Food Industry News® July 2013
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City of Chicago: Fix Up the Aragon or We’ll Tear It Down Food Industry News Valerie Miller President and Publisher Mark Braun Associate Publisher Terry Minnich Editor Cary Miller Advertising/Vice President Paula Mueller Classifieds/Office Management Nick Panos Corporate Counsel ––––– James Contis 1927-2013 Food Industry News Issue 7, July 2013 (ISSN #1082-4626) is published monthly, $49.95 for a three-year subscription, by Foodservice Publishing, 1440 Renaissance Drive, Suite 210, Park Ridge, IL 60068-1452. Periodical postage paid at Park Ridge, IL, and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Food Industry News, 1440 Renaissance Drive, Suite 210, Park Ridge, IL 60068-1452. ___________________________ For advertising or editorial information, call (847) 699-3300; Fax (847) 699-3307, or online: www.foodindustrynews.com This publication cannot and does not assume the responsibility for validity of claims made for the products described herein. Copyright © 2013 Foodservice Publishing Co., Inc.
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A list of violations in the Aragon and Riviera theaters have Aragon Real Estate LLC owners Luis Rossi, and Ivan and Mercedes Fernandez facing stiff fines according to records obtained by DNAinfo, Chicago. DNAinfo further says that the city claims that “the levying of a fine is not an adequate remedy,” and asks for an order authorizing the the city “to demolish, repair, enclose or clean up,” the buildings and if necessary, “a judgment against defendants and a lien on the subject property for these costs.” The violations were over several hundred days old. Jerry Mickelson’s Jam Productions, which owns the Uptown Theatre, is also behind the LLC that owns the Riviera.
Food Trucks Feeding the Streets of Chicago You’re in Chicago, it’s lunchtime and you’re hungry. You want something different, but you have a limited amount of time and you don’t want to “break the bank” either. You take to Twitter and find out that your favorite food truck is slated to pull up about a block away from your location in about five minutes. Lunch just came to you, and you didn’t even have to order-in! Convenience, speed and variety are just some of what food trucks offer a busy Chicagoan on a squeezed schedule. One of Chicago’s newest food trucks, and the first one to receive a license from the City of Chicago to cook and sell deep dish pizza from a food truck is Giordano’s Famous Stuffed Pizza. It will sell personal pizzas, soft drinks, salads and other Giordano’s favorites. Twitter: @GiordanosPizza to find their latest mobile location. Look for more of our Local Food Truck Wheelers and Dealers spotlights in this issue.
Giordano’s Famous Stuffed Pizza is the first restaurant to receive a license from the City of Chicago for cooking and selling individual deep dish pizzas from a food truck. (Picture source: Facebook.com/GiordanosPizza)
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