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August 1, 2025

The Musical Side of the Feed diner in Chicago

Summer, 2025 (D. Hoekstra photo.)

I’ve been going to Feed since Donna Knezek and Liz Sharp opened the southern-inspired diner twenty years ago in a country-industrial gumbo of Humboldt Park.

Feed, 2803 W. Chicago Ave., is a couple of blocks north of the Milwaukee District railroad station.  In 2005, the bar next door was the Famous Pizza Lounge (a.k.a. Hiawatha Inn), a former speakeasy with a curious clientele and a loud jukebox. Today, the Continental Lounge features a mural that pays tribute to the Milwaukee Road’s Hiawatha.

Christ Bambulas (1931-2013, a.k.a. Chris) owned the building that housed the [...]

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