Chicago's Hard Rock Café to close for good after 39 years
CHICAGO -- An era is coming to an end in River North , as the Chicago outpost of the Hard Rock Café is soon to close after 39 years in business. The Chicago Hard Rock Café at 63 W. Ontario St. opened in June 1986, when Harold Washington was mayor of Chicago, Ronald Reagan was in his second term as president, and Bill Kurtis, Walter Jacobson, and Don Craig were the principal anchors on Channel 2.
Four days later, Morton said he was 'very proud to be a part of Chicago.' The grand opening event that Friday was headlined by British rock singer Robert Palmer. 'It's like a surefire thing,' Palmer told Channel 2 News, cigarette in hand. 'Social gathering, social watering hole for the young and unattached.
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