Fat Jonnie's Daughter
Fat Jonnie's Daughter
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Fat Jonnie's Daughter
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Post #1 - May 13th, 2007, 7:02 pmSorry if this has been mentioned elsewhere and I missed it (I've been away for a spell).
Here's an article from a local paper from the Mokena-Frankfort area. It's about a new hot dog place in Mokena opened by Fat Johnnie's daughter. I just tried a dog this weekend and it was the real deal. If you're in the area, give it a try.
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/linc ... S1.article
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Post #2 - May 13th, 2007, 8:54 pmHi,
I thought there was a spelling inconsistency until I read:
The “daughter” of Fat Jonnie’s Daughter is Lorene Czajka. Her father and his brother, Frank and John Pawlikowski, opened Fat Johnnie’s Red Hots on Western Avenue in the early 1970s after John operated a successful pushcart near 67th Street and Damen Avenue.
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About a year ago, he stumbled upon the Mokena location. “I was just driving down 191st Street and saw a sign that said, ‘Fat Jonnie’s Daughter,’” he said. “I thought, ‘It can’t be the same.’ Sure enough, it was.”
Dawn Vieceli, Czajka’s neighbor who works the day shift with her, said that’s the reaction many customers have when they walk into the Mokena store. “Every day a customer walks in and asks if we are part of the original,” Vieceli said. “They bow down to her.”
Czajka’s father broke off from his brother in 1986 and opened a location at the now defunct food court of the Orland Park Place Mall. He dropped the “H” from the name to be distinct, yet related.
Fat Jonnie's Daughter Inc
9432 W 191ST St,
Mokena, IL
(708) 326-4100Cathy2
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