The current owner has run it since around 2000, keeping the period details intact: formica tables, coin-operated gumball machines by the door, the kind of diner that hasn't needed to reinvent itself to stay busy.
For a round-the-clock diner with this much Chicago history, being a recurring film location almost a century into its run says plenty about how well it's held up.
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