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  • Hangouts: Favorite bars, restaurants and other haunts through the decades

    Dec 19, 2024 9:30 am by Ryan RossAlumni
    Named after its proprietor, the U of I football and Chicago Bears defensive back, Stan Wallace’s Gridiron was a local institution in the 1960s and ’70s. (Image courtesy of Illini Media)

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    It’s 1933: Prohibition is ending after 13 inglorious years, and on Daniel Street in Champaign, Kamerer’s Pharmacy is expanding—opening a fried chicken restaurant in the building next door. U of I students call it 'KAMS.'

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