Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-09-16

or all the popular eating places In
this great city. the well.known ana
centrally located Stock Exchange res.
,aurant, corner I.aSalle and Washing
ton streets, Ia easily In the lead. The
genial proprictors, Mr.. Louis Lukes
and the Hon. II. Dorsey Patton. are
two of our most popular and best
known young men about town, conse-
.uuently II II not surprising that the
rank and file of Chicago's best business
men now enjoy the lunch and dinner
hour at Lukcs n rattOn's famous cafe.
Mr.. Louis Lukcs, the senior member of
the firm, has had u business career Of
which he may we'll be proud. rs II has
lifted and enabled him to become one
of the most famous of our wrll-known
business men of to-day. AS u hotel or
restaurant proprietor Louis Lukcs has
no peer. either In the East or the West.
For many years he was steward AMI
practically manager of the Russell
House. ut Detroit. and resigned the
most lucrative position he held there
to take the lease of the Stock Exchange
restaurant. Although Mr.. Lukcs left II
position that was paying him about
$1,000 70 year to embark In the rcstaur.
ant business. the high degree Of success
l,a has attained since proves that he
knew what he was doing. and he has
made no mistake. A glance ut the
I.ikes Il Patton lease cOnvlnces The
Eagle that they have secured by fur
the most advantageous restaurant lease
In Chicago, which includes the entire
equipment Of the large and handsome
place. which seats 800 people. Mr.
I.ukes had made u pronounced success
of his position at the Russell. and fully
realized that he was relinquishlng one
Of the very few hlgh-salaried and prof.
table positions In the Western hotel
fraternity. Mr.. Chlttenden, the pro-
prictOr, was anxious to retain him, but
did not wish to stand In his way for
promotion. The agents Of the &. II.
Mccormick estate, owners Of the great
Stock Exchange building. were ready
to offer Mr.. Lukes any terms he might
make ~ TO price or conditions. Mr..
l.ukes stipulated on what terms he
wound again take the big restaurant
which he originally equipped and
opened, ana the agents nccedlng to
every point. he made the lease.
Now u word IA to Mr.. Lukes. While
some old hotel stewards, claiming to he
In the front ranks. have whinetl bitterly
that the day Of the hotel steward II
past, that no salaries are paid. that
good men have mo show" etc., Mr..
Lukes has gone on working indus
trIously ana uncomplainingly In cheap.
unimpOrtant positions up to the best In
the land. In the past fifteen years,
among other positions he has held that
Of steward of the big Hotel Lafayette,
Lake MinetOnka; the st. James and the
Midland hotels Of Kansas City, and de-
signed. equipped and managed for
some years for Graves 4 Van Est the
large kitchen OF the Hotel Cadillac, Dc.
trOit. The latter position he left In 1907
to 20 to the Hyde Park Hotel In Chi.
cagO, with the end In view of leasing q
hotel for the Worlds Fair. This he did
leasing a small hotel with restaurant
opposite the exposition grounds, where
fair, he cleaned up about $4,000. lie
then organized the Stock Exchange res
taurant company and leased the first
or basement floor OF that magniflcen,
new building, ana for two years sue
cessfully conducted one of the largest
ana finest restaurants In the city. The
rent, however, was too high for the
nh In al III Int 40, II
partners without loss Of any capital
ana accepted the position at the Russell
Mr.. Lukes IL therefore thoroughly IA
mlliar with Chicago restaurant bust
ness; ana his career IL an example. OF
what a man eau do In hotel and res
taurant business In these days with M
other capital for a start than willing
ceaselessly industrious hands, uncOm
planning falthfulness to Ills employer
hest interests, ana strict integrity In al
relations.
On the first day OF last May Mr.
Lukes materially strengthened his res
taurant, for 1t was Mt that time tina
the Hon. II. Dorsey Patton (who need,
no Introduction to our readers) identi
fled himself with Mr.. Lukes by becOm
ing his partner In the business. Tn,
place has been u phenomenal success
ever since, with the prospect Of doinI
the full capacity Of their place, whicl
IL the largest In the city, during tn
life Of their lease, which dates for tel
years from the first of last May. Dor
sey, as Mr.. Patton, IL most fav0rabl!
known to the best people In Chicago
10 always on deck at the stock Tx
change Restaurant to receive hi
friends. who are numerous. not only u
TIE city, but throughout the State. Tn