Hallelujah, EddieK will be in da house--the house containing memories of days past. Hard not to wax nostalgic about this place, even though as I said upthread I frequented the Oakton/Caldwell or the Howard St. in Rogers Park (technically Evanston) locations.
According to the Northbrook website, that store's been there 40 years, but I remember taking a girl to the Caldwell store on a date Homecoming (now defunct Niles East for those who care) 1973, not long after I obtained my driver's license. Have a feeling the Rogers Park location came first, followed by Caldwell, then Northbrook, then all the other iterations.
I remember two things that may or may not still exist--the lighted number on your table when the pizza was done, and the chilled plates for the salad. Waiting with baited breath to find out whether those hopes will be dashed...

Good choice, Dave. The rumor of a
coup d'etat to your post as EC was highly exaggerated.
J