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A worker sweeping sidewalks walks past the Billy Goat Tavern in the 400 block of Lower Michigan Avenue on May 7, 2020, in Chicago. The tavern was open for pick-up and delivery of cheeseburgers during pandemic.
A worker sweeping sidewalks walks past the Billy Goat Tavern in the 400 block of Lower Michigan Avenue on May 7, 2020, in Chicago. The tavern was open for pick-up and delivery of cheeseburgers during pandemic.
The Billy Goat Tavern at 430 N. Lower Michigan Ave. on Nov. 4, 2022.
The Billy Goat Tavern at 430 N. Lower Michigan Ave. on Nov. 4, 2022.
The new, softer Kaiser roll bun on a double cheeseburger at the Billy Goat Tavern Nov. 4, 2022.
The new, softer Kaiser roll bun on a double cheeseburger at the Billy Goat Tavern Nov. 4, 2022.
Billy Goat Tavern third-generation owner Bill Sianis makes double cheeseburgers with the restaurants new, softer Kaiser roll bun on Nov. 4, 2022.
Billy Goat Tavern third-generation owner Bill Sianis makes double cheeseburgers with the restaurants new, softer Kaiser roll bun on Nov. 4, 2022.
Sam Sianis poses for a photograph at Billy Goat Tavern on Sept. 6, 2020, in Chicago.
Sam Sianis poses for a photograph at Billy Goat Tavern on Sept. 6, 2020, in Chicago.
Three generations of the Sianis family, including Sam Sianis, right, his son Tom, and grandchildren Sam, 9, left, and George, 6, read the Sunday newspaper at Billy Goat Tavern on Sept. 6, 2020, during the pandemic.
Three generations of the Sianis family, including Sam Sianis, right, his son Tom, and grandchildren Sam, 9, left, and George, 6, read the Sunday newspaper at Billy Goat Tavern on Sept. 6, 2020, during the pandemic.
People walk past the famed Billy Goat Tavern in Chicago.
People walk past the famed Billy Goat Tavern in Chicago.
Former Chicago 2nd Ward Alderman and veteran attorney, Robert “Bob” Fioretti announces his candidacy for Cook County Board President as he greets guests at the Billy Goat Tavern on Sept. 7, 2022.
Billy Sianis, co-owner of Billy Goat, stands outside the tavern on lower Michigan Ave. on Aug. 12, 2020. Sianis and his brother are among the hundreds of businesses across the country that have sued their insurance carriers for rejecting their claims for business interruption coverage for income losses sustained because of COVID-19.
Billy Sianis, co-owner of Billy Goat, stands outside the tavern on lower Michigan Ave. on Aug. 12, 2020. Sianis and his brother are among the hundreds of businesses across the country that have sued their insurance carriers for rejecting their claims for business interruption coverage for income losses sustained because of COVID-19.
Billy Goat Tavern owner Sam Sianis is behind the counter on Oct. 30, 2018, in Chicago.
Billy Goat Tavern owner Sam Sianis is behind the counter on Oct. 30, 2018, in Chicago.
The Billy Goat Tavern is located in the bottom of the Realtor Building, 430 N. Michigan Ave. in Chicago, Nov. 12, 2013.
The Billy Goat Tavern is located in the bottom of the Realtor Building, 430 N. Michigan Ave. in Chicago, Nov. 12, 2013.
Drink orders are taken at the Billy Goat Tavern on Aug. 17, 2015.
Drink orders are taken at the Billy Goat Tavern on Aug. 17, 2015.
A couple peeks into the window of The Billy Goat Tavern on lower Michigan Avenue on Aug. 17, 2015.
A couple peeks into the window of The Billy Goat Tavern on lower Michigan Avenue on Aug. 17, 2015.
Billy Goat IPA draft beer by Baderbrau Brewing is poured at the legendary Billy Goat bar and restaurant in Chicago on Nov. 7, 2017.
Billy Goat IPA draft beer by Baderbrau Brewing is poured at the legendary Billy Goat bar and restaurant in Chicago on Nov. 7, 2017.
The Billy Goat Tavern is located in the bottom of the Realtor Building, 430 N. Michigan Ave. in Chicago on Nov. 12, 2013.
The Billy Goat Tavern is located in the bottom of the Realtor Building, 430 N. Michigan Ave. in Chicago on Nov. 12, 2013.
Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez, right, chats with the Johnson family from Ventura, California at the Billy Goat Tavern in Chicago on March 15, 2016.
Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez, right, chats with the Johnson family from Ventura, California at the Billy Goat Tavern in Chicago on March 15, 2016.
The Billy Goat Tavern at 430 N. lower Michigan Avenue on Aug. 17, 2015.
