Tag: restaurants

• Join me at the Classic Restaurants of Michiana Book Signing Wednesday, June 11th

  

  The members of the Sacred Heart of Mary Catholic Church Book/Movie Discussion Group have invited me to speak this Wednesday, June 11th at 6:30 p.m. If you have the time and are interested in the history of restaurants in Michiana, please come. The church is lovely, located in a beautiful country setting at  51841 Leach…

  Jane Simon Ammeson

  June 8, 2025

  Al Capone, American History, Author event, Book signings, Culture, Food, Food History, History, Michiana, The History Press

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• George Diamond’s: A Northwest Indiana Classic

  

              In 1924, Peter Levant’s opened what was one of Whiting’s famous “perch palaces,” a place that served freshly caught perch right from Lake Michigan. They also advertised such menu items as steak, chicken, and, of course, this being The Region, frog legs—mostly likely from nearby Lake George.             Indeed, frog legs were so in…

  Jane Simon Ammeson

  August 18, 2021

  Author event, Book signings, Food, Food History, History, Northwest Indiana, Recipes

  Chicago, Classic Restaurants, George Diamond's Steak House, History Press, Jane Simon Ammeson, Lost restaurants, Northwest Indiana, Phil Schmidt's, Recipes, restaurants, The Region, Whiting