Sunday, May 12, 2019

POSTCARD - CHICAGO - EL MAR CAFETERIA - 14 W RANDOLPH NEAR STATE - GRAND STAIRWAY AND MEZZANINE FLOOR - THIS BUILDING BECAME THE LOCATION OF THE RANDOLPH STREET THEATER, A SMALLER MOVIE THEATER WHICH OPENED AT THE END OF 1918 - THE RANDOLPH THEATER CLOSED AND IN 1933 THE EITEL BROTHERS OPENED THEIR OLD HEIDELBERG INN RESTAURANT HERE, A RESTAURANT CONCEPT THEY INTRODUCED AT THE 1933 WORLD'S FAIR - CARD BACK SAYS "THE MOST SPLENDID CAFETERIA IN THE WORLD" - 7 AM TO 7 30 PM - c1910