Does the city of Chicago realize what a treasure you are? The library or chamber should hire you! I was born in Chicago, raised in Arlington heights, but have lived in Iowa since leaving for college in fall 1970. I LOVE your Facebook posts! Thanks! Barbara S.

Greetings, Let me start by saying you have a fantastic website which brings back many good memories, I am sure many people appreciate your work. Doug O.

Craig, I remember when Chicago was number one at EVERYTHING !!!!!!!! Now I look at your site and shake my head and cry sometimes as I no longer see the great city I once knew.. As a truck driver ( old one) I really see the impact of lost manufacturing.. You do a GREAT job on the site, Joe W. Hello, I was so happy to find your website, I also have fond memories of places that no longer exist.I love to go back to my childhood/teen years and revisit where I made so many memories. Rachel R. It was so much fun taking a trip down memory lane. Places I hadn't thought about since I was a kid. I got on the phone and called my 83 yr. old aunt just to reminisce after looking at your website. I'm shocked that you don't have over a million likes/viewers. Anyone who was alive and living in Chicago in the 60's/70's like me, would just love this. Great Job! Thanks for getting back to me. Both my parents are gone now, but your page/site put a big smile on my face thinking about the places we went when I was growing up. I will be sure to share this with as many people as possible. Dave P.



Hi Craig, I stumbled onto your website tonight and wanted to tell how much fun it was looking at every picture!

Anyway, keep doing what you do because that really brought back some memories! Thank you so much. Donna L.

Let me start by saying you have a fantastic website which brings back many good memories, I am sure many people appreciate your work. Doug O.

You have ALL the treasures and I want you to know how much I appreciate you sharing them. Just wonderful. Thank you, Edie A.





DEAR SIR, I JUST FOUND YOUR LISTS AND, BOY, DO THEY BRING BACK MEMORIES OF MY YOUTH IN CHICAGO. Ludwig R.



I just found your page Craig . Someone posted on my Proviso East HS page! Good job! Michelle C.



I just found your web page and I love it. I lived in Lombard as a kid until 1966 then came back to Glen Ellen and later Carol Stream after the service in 70. I truly enjoyed seeing some of the old stores and restaurants and all the vintage signs. Ronald L.



Craig, I love looking at all the pictures, you've collected! Take care, Valerie T.

Craig, I enjoyed seeing and remembering restaurants from the past on your website. Thanks for the memories! Rosalie D.

Craig, You mentioned your parents had gone to the Chez Paree for their high school prom well, I did too as graduate of Lake View High School class of 1958. I have enjoyed your trip back in time…..well done! Carole C.



Craig: Although not a “native” Chicagoan having moved here in 1970 your stroll down those days of yesteryear are wonderful! Jim S.

Craig, I thoroughly enjoyed looking at all the pictures. Jane J.



Hi Craig, First off thank you so much for creating this website, it is amazing! I am a lover of anything lost or forgotten so I appreciate the effort you put into this! Again, thank you for your site, my name is Charlotte F





Hello, first I want to thank you. My husband and I both grew up in Chicago, did nursing and medical school in the area and then ended up in Berwyn for my husbands residency. I worked in downtown Chicago all through college and I loved it then, and love it now. So many of those restaurants and places we have such memories. You captured most of our childhood and our adulthood til we were 32 and 26 . That's when we had to move to Kissimmee FL .Thanks for making a bunch of people in Florida happy tonight. Our Best Regards, Dr. Mandel and Susan Miller. P.S. I am sending this to my Dad. He will love it.

Your website is absolutely wonderful! thank you for the memories. I grew up on the west side and had many dinners at Febo’s restaurant (a place where Bob Hope used to go when he was in town) and Toscano’s restaurant. two very Italian restaurants. I looked for them on your site and they are not there. I wish I had photos of them to share, but alas, do not. again….thank you!!!! Sue B.







Very cool – right up my alley! "Elton" Jim Turano / Garry Meier Show / WGN Radio 720

Love the web site. Thanks for the memories, Jamie R.

I do want to thank you for all your hard work in putting this together, it is so awesome to look at. I live in Southern California now so I don't get to see my old neighborhood much any more. Tami M.

Hi – I’ve been enjoying your website, Craig’sLostChicago, Kevin B.

I really enjoy your site, Darren F.

Hi, I loved looking at the old Chicago area pictures. I forgot to mention that my next-door neighbor, who is 92, once worked as a dice girl, hostess, and waitress years ago at places such as George Diamond's, The Cart, and I think a few on Rush Street. She enjoyed seeing the pictures of them on your website.Tamara S.