The Billy Goat Tavern at 430 N. lower Michigan Avenue on Aug. 17, 2015.
Bartender Jeff Magill talks to patrons at the Billy Goat Tavern on Dec. 22, 2015. Magill retired after 35 years on the job.
Bartender Jeff Magill talks to patrons at the Billy Goat Tavern on Dec. 22, 2015. Magill retired after 35 years on the job.
A woman walks past the Billy Goat Tavern at lower Michigan Avenue on Aug. 17, 2015.
A woman walks past the Billy Goat Tavern at lower Michigan Avenue on Aug. 17, 2015.
The Wise Guys Corner sign, at the Billy Goat Tavern, at 430 N. Lower Michigan Avenue on Aug. 17, 2015.
The Wise Guys Corner sign, at the Billy Goat Tavern, at 430 N. Lower Michigan Avenue on Aug. 17, 2015.
Wisconsin Governor and Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker, right, chats with Billy Goat Tavern owner Sam Sianis during a campaign stop in 2015.
Wisconsin Governor and Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker, right, chats with Billy Goat Tavern owner Sam Sianis during a campaign stop in 2015.
Cleveland Indians fans with homemade billy goat signs in Game 1 of the World Series at Progressive Field in Cleveland in 2016.
Cleveland Indians fans with homemade billy goat signs in Game 1 of the World Series at Progressive Field in Cleveland in 2016.
Cottrell Payne, left, who has worked for the Billy Goat for more than thirty years, delivers two Billy Goat Darks to Sarah Leibinger and her friend Leah Espinoza, who were visiting from Saginaw, Michigan, at the Billy Goat Tavern on Aug. 17, 2015.
Cottrell Payne, left, who has worked for the Billy Goat for more than thirty years, delivers two Billy Goat Darks to Sarah Leibinger and her friend Leah Espinoza, who were visiting from Saginaw, Michigan, at the Billy Goat Tavern on Aug. 17, 2015.
A six pack of Billy Goat Pilsner is held up in front of Baderbrau Brewing Founder and President Rob Sama and Billy Goat Tavern co-owners Bill, Sam, Tom and Paul Sianis at the Billy Goat Tavern on Nov. 7, 2017.
A six pack of Billy Goat Pilsner is held up in front of Baderbrau Brewing Founder and President Rob Sama and Billy Goat Tavern co-owners Bill, Sam, Tom and Paul Sianis at the Billy Goat Tavern on Nov. 7, 2017.
The Billy Goat Tavern is located in the bottom of the Realtor Building, 430 N. Michigan Ave. in Chicago, Nov. 12, 2013.
The Billy Goat Tavern is located in the bottom of the Realtor Building, 430 N. Michigan Ave. in Chicago, Nov. 12, 2013.
Billy Goat IPA draft beer by Baderbrau Brewing is poured at the legendary Billy Goat bar and restaurant in Chicago in 2017.
Billy Goat IPA draft beer by Baderbrau Brewing is poured at the legendary Billy Goat bar and restaurant in Chicago in 2017.
Bartender Jeff Magill talks to patrons at the Billy Goat Tavern on Dec. 22, 2015. Magill retired after 35 years on the job.
Bartender Jeff Magill talks to patrons at the Billy Goat Tavern on Dec. 22, 2015. Magill retired after 35 years on the job.
A photograph of bartender Jeff Magill, circa 1992, hangs in the Billy Goat Tavern in 2015. Magill retired after 35 years on the job.
A photograph of bartender Jeff Magill, circa 1992, hangs in the Billy Goat Tavern in 2015. Magill retired after 35 years on the job.
Owner Sam Sianis works the grill at Chicago's Billy Goat Tavern on Nov. 12, 2013.
Owner Sam Sianis works the grill at Chicago’s Billy Goat Tavern on Nov. 12, 2013.
Illinois Democrats gather in 2014 at the Billy Goat Tavern in Chicago for a post-election unity breakfast.
Illinois Democrats gather in 2014 at the Billy Goat Tavern in Chicago for a post-election unity breakfast.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, from left, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and Cook County Assessor Joe Berrios talk in the VIP room at the Billy Goat Tavern in 2014.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, from left, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and Cook County Assessor Joe Berrios talk in the VIP room at the Billy Goat Tavern in 2014.
Billy Goat Tavern owner Sam Sianis stands in his booth at the Taste of Chicago in 2011.
Billy Goat Tavern owner Sam Sianis stands in his booth at the Taste of Chicago in 2011.
Billy Goat Tavern owner Sam Sianis displays his goat as he walks around the front of Wrigley Field before the start of a game against the Marlins in 2003.
