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Twenty years later, the restaurant,
renamed for its new proprietor, Sol Bowl and Blintz
Segal, featured an Israeli décor at (SHERMAN HOUSE, ARCADE LEVEL,
the same location. It moved to 76 1971-1972)
West Lake Street in the mid-fifties
and operated at both locations for The closure of Segal’s left the downtown Chicago Loop
some time. Ads still referred to it without a kosher eatery. Beginning in 1971, there was an
as Segal’s Tel Aviv or “formerly Tel effort made to solicit membership subscriptions for a new
Aviv”, and it continued its Pesach restaurant in the area, resulting in the creation of Bowl and
traditions. The restaurant closed Blintz, a dairy restaurant
in 1969. Incidentally, Sol Segal located in the Sherman
was the father of the family who House Hotel at Clark and
founded the Crate and Barrel Randolph. Despite efforts to
stores and provided part of the expand the menu, revamp
funding for that enterprise. He the price structure, and
The Sentinel passed away in 1993. improve customer service,
April 23,1959 page 24 Bowl and Blintz was short-
lived, closing by the end of
Loop Kosher Cafeteria 1972.

Restaurant opening announced
(236 SOUTH WABASH, in The Sentinel April 8, 1971
1954-1955)

Ad for the Loop Kosher
Cafeteria appearing in The
Sentinel, January 6, 1955

An attempt to bring Café HaNegev
a kosher cafeteria to
the Chicago Loop area (6407 CALIFORNIA AVE.,
occurred in the mid- MID-1980S)
1950s. Morris Barach, Israeli scenic paintings
a downtown diamond brightened the walls
merchant, secured a of Café HaNegev, one
location that could of the early Israeli
accommodate two restaurants. It offered
operations – a daily cafeteria, and a private meeting and a self-service Middle
event catering and waitress service for up to 200 guests. Eastern meat menu
After a mere six months of operation, however, he decided along with American-
to sell, “at a great sacrifice to the right people” feeling style hamburgers and
unable to do justice to both the restaurant operation and other sandwiches.
his already established business.
Israeli family in Café Hanegev 1987 Credit: Chicago History
Museum, ICHi-039730; James Newberry, photographer

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