I love your website. Robert R.

Hi Craig, I wanted to let you know that your website is unbelievable & I think a lot of people have forgotten about a lot of the places & things that you have brought together here. Craig's Lost Chicago takes everyone back to the way things used to be in the Chicagoland area. Great job! & keep up the fine work bringing back many lost memories. Thanks, Jeff (The Cookie Store And More) http://www.chicagocookiestore.com/index.html

Although the original Maurice Lennel Cooky Co . closed it's Norridge factory in 2008, I wanted to let everyone know that your favorite Maurice Lennel cookies are now being produced in McComb, Ohio. Two years after Maurice Lennel declared bankruptsy, Hearthside Foods (a Chicago-based baking co.) aquired the brand. Now using the original equipment from 1937, including the original cookie dyes to make Lennel's unique shapes, nine varieties are again being manufactured. In 2010, Jeff Bach & his brother Russell opened " The Cookie Store & More" located at 3829 N. Harlem Ave. in Norridge & is the only place in Chicago you can now purchase all 9 varieties of the "new" Maurice Lennel Cooky classics. Be sure & stop in & browse their huge selection of old-time Chicago classics & please tell them Craig sent you .

I was pleased to view your Lost Chicago website this afternoon. I heard about your site from the fellow running the Cookies and More Store on Harlem Avenue and it was everything he said it was. Keep up the good work on your Lost Chicago website, James H.



Hello Craig: Hi Craig, I was very interested to see your site about Lost Chicago Restaurants. I remember so many of those restaurants it’s amazing. It brought back so many memories with my parents.Thank you, Chris G Craig, your website is unbelievable. Keep up the great work & thanks. I’ll stock up on Kleenex… Rick M. This is a great site, I enjoyed memories. Thank you, Laura A.



Great job. Don M.



Craig, thanks for the wonderful job you do. Patrick C.

Craig, thanks for the wonderful job you do. Patrick C.

Hi Craig, I wanted to let you know that I came across your website when I was doing a search on "whatever happened to Cock Robin restaurants." It used to be a favorite place of my Dad's, especially for ice cream back when I was a kid. I find too that as I get older, I like to reminisce about past times. I grew up in the city, not too far from the northern suburbs. My Dad liked to drive and would take my sister and I all over the city and the suburbs if he wanted to go somewhere and check some place out. My paternal grandparents lived around the northwest suburbs too, so we were always going shopping or out to eat in those areas, too. What a labor of love your website is, and I wanted to thank you for it. It is amazing how one's memory is jogged for forgotten places, when one starts to look at reminders again, such as the places one sees on your website. :) As I was looking at your website, I had such a smile on my face. I kept exclaiming, "Oh, I remember___!" I had forgotten about some of the radio stations listed, and had also forgotten about some of the local food brands and restaurants, too. So, here is a toast to you from a can of long-forgotten "Yummy" pop, which used to be one of my favorite brands, by the way, saying, "Thanks for the memories." Sincerely, Katie

Craig-- Just wanted to drop you a line to say THANKS for such an awesome website and Facebook Page you have created celebrating the Chicagoland Area I knew as a kid growing up in and near Aurora IL. It was such a joy looking through ALL your photos just tonight. Although I only lived in that area from the time I was born, 1967, until the end of 8th Grade, 1981, you have collected quite a few of the things I recall the best about being up in that part of Illinois. Please keep up the great work here! Take care and thanks again for all your hard work. Steve K.

Living now downstate near Springfield IL.



Thanks for the memories....I grew up in Chicago's north suburbs, but now I am retired in sunny Florida, and I loved all the memories this website brought back. I must admit though, it did make me feel old to realize how much I remembered.

Bobbi S.



Craig, Thank for helping us to remember the Chicago we grew up with. Mark J.

Hello Craig, Thanks for reminding me that I am getting old, LOL. I am so glad someone put together something about the “real” Chicago area we all grew up in. The history of this city is often focused on downtown or the history of labor, politics, crime, or race relations. This is the real Chicago we all remember. Oh well, “Time Marches On” as Tracy Lawrence once sang (it marched on for him too. He hasn’t had a hit record about 15 years). Enjoy the day and thank’s again for turning back the clock. Nice to see so many cars of our youth in these pictures too, cool. Bob B.



Oh wow! I wanted to write a 6 page response with all the memories it brought up! So many memories! I'm in North Carolina now but was in Chicago from 1959-2008. So glad you've done this. I will send this to a ton of people, Stephen V.

