The Berghoff still has the magnificent murals, oak paneling and menu harkening back to an earlier Chicago. Miller’s Pub, on the other hand, doesn’t shoot for grandeur, even after a million-dollar renovation completed in 2018, the first since relocating to this location in 1989, just a workingman’s vision of postwar luxe dining. Its original location around the corner on Adams was a destination haunt of Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Harry Caray, Jimmy Durante, the first Mayor Daley and Bill Veeck. Located under the El tracks, the place still has big-shouldered personality and a brand of gruff class. (David Hammond)
Today in the Culture: March 19, 2021 | Arts fight against zoning ordinance grows | Restaurant Week starts DESIGN Culture killer Add Terrain Exhibitions and its Biennial to the list of things threatened by Ald. Sophia King's rezoning ordinance that would limit the use of houses as cultural institutions; they're encouraging supporters to write letters. (Preservation Chicago is collecting signatures on a petition.) DINING AND DRINKING Indulge yourself and save a job and maybe a business Chicago…
