Throwback Thursday: Memories Writ in Neon and Cheese

Written By Editor on March 12, 2015 in Gold Coast, history, Oak Street, restaurants, State Street, _story

Chicago doesn’t have a minimum neon requirement in its business signs like Las Vegas does. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t prominent examples of the illuminating art around town. This sign for Papa Milano’s (951 North State Street) was a landmark in the Gold Coast neighborhood for decades, though the original restaurant opened on Diversey Parkway in 1933 (or maybe the other way around; the Tribune and the...