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Article: Chicago Bear's Coach Mike Ditka named Pork Restaurateur of the Year.
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- June 18, 1987
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LA >R L % TO SPORTS DESK AND FOOD EDITOR: CHICAGO BEAR'S COACH MIKE DITKA NAMED PORK RESTAURATEUR OF THE YEAR
CHICAGO, June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The coach of the Chicago Bears pro-football team, Mike Ditka, has been named Pork Restaurateur of the Year by the National Pork Producers Council. Ditka's Chicago restaurant will be formally awarded the honor during ceremonies at the restaurant June 29.
Pork chops, dubbed Ditka Chops, are the house specialty at the Chicago establishment, and they serve about 1,000 pounds of them every week, according to Jim Rittenberg, Ditka's general manager. "It's a meat that the restaurant industry has ignored for a long ...