McGowan decided to take on the challenge, she said. Growing up, she was among those who sat at one of the restaurant’s round kitchen tables and enjoyed fried fish and spaghetti. McGowan said she knew the legacy behind Holcomb’s name. “He told the family member, ‘I’m not that ambitious, but I know someone that could do it.'”ĭONATE TO BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago A photo of the old Gladys’ Restaurant in Bronzeville is on display in the new restaurant on March 22, 2022. “He told me that a family member of Gladys told him that he should reopen the restaurant,” McGowan said. McGowan came back to Chicago in 2006 - and a chef and close friend called her with a life-changing offer.
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“The owner told me that he would teach me how to make bruschetta if he could teach me about hospitality,” McGowan said. “I love the hospitality industry because it’s not about food it’s about the experience.” One restaurant owner took her under his wing to help her learn more about the business.
She took advantage of the culinary scene and dined at restaurants renowned for their hospitality, she said. McGowan married and moved to Italy in the late 1990s, perfecting her Chicago recipes in her European kitchen. “Food is the only thing that you can do that gives someone instant gratification,” McGowan said. McGowan learned to cook in her grandmother’s kitchen on 82nd and Kenwood, taking notes as the matriarch made sour cream pound cake and dinner rolls. I am trying to honor her and do it in a way that would make her proud.” ‘I Want People To Feel Like They’re Home’ “This building has Gladys’ name on it, but it is not standing in her shoes, following her or trying to replicate her. “This restaurant isn’t about me it’s about the name on this building,” McGowan said. After heartbreak, divorce, love and loss, McGowan said she finally felt prepared to launch in 2021, creating a space that honors Holcomb - “the GOAT” - and stands alone as a destination for good food and greater hospitality. The restaurant took nearly 15 years to come to fruition. The recipes are hers, made largely from scratch and derived from her family traditions. 87th St., is similar to the restaurant that inspired it, but it’s not a replica, McGowan said. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago Gladys’ Restaurant, 1225 E. But Holcomb’s legacy has a new life through Angela McGowan, who assumed the rights to the restaurant’s name and opened Gladys’ Restaurant a few miles south of the original. She died in 2003, and the restaurant at 4527 S.
Owner, head cook and namesake Gladys Holcomb hung up her hat in 1996. Negro League players stopped by for smothered chicken, peach cobbler and buttery biscuits. MARYNOOK - Gladys’ Luncheonette in Bronzeville charmed locals, celebrities and politicians for nearly half a century.Īretha Franklin, Redd Foxx and Martin Luther King Jr.
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