Jay's On Rush Jay Emerich Chicago 1041 North Rush Street FULL Matchbook

Description: Jay's On Rush Chicago 1041 North Rush Street 60611 Illinois Matchbook Remember the days when Jay would always buy you and your guest's a "round on the house?" and sit and hang out for hours . Own a Rare Piece of Smoking / Advertising History / Matchbook Art We are UNABLE TO SHIP BEYOND THE USA / NO INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING OR SALES Please examine and take a close look at the item images, very close it is not a stock image. It is the actual item. We COMBINE shipping and handling on multiple orders. Charges are calculated before shipment and and a refund will be sent back to you immediately We are unable to hold on to merchandise over any period of time. Items really should be paid for almost immediately. There is a 48 hour limit before the buyer get's an "unpaid item reminder" for not paying in a timely manner and will likely unable to make any additional purchases, unless requested in writing. 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From the internet:Remembering Jay Emerich, one of the giants who made Chicago’s Rush Street By RICK KOGANCHICAGO TRIBUNE | JUL 21, 2020 AT 5:30 AM A Saturday night and the corner of Rush Street and Bellevue Place was alive.The streets were closed to traffic but filled with dozens of tables and those were packed with people eating the food and drinking the drinks served by the nearby restaurants: Gibsons, Tavern on Rush, Hugo’s Frog Bar, Carmine’s, Nico and Luxbar. Conversations were lively, people animated, and memories in the making. If you listened closely, you might have heard the name of a man who helped give this area its durability and vivacious character over the past six decades, especially by running one of the most famous night spots in the city’s history — a joint called Faces.That man was Jay Emerich and he died on July 11 of lupus, the disease that had afflicted him for a very long time. He was 79 years old and was in the company of wife Jennifer and, safe to say, thousands of his own lively memories.“He was Rush Street,” says David Floodstrand, a multimedia artist, musician, and author of a pair of soon-to-be published books “Rush Street, Remembrances & Musings” and “Rush Street, Chicago’s Street of Dreams.” “He helped to define an era and make a million memories.” The son of Hugo and Mary Rita Emerich, Jay was part of a family that included younger brother Anthony and sister Sally. He was a child of the neighborhood, attending Ogden Elementary School but learning a great deal about real life by shining shoes, being a lifeguard at Oak Street beach, and parking cars for people, some of them mobsters, in an area then noted for its first-rate entertainment offerings at such clubs as Mister Kelly’s, the Gate of Horn and the Cloisters, and infamous for the diversions at some of its unsavory establishments.Emerich formally began his nightlife career tending bar at The Store, one of the area’s first singles bars, and would go on the operate more than a dozen nightspots.In 1965 he opened his first place at 1017 N. Rush St., describing the Rally Alley as “a beer joint in early Tijuana style, with peanut shells on the floor.”Few knew Emerich better than Jimmy Rittenberg, himself a nightlife legend.The pair met playing softball and Rittenberg, who was then a schoolteacher, later tended bar at some of Emerich’s taverns and would become his partner when they opened Faces.He has stories aplenty: of the 16-inch softball teams they played on together as part of the Tavern League at Lake Shore Park; of wild Halloween parties; and dozens from the Faces years, such as of the night that Led Zeppelin came into the disco after a concert.“I was talking to Robert Plant and I introduced him to Jay,” Rittenberg says. “They hit it off. Only problem was Jay, who had no idea who Led Zeppelin was at the time, didn’t catch his name and as he was showing him around introducing him to people, he kept calling him ‘Led.’ After about a half hour Robert pulls me over and asks why my partner keeps calling him ‘Led.’ I said, ‘Look Robert you just made a new fan. Go with it’.”Faces opened to the public in 1971 but quickly became a private club. It was immensely popular, packed nightly with crowds peppered with celebrities, all enjoying lit-up floors, fog and bubble machines and a seemingly never-ending stream of champagne. And music.Kathy O’Malley Piccone, currently a managing partner at Gibsons, was there.“I started as a coat check girl in 1973,” she says. “It was a great job because it was only twenty-five cents to hang your coat and, in those days, people would always tip a dollar or more.”By 1976, she was a cocktail server and recalls an event the club staged to mark the U.S. bicentennial. “They had a three-day dance marathon,” she says. “They were able to get sponsors for every one of the couples, a group that included record labels, corporations and some members. It was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. I worked for 72 straight hours until the winners were announced. The place was filled at all hours with celebrities coming to watch. And we raised a lot of money for charity.”The club was a magnet for any big name passing thought town and for any locals seeking a buzz. “A lot of people and writers called it the Studio 54 of Chicago,” says Floodstrand, referring to the famous Manhattan club that opened in 1977. “Truth be told, the owners of Studio 54 came here to check things out and used Faces as a model.”After being diagnosed with lupus, Emerich spent some of 1977 and 1978 living with his sister in California. “The treatments with steroids devastated him, physically and mentally,” says Rittenberg. “He added a lot of weight. He had been a very handsome man, a ‘chick magnet’ as they used to say. He dated some beautiful women too, celebrities among them, like Jill St. John and Freda Payne.”His disease in remission and his appearance back to normal, he came back and bought out Rittenberg’s shares in Faces.“It took us about five minutes to do the deal, no lawyers, nothing,” says Rittenberg. A few months later Emerich sold the club to a group of investors. (Rittenberg would stay on as the club’s manager for a time and the club closed in 1989. Decades later, Rittenberg would run into some legal troubles, as part of a fraud case involving MilerCoors.)Emerich made real estate investments but stayed in the tavern/restaurant business with Jay’s, a cozy place on the southeast corner of Rush and Bellevue.He would frequently travel to California, leaving the tavern under the management of his younger brother, Tony. But he was back in 1985 when he had to shutter Jay’s to make way for the construction of what is now a hotel called the Thompson Chicago. There was a raucous closing party. Emerich, accompanied by his golden retriever, Jasper, said, “I think Rush Street was on hold for a while after the 1981 recession, but things are starting to pop again. But then, I’m prejudiced about Rush Street. I think it is unique in the world and if the city ever loses it, we will have lost something special. I love Rush Street.” He was then already operating Jay’s II, a bit south on the street, and would later go on to run Jay’s on The Park, Jay’s on Taylor Street, Mr. E’s, and other places. “I first met him when I was in college and he was always an inspiration for me,” says Steve Lombardo, another local legend who, after some previous night life ventures, opened Gibsons in 1989 and has since expanded it into a very successful culinary realm known as the Gibsons Restaurant Group. “He was the guy who really helped the street stay alive through its various transitions and transformations.” “I first met him when I was in college and he was always an inspiration for me,” says Steve Lombardo, another local legend who, after some previous night life ventures, opened Gibsons in 1989 and has since expanded it into a very successful culinary realm known as the Gibsons Restaurant Group. “He was the guy who really helped the street stay alive through its various transitions and transformations.” In the wake of Emerich’s death, Floodstrand started circulating a petition to have an honorary street dedicated in his name. He is also trying to raise funds to help with outstanding bills. “Jay’s fight with lupus decimated his finances,” he says. He is also planning a benefit luncheon. It will be held, fittingly, at Gibson's.

Price: 9.99 USD

Location: San Diego, California

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