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Arnie Morton - Wikipedia. Arnold Jerome Morton (March 23, 1922 – May 28, 2005) was a restaurateur who founded Morton's Restaurant Group/Morton's Steakhouse. Early life. Arnold Jerome Cohen was born in Chicago, the son of Morton Cohen Morton and Isabelle Cohen Morton. [1] [2] He was of Jewish descent. [3] .
Arnie Morton, the Chicago restaurateur who gave his style and his name to Arnie's and Morton's steakhouses, which now have about 65 venues from Singapore to Los Angeles to New York, has died.
Morton's actually exists today because of...hamburgers! Years ago, before co-founders Arnie Morton and Klaus Fritsch really knew one another, they both worked at the Playboy Club in Montreal. The club was changing the menu, and Klaus cooked a hamburger that was sent out for Arnie to try.
May 29, 2005 · Morton, 83, perhaps best-known for Arnie’s, the swank nightspot that carried his first name, and Morton’s, the steakhouses that still bear his last, died Saturday, May 28, at Whitehall North...
May 29, 2005 · Restaurateur Arnold "Arnie" Morton (search), who founded the chain of steakhouses that bear his name and helped launch the first Playboy Club and the annual Taste of Chicago food festival, has...
Dec 24, 2022 · Chicago’s Great Midcentury Dynasty. Arnie Morton with two of his restaurant-owning children, Michael and Amy, a few years back. By Megan McKinney. It all began in 1933 when Mort Morton of Hyde Park opened a restaurant on Lake Park Avenue at 55th Street.
May 29, 2005 · The founder of Morton's steakhouses has died. Arnold "Arnie" Morton was 83. He had cancer and Alzheimer's disease. Morton also helped launch the first Playboy Club. His first restaurant was...
