The story
Morakalis and Prassas redecorated and upgraded the menu, turning the century-old Sugar Bowl into a pancake and omelette destination attached to the Miner Street Tavern.
Everything that was here
- 2009–present · still open
Sugar Bowl RestaurantRestaurant
Reopened in 2009 as a breakfast house under the original 1957 neon.
See the map in 2010 → - 1997–2009
Sugar Bowl (Vlahopoulos era)Restaurant
The candy-shop interior was gutted in 1997 to make a conventional restaurant.
See the map in 1998 → - 1921–1997
Sugar Bowl Sweet ShopRestaurant
A 1921 soda fountain and candy shop that grew into a Des Plaines institution under three generations of one family.
See the map in 1922 →
Nearby history
Des Plaines Theatre (Onesti Entertainment)
1476 Miner Street · 56 m away
After a $6.7 million city-funded restoration, the theatre reopened on Halloween night 2021 with Kevin Costner & Modern W
The Choo-Choo
600 Lee Street · 114 m away
A 1951 diner where a model train delivers your burger basket, still running in its 1956 building.
Des Plaines History Center / Kinder House Museum
781 Pearson Street · 285 m away
The city's history museum has lived in a relocated 1907 mansion since 1978.
McDonald's No. 1 Store (Ray Kroc Franchise)
400 Lee Street · 506 m away
Maine North High School
9511 Harrison St, Des Plaines, IL 60016 · 976 m away
Des Plaines Methodist Camp Ground
1250 Campground Road · 1.2 km away
One of the oldest continuously used Methodist camp meeting grounds in the Chicago area, founded in 1860 and listed on th
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