You're Chicago sports fans.
You should be used to bitter by now.
If you can handle decades of heartache and disappointment, surely you can handle "The Chicago Handshake." C'mon--give it a shot!
Two new burger books by George Motz and Maggie Hennessy are great. But asked long ago why we are a country that is nuts for burgers, the late Sam Sianis of the Billy Goat put it, with brilliant simplicity, “People like them because they’re good.” https://t.co/haLbSjR1f0
REMEMBERING SAM: Sam and Mike Royko developed a legendary friendship. Now they're reunited.
“I miss Mike very much,” Sam says in May 2000. “I see Mike three, four times. Matter of fact, I see him three days ago. Mike come by here. It was when he was dead. I ask him if he remembers when I said, ‘Mike, if anything ever happen to me, I want you to keep the Billy Goat name alive.’ And he nods his head and I tell him, ‘Now that you are gone I am going to keep your name alive. I’m going to make sure your name will live forever.’”
Sam Sianis lived the American dream & showed us all how to be great Americans. Chicago has been so lucky to have Sam running the Billygoat Tavern here since he took it over from his uncle in the '60s.
My condolences to his family. May he rest in God's peace & eternal glory. 🕊️
Sam Sianis was a Chicago institution and a genuinely good person. The Billy Goat Tavern will live on but won’t be the same without him. RIP.
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Sam Sianis, the longtime owner of the Chicago's iconic Billy Goat Tavern, has died at the age of 91, the restaurant announced Friday. https://t.co/1c6YeNCnMl
Sam Sianis, legendary owner of the Billy Goat Tavern, died Friday from natural causes at Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital. He was 91. https://t.co/79hFmWWhpI