Ceres Cafe
| Ceres Cafe | |
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 Ceres Cafe in the Board of Trade building in 2014 | |
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| Restaurant information | |
| City | Chicago |
| State | Illinois |
| Country | United States |
Ceres Cafe is a diner in the lobby of the Chicago Board of Trade Building.[1][2] It takes its name from the Roman goddess Ceres, which is a statue on the top of the building.[3] It has been known as a place for commodities traders that serves very strong alcoholic beverages.[4][5]
History
The restaurant began as Broker's Inn in 1967[6] and then moved to its current location and changed its name in December 1989.[3][7] In 2019, Chicago Police superintendent Eddie Johnson was found asleep in his car after having “a couple of drinks” at Ceres.[8]
References
- ^ "Ceres restaurant at the Board of Trade". tribunedigital-chicagotribune. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
- ^ "As Silence Falls on Chicago Trading Pits, a Working-Class Portal Also Closes". The New York Times. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
- ^ a b "Ceres Café known for chicken tortilla soup and generous fish sandwich - tribunedigital-chicagotribune". Articles.chicagotribune.com. 2012-01-26. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
- ^ "Chicago Reader". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
- ^ "Ceres Cafe, Destroyer of Careers".
- ^ "The Essentials: Ceres Cafe in Chicago". redeyechicago.com. 2014-09-29. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
- ^ "July 28, 1989 - Woman breaks barrier at Inland | Chicago Tribune Archive". Archives.chicagotribune.com. 1989-07-28. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
- ^ "'Two or three drinks at Ceres will get anyone in trouble' — Chicago police superintendent's problems allegedly began at legendary downtown bar".