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Restaurant information | |
Established | 1945 |
Owner(s) | Tom Tunney |
Previous owner(s) | Ann Sather |
Food type | Swedish cuisine |
City | Chicago |
State | Illinois |
Country | US |
Coordinates | 41°56′23.82″N 87°39′5.95″W / 41.9399500°N 87.6516528°W |
Other locations | Lakeview, Chicago, Edgewater, Chicago |
Website |
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Ann Sather's is a Chicago restaurant with locations in Lakeview, Chicago [1] and since 2012, a location in Edgewater, Chicago. [2] From 1987 to 2013, there was a location in Andersonville, Chicago. [3]
Serving Swedish cuisine, Ann Sather opened the eponymous restaurant in 1945. When Sather retired in 1981, she sold the restaurant to Tom Tunney, a 24 year old graduate of Cornell University School of Hotel Administration. [4] Open for breakfast and lunch, they are famous for their cinnamon rolls. [5] Jeff Mauro calls them insane. [1] Tunney is credited with expanding the menu "to include the most famous breakfast in town." [2] They are also known for their potato sausage and Swedish pancakes. [2]
In 2019, Tunney made a deal with Tim Glascott for the Belmont Avenue location that will last for at least ten years, under a sale/lease back arrangement. [6]
In 2021, they were fined $2,000 (equivalent to $2,249 in 2023) for violating indoor dining restrictions due to COVID. [7]
The restaurant appeared on The Best Thing I Ever Ate episode “Wake-up Call” where Ted Allen discussed the cinnamon roll. [8]