Retail

Who started Potbelly?

Potbelly first started out as a small antique store in 1977 on Lincoln Avenue, a neighborhood within the Windy City.

Who started Ruth's Chris Steak House?

Ruth Fertel, then a divorced mother of two, mortgaged her home for tens of thousands of dollars in order to buy a restaurant in New Orleans called Chris Steak House. It marked the very beginning of a franchise that bills itself a global steakhouse leader.