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A beautiful tribute to Chicago restaurateur Billy Lawless Sr. who has brought us so many good eateries over the years and whose legacy and passion lives on thanks to his talented family. The Gage The Dawson Coda Di Volpe.

There was a time when restaurateurs like Billy Lawless got help from the city Billy Lawless, who died Friday at the age of 73 and who will be eulogized Thursday, was an Irish immigrant to Chicago who became one of this city’s most successful restaurateurs, developing such eateries as The Gage on South Michigan Avenue, The Dawson at the tricky corner of Grand and Milwaukee a...