Archive ID: 1983-004-17

Milan’s Restaurant and Pizzeria in Hegewisch

Date Created: undated

Donor: Sam Panayatovich

Media Type: Photograph

Language: English

Backstory:

Original Milan’s Restaurant at 13301 Baltimore in downtown Hegewisch around 1950. The restaurant was owned by Milan Panayotovich, whose parents, Sam and Ella, previously operated Sam’s Snack Shop at the same Hegewisch location. Sam and Ella had immigrated to Southeast Chicago from Serbia. Milan’s was located in a building built in 1888 that was formerly home to the Hegewisch Opera House. It would later become the location of Cousins Restaurant which opened in 1969.

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Milan’s Restaurant and Pizzeria in Hegewisch

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