Golden Bear Restaurant, Alsip

Anyone been here yet? I get down that way once in awhile but always after it has closed. It has a website which provides pictures of steak and eggs for a screensaver.

Golden Bear
120th and Cicero
Alsip,Illinois
http://www.eatatgoldenbear.com/

I believe this is a one location brand revival from a bankrupt chain of late 1970's pancake houses.

I just googled the location I recall going to back then, it was approx 7404 S Cicero (Cicero & State Rd) which is now a TCF Bank.

The only reason I recall the place is now that jingle is in my head and won't go away!

"Golden Bear, Golden Bear.
It's a honey of a place, where food is fun!
Golden Bear!"

Argh!!

used to be one on North Avenue just west of harlem..ate there all the time as kid..didnt even know any were left in the area

Golden Bear was a chain owned by Montgomery Ward in the 70s/80s. All properties were sold to Pizza Hut in 1984, and they began to convert the locations to Pizza Huts, thus ending the chain.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3190/is_v18/ai_3403633

I barely remember their Buffalo Grove location, on Dundee. I believe it was in front of the mini-mall that now houses a Heavenly Massage and a Panera Bread, across from BGHS.

The Golden Bear I remember was around all through the 60's..so may not even be part of this the chain

Willkat98 wrote:The only reason I recall the place is now that jingle is in my head and won't go away!

"Golden Bear, Golden Bear.
It's a honey of a place, where food is fun!
Golden Bear!"

Argh!!

It's comforting to know that others share my pain. Why do these jingles torment us so?

There was a Golden Bear on Lake-Cook Road just past Waukegan Road, back in the 70s/80s. It was a big post-Mass treat for our family of 9. What I most remember were all the different kinds of syrup on the table. Okay, I realize it doesn't sound like anything that special, but it is a fond memory.

Head's Red BBQ wrote:Used to be one on North Avenue just west of Harlem..ate there all the time as kid..didn't even know any were left in the area

I remember this place! The happy bear murals on the walls...

Meanwhile on the Southside you cannot go wrong at ...

Eggman's Restaurant
12701 S Pulaski Rd
Alsip, IL 60803
(another location in Romeoville)

My Bride (a true breakfast hound) was sent to Breakfast Heaven with their Scallop Omelet. Most everthing else is solid.

besides the murals there was the spinning bear statue outside.. .as a youngster we thought it was hilariuos that he didnt have pants on..just an apron

I've driven by the place hundreds of times on my way to I-294. I thought it was hilarious/amazing that there was an LTH post on it (it shouldn't surprise me, I guess). So, no one has commented on whether the food was/is good. Opinions please...

I pass it every day but have never stopped.

This place is just ok. The menu is way too big for their own good. Breakfast is average at best. Breakfast sausage tastes like it came out of the microwave.

I wouldn't bother unless you're in the area and other limited breakfast places are crowded.

I remember stopping at a Golden Bear in Kokomo, Indiana, in the early 1970s. Didn't know any were still around.

I fondly remember the one in River Forest.....every morning of my senior year at Elmwood Park High School, I'd spend my "study hall" there. 9:02 a.m.....ahhh good times.

Did the old one have any connection with Jack Nicklaus? He had a line of clothing known as Golden Bear, IIRC.