Craig, Yea, yea…. Like all the other praise you’ve received about your website… I’d just like to add my own two cents….. remarkable, it's like you're in my head. Pictures of Frazier Thomas & all of the Garfield Goose shows hit me in the heart. I can’t believe that you were able to get some of those pictures like Bell's Apple Orchard & Hawthorn Mellody Farms. Thanks so much for memorializing the past that so many of us lived in! You’re a true Hero. Many Gratitudes, Herb S. (Lafayette, CA)

It is nice to see someone else taking the initiative to preserve knowledge of the past. Cats lair Archives www.doorcountywihistory.weebly.com

Loved your Website !! God Bless! Teri A.

I left Chicagoland (from Lincolnwood) just about 30 years ago (for the Bay Area of California), so even though I come back every year, much of what you captured on your site is still how I picture Chicago in my mind. I cherish the images that you were able to obtain. I’m always playing “What was at the corner of …..” with my friends & family. I hope it’s OK….. I’ve put a link to your site on the Niles West Alumni group page on “LinkedIn”.

All I can say is AMAZING !!!!! And Thank You !!!! So many memories. Doug



I loved the site. I forwarded it to quite a few people. I was in Chicago from 1946 till 2002, so I remember quite a few of the sites . Thanks again for a wonderful site. Nancy W.

Hi, great website thanks! Sincerely, Sue R.



Hello Craig, I would like to thank you for a terrific website, keep up the great work! Second City Guitars



Love your web site, Linda B.

Awesome website!!! I've bookmarked your website as a favorite. I can't wait to show my kids Thanks for the memories!! Susan W. (Formerly from Arlington Hts)



"Thanks! You have a great site! Lots of memories there. :D" Michelle D.



Hi Craig, WOW! What a fun trip down memory lane ... Really nice, Thank you! Don S.

You have created an amazing, wonderfully reminiscent of The things that have made Chicago the wonderful place it is! Thank You! Michelle

I love this site! I married and moved to TX years ago but have loved remembering Lost Chicago on your site. Felicia P.

Thanks for the memories, I love your site. Robert M.

Really enjoy your lost Chicago site. Brings back soooo many memories, thank you very much. Frank

Great Website! I'm only 46, but those pictures bring back memories. Thanks for having this! Again, fantastic site! Kevin

Hi, I loved looking at your web site. Karen D.



Hey Craig, ahhhhh, the memories.Jan C.



Love the Craig's Lost Chicago site! Thanks for all the memories! Christine J. (native of the NW Burbs)

Hello, thank you for the wonderful website and photos and memories of my hometown. I am retired now and live in South Florida. I have forwarded the website address on to many many friends who have gravitated far from home, but still love the pictures and memories. Keep up the good work. I'll be checking your site often. Sincerely, Marietta B.

Craig, cool website. Jim H.

Thanks, Craig. I live in Ankara, Turkey now so it was especially dear to see the places we went. I sent your email to my best friend of 50+ years, Jane who is still in the area. She loved it, too. Patricia B.



Loved your site... Jim B.

Your website is incredible, of course I could tell hundreds of stories like everyone who views these pages ... memories galore. Thanks! Antique Detective



Great Website! Amy F.

Bob S.



Great site! Pete R.



Love your website! Judy F.

Craig, (thanks for taking me back in time and making me feel old!!!)Great site! Pete R.

Really enjoyed this! I'll be back. Thanks again! Gary



Craig, I love your site and appreciate all the memories, and your hard work. Becky E.



Craig, Great site! Kimberly K.



Craig, found about your website this morning -- just spent entirely too much time on it! Thanks, it's way cool. Ellen K.



Craig, phenomenal, love it. Norm W.



Craig, I love your website. Thank you, Jerry S.





I really enjoyed your website of closed places and things. Thanks for all. Steve B.





Thanks for a very memorable viewing experience, Mark K.

Wonderful site. Thank you, Perry



Hello, I've been enjoying your web site since discovering it a few days ago. THANK YOU, Don B.



Thank you! Your website is a gem. I grew up in Chicago, starting in Uptown in the late 60s. It brings back a lot of memories, great lists! I'm going to show it to my mom and dad the next time I see them, Travis M.



Hi Craig, thanks... I loved see ing all the old haunts, TV & the rest. Wonderful trip down memory lane, Great Job!!!! Marie A. Chicago 1946-1977 / Calif 1977-present ( but I still go "home" every year!)

