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A salute to Chicago’s Breakfast Queen

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Micheline Maynard
Apr 21, 2023
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Famous people are known by single names. Beyoncé. Madonna. Lizzo.

Ina Pinkney is a similar rock star, when it comes to the Chicago restaurant community. Say the name “Ina,” and everyone in Chicago knows who you mean.

She is best known for her eponymous restaurant in the West Loop, which she ran for 30 years before it closed in 2014. Everybody ate there -…

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