Lem's Bar-B-Q

CTL-E-3546 · Business · retail · 1954–present

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Black-owned barbecue restaurant at 311 E. 75th Street, Chatham, Chicago; founded 1954 by Myles Lemons; famed for rib tips; 2025 James Beard Foundation America’s Classics honoree.

Notes

Created 2026-10-06 in batch RELP80 as a supporting entity.

Relationships

Chatham — located in
Lem’s Bar-B-Q’s 75th Street restaurant is in the Chatham community.
Cottage Grove Avenue commercial corridor (Woodlawn / Chatham) — located in
Lem’s Bar-B-Q (311 E. 75th St.) anchors the corridor’s Black-owned culinary node at 75th Street.

Sources

Wikipedia — Lem's Bar-B-Q
Chatham African American Heritage brochure (2023)

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