![]() ![]() Skokie Valley Traditional Synagogue, 8825 E. ![]() Salon also was a founding member of three Skokie synagogues, Congregation B`nai Emunah, 9131 Niles Center Rd. Currently, the neighborhood near the old Sari S site is a booming nightclub and restaurant area. The Sari S remained in operation until about 1970.Īt the time, most Chicago night spots were concentrated on or near Rush Street and opening one block away in the largely industrial River North area was considered a daring gambit. Salon bought it from the Missouri Pacific Railroad in Natchez, Miss., brought it to Chicago under its own power and then poured about $250,000 into renovations before opening it as a restaurant-nightclub in 1963. ![]() Salon`s daughter, had been a Mississippi River paddle steamer that was built in the 1890s. Salon was best known for his Showboat Sari S nightclub and restaurant, which was docked on the river off Ontario Street, near his truck company property at 600 N. He retired about 20 years ago as the owner of Salon Trucking Co. Salon, a Skokie resident, died Monday in a nursing home in north suburban Riverwoods. Thursday in the chapel at 111 Skokie Blvd., Wilmette. Salon, 73, owner of a Chicago trucking company and, in the 1960s, the operator of a riverboat restaurant docked on the Chicago River, will be said at 10:30 a.m. Here's a copy of the Tribs obit for its owner. ![]()
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