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By HARRIET P MARCUSFar Away Joe's Isn’t real**ly so far away—it’s quite easy to reach the corner of tilth and Southwest highway in Palos Hills But to he*there todav is is to travelWbackward through 45 years of south suburban history.The building started life as a wooden cabin in a once-remote part of unincorporated Cook county. Its original owner saw a bright future in serving travelers on what was then a country road, and opened a hamburger stand and gas station. His pumps are still in the ground out back behind Far Away Joe’sto*But nobody got rich quickhere, and the place changed hands a couple of times U* fore its present owner. John Schober. took over in March of 19.59 By that time pilots and other personnel from Midway just 20 minutes awav had discovered the country cabin with good home cooking The airline crowd christened it “Far Awav Joe’s.”SCHOBER RETAINED both tiie name and the rustic log cabin ‘I kinda like the western atmosphere. he says It 's cozy ’ Enlarging the place four years ago for expanded seating of 120. Schober kept the original structure intact and createdadditions similar to it The new section repeats the wood-beamed and pegged celling of the old cabin Diners are served onheavy wooden tables andwbenches made lor the place by Martinsville. Ind., craftsmen Wicker stools ring the free form bar of polished wood, and soft lighting throughout is provided by handmade lead glass Tiffany lamps created for Far Away Joe’s in a specialty shop in Chicago’s Did TownCentral feature of the restaurant’s cozy living room atmosphere is the massive fireplace built by government WPA workers during the Great Depression of the late :#s It works perfectly, and Schober keeps it lit throughout the winter Steer horns hang prominently above with Laurel and Hardy looking down in has relief between, and some old pitchers that came with the place are lined up on its massive mantelpiece Schober once had a collection of 18 rifles that aug men ted the fireplace decor,(Continued from Page 18)
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Frankfort Star Herald
Frankfort, Illinois, US
Sun, Oct 17, 1976
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