Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Um, Duh?

  • When convicted mob bookmaker Carl Dote was interviewed on the popular WTTW-Channel 11 show "Check, Please!" about Danny's, the restaurant he runs in Melrose Park, there were a few things he made clear: [...] "I'm the owner," Dote said in the unedited version of the interview, adding that his wife, Paula, was the co-owner.
  • But when it came to the forms needed to get a liquor license, Dote -- a twice-convicted felon for illegal gambling -- isn't listed as owner. In fact, his name is nowhere to be found.

    Felons typically can't obtain a liquor license.

    But officials in Melrose Park and in Des Plaines, which hopes to be home to a new casino, don't appear to be overly troubled.

No one ever seems to be troubled when Outfit figures suddenly find themselves within one-degree of separation from all sorts of things that they shouldn't be near - liquor licenses, casino licenses, adult entertainment licenses, police brass, city council members, construction firms, municipal contracts, mayor's brothers, mayor's sons, mayors themselves, etc.

It's kind of interesting to those who actually pay attention.

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28 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

And yet I gotta fill out that stupid fucking Board of Ethics Statement every fucking year!

3/16/2010 12:13:00 AM  
Anonymous Tony Soprano said...

There's no such thing as the mafia.

3/16/2010 12:32:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ok so the guy ran book a few years ago and runs a restaurant. Big deal. How many neighborhood joints run book right out of the bar now? And no one does shit about them. No one is saying this guy is still doing it. We have a convicted felon that did time whos an alderman. Wheres the front page coverage on him?

3/16/2010 12:35:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Where is US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald and the FBI?

3/16/2010 12:36:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm........

3/16/2010 12:52:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What about the illegal gambling casinos the Outfit is operating in Chicago with immunity from Daley?

3/16/2010 12:55:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

WTF? Are you kidding me? I have been eating at Danny's for some time now. You mean this place is mob connected? You mean when I'm walking in and out of that place the Feds are probably watching? You mean those neckbones Danny's specializing in that I love so much might be .....?! And those meatball sandwiches?! Oh come one, I don't believe it for a second. Carl is a likeable guy. He passes for a Chicago Street and Sans guy the way he talks and jokes. Come on. You got this one all wrong. All wrong.

3/16/2010 01:09:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Melrose Park. Let's say it slower, in case anyone missed it; M-e-l-r-o-s-e P-a-r-k.

It's somewhere (physically and practically-speaking) between Cicero and Elmwood Park.

3/16/2010 01:18:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Wha..." (making the Silvio Dante shrug) aaat's da matter wit dat?

---not a cop

3/16/2010 07:17:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

We have a convicted felon that did time whos an alderman. Wheres the front page coverage on him?

3/16/2010 12:35:00 AM

THAT'S the problem. Everything today is alright and ok. Thank the Reverends for all this.

3/16/2010 07:18:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Melrose Park. Let's say it slower, in case anyone missed it; M-e-l-r-o-s-e P-a-r-k.

It's somewhere (physically and practically-speaking) between Cicero and Elmwood Park.

3/16/2010 01:18:00 AM

You're funny.

3/16/2010 07:19:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Say what you want but the food is amazing at both restaurants. How many felons do we have working for the City of Chicago or for the government in general?

3/16/2010 11:20:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

He's obviously turned his life around unfortunately it's in his Golden years....anyway the FEDS don't pay much attention to the young upwardly mobile wise guys.

3/16/2010 01:00:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

All kidding aside, they have great food.

3/16/2010 03:16:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I love neckbones, I am going to try this place. I don't care who owns it or who watches it. If the food is good and not overpriced, I am going!!

3/16/2010 04:03:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Let's focus on the more important things about this story.

Such as, is the food any good at this restaurant?

3/16/2010 04:28:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Heyy, fuhgitaboutit.

3/16/2010 05:11:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

U forgot to add the White House to that list

3/16/2010 07:06:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Melrose Park. Let's say it slower, in case anyone missed it; M-e-l-r-o-s-e P-a-r-k.

It's somewhere (physically and practically-speaking) between Cicero and Elmwood Park.

3/16/2010 01:18:00 AM

You're funny.

3/16/2010 07:19:00 AM

Funny how?

3/16/2010 07:34:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

GAMBLING in Chicago, Chief Brown say not!

3/16/2010 07:37:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Carl Dote and his Brother Tony used to own the bar at NewCastle and Grand Ave, they are straight up good guys, connected up but so what, nobody complains about all the hooked up reverends on the westside who did time for dope dealing and run with the politicians and can be seen at all these fundraisers, or the gangbangers who all of a sudden become crusaders to stop the violence. Big deal the guy was a bookie. How many of us bet on games at our neighborhhod bars, run pools etc. We need to spend some time in trying to bring home these young soldiers getting blown up in the BULLSHIT WAR. Lets keep it real.

3/16/2010 09:07:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What about the CAPS director? Remember his little problem.

3/16/2010 09:52:00 PM  
Anonymous Paulie and Carmine said...

FUGGEDABOUDIT!

3/16/2010 11:31:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Dinning at Danny's for lunch is like a scene for the Soprano's. The place is full of wise guys, municipal employees, and cops. But the corned beef on rye and home made chips are fantastic. The fried meatball sam'ich is unique. I would highly recommend it. We always laugh and joke you get lunch and a show. Just watch and listen to the clientele.

Not a cop!

3/16/2010 11:59:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
WTF? Are you kidding me? I have been eating at Danny's for some time now. You mean this place is mob connected? You mean when I'm walking in and out of that place the Feds are probably watching? You mean those neckbones Danny's specializing in that I love so much might be .....?! And those meatball sandwiches?! Oh come one, I don't believe it for a second. Carl is a likeable guy. He passes for a Chicago Street and Sans guy the way he talks and jokes. Come on. You got this one all wrong. All wrong.

3/16/2010 01:09:00 AM
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It's sangwiches.....

3/17/2010 01:09:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What about the CAPS director? Remember his little problem.

Yes, but he was giving the info to politically correct gang members.

3/17/2010 11:08:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"they are straight up good guys, connected up but so what"
So what? go to any library or bookstore and pick up some mob books and look at the very real pictures of people blown up, shot,hung on meathooks, blowtorched, tortured etc.....

3/17/2010 04:45:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Danny's over by there YUM

3/18/2010 03:51:00 PM  

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