April 10-14, 2018: Food of the Fair Week at the Union League Club of Chicago

Members of the storied Union League Club of Chicago (ULCC) will be celebrating the 125th anniversary of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition with “Food of the Fair” week from April 10-14, 2018. Chef de cuisine Doug D’Avico will take diners in the Club’s Wigwam restaurant “on a culinary journey through the World’s Fair of 1893,” creating a three-course dinner of foods from the Columbian Exposition “with a ULCC twist.”

What fair foods might the chef offer? Aunt Jemima pancakes, Quaker Oats, or Shredded Wheat? Tamales or Vienna Beef? Palmer House brownies, Cracker Jack, or Juicy Fruit Gum? Pabst “Blue Ribbon” beer or “so-called” orange cider?

Back on March 8, the ULCC offered a splendid presentation about the World’s Fair with an accompanying display of Columbiana from their archives. The early planning meetings for Chicago’s bid to host the World’s Fair took place in the Union League Club, and many of its members were prominent organizers of the Fair.