John Drake (1826–1895)

John Burroughs Drake (January 17, 1826 – November 12, 1895) was a hotelier who was part owner of the Tremont House hotel in Chicago, Illinois.The former is located in the Chicago Landmark Historic Michigan Boulevard District and the latter along the Magnificent Mile.[4] By 1855 Drake had saved enough to purchase a quarter interest in leading Chicago hotel, Tremont House.[4] John B. Drake also was a business partner of Jacob Bunn in the establishment of the Chicago Secure Depository Company.[1] "On Thanksgiving 1886 John B. Drake... offered his patrons a sumptuous game dinner that included... venison soup, leg of mountain sheep, ham of bear, buffalo tongue, blue-winged teal, leg of elk, and sandhill crane to antelope steak in mushroom sauce, oyster pie, fillet of grouse with truffles, and rabbit braise with cream sauce"[5] These dinners continued for more than 50 years as a Chicago social institution.
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