] They are also known for their potato sausage and Swedish pancakes. [2]

In 2019, Tunney made a deal with Tim Glascott for the Belmont Avenue location that will last for at least ten years, under a sale/lease back arrangement. [6]

In 2021, they were fined $2,000 (equivalent to $2,249in 2023) for violating indoor dining restrictions due to COVID. [7]

The restaurant appeared on The Best Thing I Ever Ate episode “Wake-up Call” where Ted Allen discussed the cinnamon roll. [8]

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References

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