Russell's Barbecue

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Russell's Barbecue
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Russell's Barbecue in 2018
Restaurant information
Established1930;95 years ago (1930)
Food type Barbecue
City Elmwood Park, Chicago
CountryUnited States

Russell's Barbecue is a barbecue restaurant in Elmwood Park, Illinois. It was established in 1930 and is the oldest continuously operating barbecue restaurant in Chicago. [1]

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History

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Neon sign at night

The restaurant was founded in 1930. [2] Jacob and Fannie Bernstein purchased the restaurant from its original owners in 1940, and sold it in 1980. [3] It was originally located on North Avenue, but was moved to Thatcher Avenue in the 1940s. [4] As of 1988, it had two additional locations in Glen Ellyn, Illinois and Rolling Meadows, Illinois. [5] It originally had a limited menu including hamburgers, ribs, barbecue chicken and sandwiches. The restaurant was established before the proliferation of smoked, South Side-style barbecue. Smoked meats were eventually added to the menu in 2011. [4] The restaurant also serves bottled barbecue sauce. [6]

The building is noted for its vintage, [5] Western-style architecture. [7]

The restaurant was featured in season two, episode three of The Bear. [8]

References

  1. ↑ Block, Daniel R.; Rosing, Howard B. (September 3, 2015). Chicago: A Food Biography. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 73. ISBN   978-1-4422-2727-9.
  2. ↑ Haddix, Carol; Kraig, Bruce; Sen, Colleen Taylor (August 16, 2017). The Chicago Food Encyclopedia. University of Illinois Press. ISBN   978-0-252-09977-9.
  3. ↑ "Fannie Bernstein: 1909 - 2007". Chicago Tribune. December 20, 2007. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  4. 1 2 Elsmo, Melissa (December 8, 2021). "Stepping back in time at Russell's Barbecue". Oak Park. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  5. 1 2 "VINTAGE RUSSELL'S STACKS TOP-NOTCH BARBECUE MEALS". Chicago Tribune. July 15, 1988. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  6. ↑ Elbert, Lisa (October 5, 2017). "Russell's Barbecue". Thrillist. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  7. ↑ Chicago. WFMT, Incorporated. 1976. p. 250.
  8. ↑ Pau, Kelly (July 3, 2023). "On "The Bear," Sydney's Chicago-wide smorgasbord liberates women from food guilt and girlbosses". Salon. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
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