The story
Famous restaurant owned by Big Jim Colosimo, Chicago's first major crime boss. Colosimo assassinated here May 11, 1920 in the cloakroom, allowing Torrio and Capone to take over his empire. Fire damaged 1953, destroyed 1958.
Everything that was here
- 1910–1953
Colosimo's Caferestaurant
Famous restaurant owned by Big Jim Colosimo, Chicago's first major crime boss. Colosimo assassinated here May 11, 1920 in the cloakroom, allowing Torrio and Capone to take over his empire. Fire damaged 1953, destroyed…
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