Calumet Fisheries

CTL-PL-0142 · Place

STRONG EVIDENCE evidence grade — master store (canonical CSV)

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95th Street smoked fish shack

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• City: Chicago

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• https://www.domu.com/chicago/neighborhoods/south-deering/history-in-south-deering (verification source · master store)

Evidence note (master store)

Calumet Fisheries is a carry-out seafood restaurant at 3259 East 95th Street in Chicago's South Deering neighborhood, famous for oak-smoked seafood; Sid Kotlick and Len Toll purchased it in 1948, and in 2010 it was honored by the James Beard Foundation as an America's Classic, per Domu's South Deering neighborhood history (fetched in full 2026-10-17)

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