Mel Markon's

The story

Mel Markon's eponymous Lincoln Park deli opened c.1976. Famous sweet-and-sour cabbage soup. Markon later opened Zanadu, Dixie Que, Bia for Mia. Died 2023. Original Lincoln Park West room long gone.

Everything that was here

• 1976–1989

  Mel Markon'sJewish Deli

  Mel Markon's eponymous Lincoln Park deli opened c.1976. Famous sweet-and-sour cabbage soup. Markon later opened Zanadu, Dixie Que, Bia for Mia. Died 2023. Original Lincoln Park West room long gone.

  See the map in 1977 →

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