Besides Ditka and Jordan , has any athlete ever had a good run as a restauranter in this city ? It’s such a ridiculous vanity investment . If they have such a jones to open up food establishments they should go the Junior Bridgeman route and open up McDonald’s or Wendy’s but then again you can’t pick up hot women in those kind of restaurants as the big shot owner can you ?

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

I know nothing

[Fields will] be the starting QB on an NFL roster at the start of next season. Book It!

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

Besides Ditka and Jordan , has any athlete ever had a good run as a restauranter in this city ? It’s such a ridiculous vanity investment . If they have such a jones to open up food establishments they should go the Junior Bridgeman route and open up McDonald’s or Wendy’s but then again you can’t pick up hot women in those kind of restaurants as the big shot owner can you ?

... they should go the Junior Bridgeman route and open up McDonald’s or Wendy’s ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_Bridgeman#Post-playing_career

During the off-seasons of his playing career, Bridgeman used to work and learn the business model of Wendy's fast food restaurant franchise. After retiring from the NBA, he started owning various Wendy's and Chili's restaurants, and then sold them in 2016....

Have a terrible night and die in MANY fires.

Besides Ditka and Jordan , has any athlete ever had a good run as a restauranter in this city ?

[Fields will] be the starting QB on an NFL roster at the start of next season. Book It!

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

Doesn't Frank Thomas have a restaurant?

I am not a legal expert, how many times do I have to say it?

Mongo has a sports bar that I guess does fairly well. Coomer has his new(ish) place in Lemont. I have never been, but heard good things.

Plus, as Bridgeman apparently did, they need to fully understand what they are signing on for.



And yes, going the franchise route makes sense for MANY, as with that model you are buying an established system, rather than trying to come up with your own or rely on some smooth-talker to do it for you. But unless you are going to run them yourself you need the right operator or you are DOOMED.

Biden is doing a GOOD job.

I guess I meant over time. Seems like they open and fold ( like restaurants run by people who actually know what they're doing running them do ) within a couple years.

I've heard Frank Thomas is a regular at his place, so I think he is heavily involved with the day-to-day operations.

The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.

Didn't Gary Fencik have a good run as co-owner of the Hunt Club? I believe Walter Payton also owned a couple places in Mt. Prospect.

Buffone used to tell funny stories of his days as co-owner of a disco.

The victims are the American People and the Republic itself.

Doug "owned" BBC and Sweetwater on Rush St where Gibson's now resides with a couple of JORR types.

Fencik appeared to do Ok with Hunt Club.

Payton owned two places in the Schaumburg Hyatt that were succeeded by a The Living Room which did far better financially there then Walter ever did because it was managed by a young Crest

Biden is doing a GOOD job.

Payton was Studebakers or something? Jorr types?!?

Studebakers was frequented by a young genius. Studebakers was definitely NOT in the Hyatt. It was on the south side of Golf, west of Meacham, as I recall in the same strip mall as the secretary of state office.

Why Lance Briggs should be the next Bears Hall of Famer

Vincent Parise
Thu, Feb 15, 2024, 7:00 AM CST

The Chicago Bears saw a few of their all-time greats make it to the Pro Football Hall of Fame last week — Devin Hester, Steve McMichael and Julius Peppers. The Bears were the first team to have three players (at least four years with the team) who made the Hall of Fame in the same year since the San Francisco 49ers in 2000.

These guys will be celebrated and rightfully so. It will also drive the conversation about who from the Bears’ storied history deserves to make it to Canton. A few really good candidates come to mind, but linebacker Lance Briggs is at the top of the list.

Briggs spent a lot of incredible years as a linebacker for the Bears after they drafted him in the third round of the 2003 NFL draft. From that moment on, he became a franchise legend. He should be in the Hall of Fame based on all of his accomplishments.

Was he as good as Brian Urlacher? No, he was not. Playing the same position at the same time as Urlacher might make some people question his legitimacy as a Hall of Fame candidate but it shouldn’t. Two elite players can play together at the same time. Just because one was slightly better doesn’t mean that the other should be punished.

There are a few numbers to support Briggs as a Hall of Famer with or without Urlacher around. For one, Urlacher missed the entire 2009 season after suffering an injury in Week 1. Briggs went on to lead Chicago in tackles with 118 that year. That effort earned him a trip to the Pro Bowl.

Briggs is a three-time All-Pro, seven-time Pro Bowler and among the 100 greatest Bears of All-Time.

He also had a total of six career defensive touchdowns, which are the third most in team history. Five of those were interceptions, which is the second most interception touchdown returns for any Bear ever. He had one in each of his first three NFL seasons, which are the most ever. There is no doubt that this guy was as impactful as anyone during his time.

We don’t know when Briggs’ time is going to come, but it should be soon. He’s been among the original 100-plus nominees, but he hasn’t yet made it to the semifinalist stage. Briggs is one of the best linebackers from his era and deserves to be recognized as such.

Story originally appeared on Bears Wire

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.