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blogger The Talmid noted, “to this day
other stores in Chicago try to market Milk Pail
their “Kosher-Karry-Style Drumettes,” (3320 WEST DEVON
but all fall short.” 1970-1999)
http://shasdaf.blogspot.com/2017/12/ In his blog entitled
in-memory-rabbi-yaakov-jack- Digital Research Library
morgulis-zl. of Illinois History Journal,
html
Illinois historian Neil Gale
Kosher Karry was owned and reminisced about working
managed by the Morgulises from at Wally’s Kosher Deli in
1992 until 2002, when its owners the Milk Pail, on Devon
retired. just west of McCormick
during his high school
Street view: Rabbi Avrohom years. (https://drloihjournal.
Isenberg at Kosher Karry
blogspot.com/2019/11/
wallys-deli-in-the-milk-pail-
lincolnwood-illinois.html)

La Misada Gale described the owners,
Wally and Steve Brin, as “nice
(HYATT REGENCY HOTEL, people,” who were always
151 EAST WACKER DRIVE upbeat and treated everybody
1988-1993) kindly. Wally Brin owned the Deli
from 1970 until 1986, when he
In November of 1988, the Hyatt Regency Hotel opened retired. Steve took over at that
what the Chicago Tribune announced would be the “only time, and two years later, after
glatt kosher restaurant in downtown.” (Chicago Tribune, his father’s passing, renamed
9/20/1988) Along the way, it added hot and cold customized the business, “Wally’s Milk Pail
kosher meals to go. (Chicago Tribune, 1/5/1990) La Misada and Deli.” With a new partner,
(the word Misada means restaurant in Hebrew) was in its Harry Friedman, Steve turned the
third year of operation when Alon Ben Gurion, the grandson establishment into a strictly kosher
of Israeli Prime Minister David Ben Gurion, joined the staff deli and grocery store which he
of the Hyatt as the hotel’s food and beverage executive, operated through 1999.
overseeing the operations of the Hyatt’s varied restaurants.
“We want La Misada to appeal to all people because of the Credit for all 4 Milk Pail images:
quality of the food, the ambiance, the service, with the https://drloihjournal.blogspot.
kosher aspect being just one part of the dining experience,” com/2019/11/wallys-deli-in-the-milk-
he said. “Food should always be an experience.” (Chicago pail-lincolnwood-illinois.html
Tribune, 9/12/1991)
Remembered by many
as an outstanding
restaurant, in the end
La Misada reportedly
failed for lack of
support. (Chicago Sun
Times, September 22,
2000, page 58)

Menu, La Misada,
August 1993

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