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Carmen McRae: At Ratso's

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Marc Myers
Aug 27, 2019
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Ratso's was one of Chicago's leading jazz restaurant-clubs in the 1970s. It stood on Lincoln Avenue, between West Altgeld and West Montana streets. Bob Briggs owned the club from 1969 to 1977 and named the place after Ratso Rizzo, the Dustin Hoffman character in Midnight Cowboy (1969). By 1975, several major Chicago jazz clubs had folded, including Mr. …

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