Craig, great idea & website. Keep up the fantastic work, Jared Shumicki | Sun-Times Media / Account Executive

Craig, Love your lost Chicago series. Michelle W.



Dear Craig, thanks for making a place for some to find and join in the festivities. Kudos & keep up the good work... it's a good legacy. Spencer S. in Wisconsin!



I was referred to your website and found it both fascinating and nostalgic. Keep up the good work, Joe



Great site Craig. Really. A lot of work to preserve memories. Keep up the good work!!! Amazing Site! Jennifer L.



Your Lost Chicago work is awesome. I grew up on the Northwest side of Chicago in the 50's and 60's. Bill K. Des Plaines, IL.

Craig, love the photos thanks, Fred B.



Hi Craig, what a trip down Memory lane! Thanks, Violet V.

Thanks for the memories, Mim S. (Richmond, VA.)



(Wauwatosa, WI.) former Chicagoan



Thanks for the memori es, I grew up in Chicago during the late ‘30s and all of the ‘40s & then my family moved to Wheaton. J. Ward O. (Woodburn, OR.)

Love the site, it really brings back memories of my youth! Thanks! John V. ( Chandler, AZ) originally from Blue Island, IL .

Hello, your site is awsome. Thanks, Billie S.



As a long time Chicagoan, I really enjoyed your site. Brought back many memories of great places long gone. Thanks for all your efforts! George R.

We just discovered your site and just love it. It brought back so many memories, thank you. Kevin D.



Hi: Really enjoyed this walk down memory lane....Enjoyed seeing all the stores, restaurants, etc., great job. Respectfully, JoAnn H.



Love your site of Chicago memories. David D.

Hi Craig…. Awsome Site, somehow I got a hold of one of your business cards and that is what led me to your site. These photos and logos are amazing. Thank you for helping me waste two hours at work today! Again, great site, and keep up the good work! Mike B.



This is an excellent site and brings me back again and again. Thanks for your work, Jay L.





Craig, I enjoyed this immensely

Hi Craig - I got a little misty eyed as I looked at my childhood memories flash before my eyes. Great job! Thanks! Geri B.Awsome site....... thanks for doing this, sure brought back a lot of fun & happy memories. Michelene P., thanks so much & may God bless you for making so many people smile, including me! Maureen C.Hey Craig, keep up the great work. Richard F.

Hi Craig, what an awesome website. Brought back sooooo many memories for us. It must have taken you a long time to compose all of this. This is really a great job. I am going to forward this to my kids and friends. Thanks for all the memories, Cousin Mike & Pat M.



First of all..... Your site is awesome. Every category takes me back to a place and time of my youth growing up in Chicagoland. YOU ARE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB OF GATHERING AND PUBLISHING MEMORIES OF MANY "Older" CHICAGOANS "Younger Years." I'm a big fan of your site and told have my childhood pals about your site and the interest is amazing. They're sending me as many photos of our old neighborhood places of interest they can find.

THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES, Sal C.



Craig, you put together wonderful website! I grew up in Park Ridge and Des Plaines in the 50's and 60's, and your photos sure bring back a wealth of memories. Thanks again for the effort you put into your website. ~ Bob S.

Hi Craig, First of all I love your website it brings back many lost memories. All the Best ....Ron



Hi! My husband and I loved our trip down memory lane while looking at all the places you listed. Thanks for taking the time to do this, we appreciate it! John and Joyce S.



Craig, I love the site! Keep up the great work. Glenn H.



Hi Craig, The entire graduating class of 1973 from Arlington Heights High School enjoyed this, and is still talking about it on our Facebook 1973 reunion page. So many memories! I passed it along to nearly my entire email contact list and your page is bringing many other people back to times when things were just a little slower, simpler and easier. Linda O.



Hi, I love your site! It brought back so many memories! Thanks! Mike G.



Enjoyed your web site very much Craig, and so did my father who sent it to me! So appreciate that you've done this work, Craig... thank you! Dottie S.



Craig, I love the site! Keep up the great work. Glenn H.Hi Craig, The entire graduating class of 1973 from Arlington Heights High School enjoyed this, and is still talking about it on our Facebook 1973 reunion page. So many memories! I passed it along to nearly my entire email contact list and your page is bringing many other people back to times when things were just a little slower, simpler and easier. Linda O.Hi, I love your site! It brought back so many memories! Thanks! Mike G.

Thanks for the walk down memory lane, Michelle R.

Thanks for doing that, brought a lot of memories back! Karen W.



