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Tina Fey Boosts Chicago Restaurant’s Business

Greek-American Tina Fey, star of NBC’s “30 Rock” recently was captured on video discussing her favorite Chicago restaurants. The actress lived on the north side of the city during her years at Second City.

Among her favorites was the Athenian Room, a Lincoln Park eatery owned by Alex Polakis. “You need to go to a place called the Athenian Room on Webster,” she says in the video. “You need to order the roasted chicken. It’s cooked on a spit, it comes on a bed of steak fries and the chicken juice gets into the fries. Unbelievable.”

The owner, at the age of 20, was a merchant marine. He jumped off his ship in Texas, then went to Chicago to find work. At the age of 24, he opened the Athenian Room in the once bad, but now trendy and expensive neighborhood. He told the Chicago Tribune he selected that neighborhood, because of the low rent. “Who’s going to give you $45 a month? Even in the ’70s, nobody.” With three tables, he opened for business, and has expanded over the years.

Polakis said he remembers Fey from her “Second City” days but not her current projects. Doesn’t matter. He’s very grateful.

Business has really picked up, and all Polakis can say is, “God bless her.”

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