The story
Father/daughter team Bob Chinn and Marilyn Chinn LeTourneau purchased the shuttered former Alexander's Hartman House on December 23, 1982. Originally 175 seats, now seats 700+. Ranked by Forbes as America's top-grossing restaurant with estimated $24 million in annual revenue. Bob Chinn (March 2, 1923 – April 15, 2022) was born in Duluth, Minnesota to Chinese immigrant parents.
Everything that was here
- 1982–present · still open
Bob Chinn's Crab Houserestaurant
Father/daughter team Bob Chinn and Marilyn Chinn LeTourneau purchased the shuttered former Alexander's Hartman House on December 23, 1982. Originally 175 seats, now seats 700+. Ranked by Forbes as America's…
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Alexander's Hartman Houserestaurant, speakeasy
Restaurant where Al Capone allegedly supplied liquor during Prohibition. The building featured a watchtower on the south end that Capone used to watch for Prohibition agents coming up Milwaukee Avenue from Chicago.…
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