Hello! I love what you are doing! Thanks for the memories!! Bud E.



Fabulous!!!! I was born in Chicago in 1928. (now live in Tucson since 1999) Where did you get all those pictures? You have done a fabulous job! Joan L.



Your sight is great. I appreciate the memories, Florence M.

Craig, Thanks for the great job you have done with this web site. I know you have put many smiles on people's face's and warm feelings in their heart with their memories. Once again great job, Bill O.

Hi There,Thanks for taking the time to compile this list, it brought back a lot of memories.Louise M.



Great web site, Edward K.



Hello! Just found out about your site through a friend's FB posting, it's fantastic! Lots of memories from growing up in Chicago.Thanks again for an awesome site, best of luck and looking forward to even more featured memories! Ray R. (Dallas, TX.)



Love The site! Great job - please keep it up. So many memories... Best, Brian L.





I’d appreciate permission to post a link to your site on our class website: www.nilehi63.com!! (We are the chronologically next class from Niles to celebrate a 50th anniversary!) All of us wax nostalgic when it comes to the Chicago of our growing up years! Thanks for reminding us of what used to be our Chicago! Cheryl S.



Good day Craig, I was just forwarded information about your site today & am glad for it, I like all that you've put together, great job! I have shared out your site via Facebook on both my personal & professional pages.. I think a lot of people will really enjoy it. Thank you very much & have a wonderful day! Dennis K.



Thank you so much for the memories! Kathy J.

Hi Craig awesome website thanks, Patrick C.

memories

Great website, Bobbie K.





I saw your Lost Chicago memories website and really enjoyed seeing the. Thanks, JoElla M.

Thank you so much for the walk down memory lane. Wonderful website, & I'm passing it along to my Sister. Thank you again, Nancy F.



Your site brought back many memories Bonnie M. (refugee from Chicago's slushy winters)



Hello, I like your work! Chris R.







Quite an extensive list, It was fun to remember. Naomi M.



From the Uptown Update website News & Commentary from Chicago's Uptown Neighborhood : Tuesday, 8/21/12

If you've lived in Chicago for any length of time, you'll probably get a few memory jolts from Craig's Lost Chicago, a website of shops, manufacturing, fun, and food that used to be in Chicago, but has left for one reason or another (out of business, left Chicago, or consolidated with another company). Enjoy browsing Craig's Lost Chicago for some memories!







Love Craig's Lost Chicago... I LOVE THIS SITE! Dennis L.



Wow love your site--I am a Uptown girl from way back, love your pics. Roberta D.



Greetings! My best friend sent your link to me and it is wonderful! We both grew up in Wilmette in the 60's. Your link had us reminiscing about memories of many of the places you show on your website. I forwarded the link to my parents and can't wait to hear about their memories, too! Thank you so much for sharing your great website with everyone! Kind regards, Marcy K.

Cool site, great memories! DebHey Craig, I was checking out your site, it is very impressive. You've really put a lot of thought and work into it. Thanks for all the great memories on your site!! Robbie S.I love your site. I think it's a great representation of Chicago's past, really great for memory lane people like myself. Keep up the good work. Ric F.A great website, Mike I.Excellent site. There's a lot of good stuff here. Chris O.I grew up in the Chicago burbs and remember many of these places & things. Gregg (Janesville, WI)Thanks for taking us down memory lane. Regards, Christine A.

Really enjoy your site!!! Thanks, Craig R.

Had a ball! Thank you so very much! I enjoyed every second of viewing the greatest time period of my life..living in Chicago 1964-1980. Steve P.



Good evening!I I was born and raised in LaGrange Park (1948 to 1962) before we moved to Southern California. I remember a LOT of the places on your website and have passed the link on to other ex-pats from Chicagoland (and there are a lot of us!) Tom K. (Roseville, CA.)





Keep up the good work, great website Joe J.



Love this website.... Rita D.



Thanks For The Memories!!! ;)) Gary E.



Thanks for doing this, Barbara M.

A very interesting website with much Chicago nostalgia. Nice job, Joe D.



Really enjoyed your memories, Charlotte F.

Thoroughly enjoyed the website, very nice presentation, Marilyn N. (Youngstown AZ.)

Thanks for all the pictures and memories, Buzzy R.

You have created an incredibly nostalgic site. I remembered nearly all of the stores and eateries. Thanks, Martin T.

Thanks for the website !! , Warren M.

Thanks for your efforts and time to help Chicagoans take a trip down memory lane, Fred A.

