Manufacturer: Buffalo China
User: Harding's
Date of mug: October 1925

Presidential Grill showing Harding's logo

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Harding's restaurant business was based at 21 South Wabash, where he also ran the Colonial Room, along with a number of smaller places inside Chicago's 'Loop' district. At the time of his death in March 1943, according to his obituary, John P. Harding owned a total of 12 restaurants in the Chicago Loop. Harding's son, James Patrick, continued on as President of the John P. Harding Restaurant Company until his death in April 1953. The companies originally founded by John P. Harding later became the Harding Restaurant Company in 1961.

There was a Harding's on the Howard Street L, where a kid could get "glorious mashed potatoes and gravy, heavenly macaroni and cheese, and fresh muffins." There was also a Harding's at 231 S. Wabash and 68 W. Madison, where John P. Harding himself gave out complimentary toys from his "treasure chest" to girls and boys at Christmastime. Note the logo on the interior back wall in the postcard shown above.

Harding also ran finer establishments, such as the aforementioned Colonial Room, and the Presidential Grill at 109 W. Madison. The second postcard shown above features the Presidential Grill with the Harding's logo.

For related info:
Harding's by Syracuse China
Harding's 3 by Carr China

White body with green rim lines border, John P. Harding in green script.

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Photo contributed by kathleen