File #: 23-5001    Version: 1 Name: Resolution Congratulating Superdawg Drive-In on its 75th Year in Business
Type: Consent Calendar Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 9/19/2023 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 9/21/2023 Final action: 9/21/2023
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING SUPERDAWG DRIVE-IN ON ITS 75TH YEAR IN BUSINESS WHEREAS, Maurie and Flaurie Berman, high school sweethearts, created Superdawg in 1948, opening on May 9, 1948; and WHEREAS, the Superdawg recipe is Maurie and Flaurie's recipe that they developed in the 1940s and is still used today; and WHEREAS, Maurie and Flaurie Berman's children, co-owners Scott Berman, Miles Berman and Lisa Drucker continue to operate Superdawg Drive-In like how their parents operated it 75 years ago including the menu and switchboard greeting; and WHEREAS, Superdawg expanded with a second location in suburban Wheeling in 2010 which is managed by Maurie and Flaurie's granddaughter; and WHEREAS, Superdawg serves hundreds of thousands of "Superdawgs" a year; and WHEREAS, Superdawg has a warehouse operated in Skokie, Illinois; and WHEREAS, The Berman family have been leaders in Skokie and have given back to the Skokie community; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the ...
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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

 

CONGRATULATING SUPERDAWG DRIVE-IN ON ITS 75TH YEAR IN BUSINESS

 

WHEREAS, Maurie and Flaurie Berman, high school sweethearts, created Superdawg in 1948, opening on May 9, 1948; and

 

WHEREAS, the Superdawg recipe is Maurie and Flaurie’s recipe that they developed in the 1940s and is still used today; and

 

WHEREAS, Maurie and Flaurie Berman’s children, co-owners Scott Berman, Miles Berman and Lisa Drucker continue to operate Superdawg Drive-In like how their parents operated it 75 years ago including the menu and switchboard greeting; and

 

WHEREAS, Superdawg expanded with a second location in suburban Wheeling in 2010 which is managed by Maurie and Flaurie’s granddaughter; and

 

WHEREAS, Superdawg serves hundreds of thousands of “Superdawgs” a year; and

 

WHEREAS, Superdawg has a warehouse operated in Skokie, Illinois; and

 

WHEREAS, The Berman family have been leaders in Skokie and have given back to the Skokie community; and

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Commissioners of Cook County, on behalf of the 5.2 million residents of Cook County, does hereby congratulate Superdawg Drive-In on its 75th year in business; and

                                          

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a suitable copy of this Resolution be spread upon the official proceedings of this Honorable Body and that an official copy of same be tendered to the Berman family.

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