Billy Goat Tavern owner Sam Sianis displays his goat as he walks around the front of Wrigley Field before the start of a game against the Marlins in 2003.
Jeremy Piven, left, and Alicia Goranson star in the two-person play, “The Guys”, about a journalist helping a fire captain write eulogies for colleagues who perished on Sept. 11. They were at the Billy Goat Tavern for an interview with the Tribune in 2003.
Actor and writer Don Novello poses at the Billy Goat Tavern in 1999. He wrote the Saturday Night Live skit that made the bar famous.
Actor and writer Don Novello poses at the Billy Goat Tavern in 1999. He wrote the Saturday Night Live skit that made the bar famous.
Actor George Wendt stops by the Billy Goat Tavern for an interview with the baiduhai in 2000.
Actor George Wendt stops by the Billy Goat Tavern for an interview with the baiduhai in 2000.
Billy Goat Grill owner Sam Sianis, at grill, and chef Nick Kondiles, right, fix a batch of cheeseburgers at their concession stand in terminal 1 at O'Hare International Airport in 1999.
Billy Goat Grill owner Sam Sianis, at grill, and chef Nick Kondiles, right, fix a batch of cheeseburgers at their concession stand in terminal 1 at O’Hare International Airport in 1999.
Vice President Al Gore makes his rounds with patrons of the Billy Goat Tavern during a stop in Chicago in 1999.
Vice President Al Gore makes his rounds with patrons of the Billy Goat Tavern during a stop in Chicago in 1999.
Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com, left, jokes with customers while at the The Billy Goat Tavern in Chicago in 2001. At the grill are employees Spiros Sarivicile, center, and Ramon Gobinic.
Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com, left, jokes with customers while at the The Billy Goat Tavern in Chicago in 2001. At the grill are employees Spiros Sarivicile, center, and Ramon Gobinic.
Billy Goat Tavern & Grill owner, Sam Sianis, right, made his way to Wrigley Field with a goat prior to the start of playoff Game 3 game between the Cubs and the Atlanta Braves in 1998.
Billy Goat Tavern & Grill owner, Sam Sianis, right, made his way to Wrigley Field with a goat prior to the start of playoff Game 3 game between the Cubs and the Atlanta Braves in 1998.
A panel from issue No. 250 of DC Comics “Hellblazer,” in which character John Constantine takes on the Cubs curse and fights a hulking, red goat demon in the Billy Goat Tavern below Michigan Avenue. The comic book is written by Brian Azzarello came out in December, 2008.
Saturday Night Live, Episode 20, shows Gilda Radner, left, as patron, John Belushi as George, center, Dan Aykroyd as Pete, right, during the 'The Olympia Cafe' skit on May 26, 1979. The skit, a parody of the real-life rantings of Billy Goat Tavern owner Sam Sianis and employee Bill Charuchas, immortilized the restaurant.
Saturday Night Live, Episode 20, shows Gilda Radner, left, as patron, John Belushi as George, center, Dan Aykroyd as Pete, right, during the ‘The Olympia Cafe’ skit on May 26, 1979. The skit, a parody of the real-life rantings of Billy Goat Tavern owner Sam Sianis and employee Bill Charuchas, immortilized the restaurant.
The Wall of Fame inside the Billy Goat Tavern features some of the notables in Chicago journalism. A portrait of late owner William Sianis' hangs in center, circa 1984.
The Wall of Fame inside the Billy Goat Tavern features some of the notables in Chicago journalism. A portrait of late owner William Sianis’ hangs in center, circa 1984.
Mike Royko, second from top right, with Chicago Daily News 16-inch-softball team, sponsored by the Billy Goat Tavern, poses with the team and Billy Goat owner, Sam Sianis, during 1974 winning season.
Mike Royko, second from top right, with Chicago Daily News 16-inch-softball team, sponsored by the Billy Goat Tavern, poses with the team and Billy Goat owner, Sam Sianis, during 1974 winning season.
WLS-TV’s Pat Collins, left, and chef Julia Child, center, receive a lesson on the “virtues of a cheeseburger” at the Billy Goat by owner Sam Sianis in 1991.
Olaf Logan, an Andy Frain usher, left, stops William Sianis, owner of the Billy Goat Inn, from entering the ballpark in a re-enactment on Oct. 12, 1945. Cubs owner P.K. Wrigley said Sianis could come in, but the goat stays out because he smells.
Olaf Logan, an Andy Frain usher, left, stops William Sianis, owner of the Billy Goat Inn, from entering the ballpark in a re-enactment on Oct. 12, 1945. Cubs owner P.K. Wrigley said Sianis could come in, but the goat stays out because he smells.