June 19, 1950 – The Chicago Daily Tribune reports that a large addition is being
constructed and will expand the Berghoff Restaurant at 17 West Adams Street to
double its present size. The restaurant will
expand westward to provide additional space for kitchens and cold storage
lockers. New dining rooms on the first
floor and basement will be “in the traditional German style characteristic of
the 52 year old restaurant . . . Large murals by Peter Diem and Jean Nordinger
will portray scenes of the ‘90s at the World’s Columbian exposition and at the
corner of State and Adams sts. where the late Herman Berghoff founded the
restaurant in 1898.” [Chicago Daily Tribune, June 19, 1950]
Berghoff came to Chicago from Fort Wayne, Indiana to run a restaurant at the
1893 fair. He saw the future of Chicago
as providing a huge business opportunity and established a restaurant with a
capacity of 100 diners at the corner of Adams and State Streets. In 1913, when that building was torn down, he
moved a half-block west to the location halfway down the block on Adams.
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