Formerly:	Kinzie Steakhouse
Formerly:	Chicago Varnish Company Building

33 West Kinzie Street, Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States
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A lot of buildings are either culturally significant, or architecturally interesting. In the case of the River North branch of Harry Caray's restaurant, it is both. The building is a celebration of Dutch architecture with its red brick facade, and stepped gables accented in white. The windows, doors, and virtually all the architectural details are similarly accented in light-colored stone with contrasting-colored bricks radiating from above the windows.

Culturally, this building represents one of the largest personalities in the City of Big Shoulders. Harry Caray was the play-by-play announcer for the Chicago Cubs baseball team, and his oversized glasses, slurred speech, and crowd-rallying seven-inning stretch songs made him a beloved icon. Harry died in 1998, but his spirit lives on through the memorabilia inside the restaurant which bears his name, and which is still the center of major civic events and a draw for baseball fans from around the country.

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