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Old Chicago To Open Near Town Center
Toni
Braxton
In addition to listing her as
among the most beautiful women in
the world. People magazine calls Toni
B ra x to n ’s m e sm e riz in g v o ic e
“unique enough to make her the model
.to match in years to come. Time
observes that Braxton “seems des
tined for pop diva-dom.” The New
York Times adds to the accolades,
declaring h er“rich, throaty, alto [and]
torchy lovelorn style a throwback to
an earlier era.”
Indeed, eversince Toni Braxton
began her 1992 hit-making path with
“Give U My Heart” (a duet with
m aster p ro d u c e r/re c o rd in g sta r
Babyface) and “Love Should Have
Brought You Home,” chart-tipping
singles taken from the Multi-Plati-
n u m -p lu s
L aFace
R e c o rd s’
soundtrack for the Eddie Murphy
movie “Boomerang,” music buyers
and industry insiders eagerly await
ed this dynamic singer’s all-im por
tant first album. Toni didn’t disap
point: Her critically acclaimed debut
album Toni Braxton has been certi
fied Quadruple Platinum, selling well
over four million copies since its July
1993 release, and has won two Gram
my, Soul Train and American Music
Awards Each, In keeping with the
LaFace tradition o f creating quality
music, Toni took her time to put to
gether an astonishing debut boasting
two #1 Gold singles, “ Another Sad
Love Song” and “Breathe Again.”
Her reaction to her success is a
combination o f amazement and mat
ter o f factness. “I still don't feel that
I have made it, but deep down inside
1 knew it would happen.” As a show
case for her vocal artistry, T oni’s
self-titled album is quite literally,
breathtaking. Hauntingly soulful on
Toni Braxton
“Another Sad Love Song” (the first
single, written by Babyface), smol
dering with sensuality on the jazzy
“Seven W hole Days” (another L.A.
& Babyface classic in-the-making)
or groovin’ with the upbeat “I Be
long To You,” T oni’s prowess as a
passionate and vibrant young song
stress is fully evident. Toni switches
moods with consummate ease on an
album destined to establish her as
one o f the music scene’s most excit
ing new singers. W hether expressing
tenderness (“You Mean The World
To Me,: an L.A ./Babyface/D aryl
Simmons composition), joy (“Spend
ing My T im e ” ), m e la n c h o ly
(“ B re a th e A g a in ” ), p ain (B e st
Friends” ) or sexuality (“ C andle
light”), Toni Braxton brings an em o
tional honesty to every track on her
very special premier musical outing.
Producer L.A. Reid who chose the
quality o f the songs remarks the key
to her success was finding the right
material for her “mature voice, great
tone, great delivery, and impeccable
stage presence.”
“As a whole project, this album
expresses who I am,” says Toni. “And
that’s a typical young woman, w ho’s
been through some o f life’s experi
ences, w ho’s been through some o f
love’s ups and downs, a woman who
has a lot o f love to give. The songs on
this first record are real, they’re about
things that people experience in rela
tionships with love heartbreak and
all that goes along with dealing with
everyday situations.”
O ffering P o rtland’s suburb
more than pizza and p a sta -O ld
Chicago set to become the neigh
borhood hang out.
Old Chicago is set to open De
c e m b e r 10, ju s t in tim e fo r
Milwaukie-area residents that are
looking forward to the best part of
the holidays, rewarding ones
shopping efforts with a little
neighborhood fun and re
laxation.
The 7,500 square foot
Old Chicago restaurant, lo
cated at 11211 South East
82nd A v e ., in th e o ld
Fudruckers space, will offer
a lively, yet comfortable at
mosphere for its patrons to
delight in great food. It
will also serve as a gath
ering place for friends
and family to watch
sports, play pool, «
try a new beer or
j ust talk over a fresh
ly-made pizza or pas
ta. Hours o f operation
will be conducive to
n e ig h b o rh o o d
g et-
togethers as well: 11 a.m.-
2:00 a m., daily.
Gary Foreman, Direc
tor o f Operations, sees the
Portland-areaas an obvious
location choice for Old Chi
cago, “Old Chicago’s credo
is to p ro v id e fa n ta stic c u sto m e r
se rv ic e , g re a t fo o d and th a t
h ard -to -d e fin e little e x tra th at
ensures c u sto m ers know th a t we
care about them and th e ir c o m
m unity. T his seem s to be in
synch w ith w hat P o rtla n d e rs ’
v a lu e .”
Demi DeSoto, Executive Di
rector o f the Clackamas Chamber o f
Commerce, thinks that Old Chicago
is exactly what the Milwaukee-area
needs: “This area has been growing
at a tremendous rate andwewelcome
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which has a
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place for
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O ld C h ic a - g o ’s broad but
moderately priced menu features Chi
cago-styled deep-dish pizza, along
with more than 40 other items, in
cluding appetizers, burgers, sand
wiches, calazones, large salads, a
pasta bar and dessert. Menu items
are prepared daily with local high-
quality, fresh ingredients from orig
inal recipes. Specialty pizza com bi
nations include non-traditional top
pings such as artichokes, Roma to
m atoes, shrim p and barbecued
chicken as well as traditional top
pings.
Aside from the main
dining area, the pub will
offer over 110 beers, fea
turing 30 Northwest beers
on tap. In addition, Old
C h icag o ’s brew ed-on-
prem ise beer features
W rigley Red, a 1993
G reat A m erican B eer
F e stiv a l G o ld M edal
Winner. Brew pub cus
to m e rs can e n jo y
s p o rts p ro g ra m s
show n on tw o
I large screen tele
visions or enter
tainm ent provided
by two pool tables.
A m e rc h a n d ise
area, will offer a vari
ety o f interesting gifts
to take home including t-
shirts, sweatshirts, glasses
and “home-brew kits” for
patrons to learn to create
th e ir ow n m ic ro b re w
conncotions; Old Chicago
will also sell “beer-to go”
Finally, as warm weather ap
proaches outdoor seating for 60 be
come available.
Rock Bottom Restaurants, Inc
a publicly-held company, operates
Old Chicago.
For more information about Old
Chicago, contact Lisa McCrummen
206-722-8268
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