Bob Chinn’s massive crab house in Wheeling packed in thousands of diners over the years and was once ranked among the nation’s top restaurants in terms of sales. Chinn died April 15. He was 99.
Bob Chinn at his restaurant, Bob Chinn's Crab House, in Wheeling in 2011.
“You came for dinner, he was part of your family — he would tell you what to order, and he would tell you how to eat it."Chinn, 99, died of natural causes April 15 at his Northbrook home, said his daughter, Marilyn Chinn LeTourneau. Chinn’s first venture in restaurant ownership was a Chinese restaurant in Evanston called the Golden Pagoda, which he started in 1955 using some salvaged equipment from the New Wilson Village restaurant after a fire. In 1958, Chinn began operating the House of Chan, a carryout restaurant and luau catering service on Green Bay Road in Wilmette.
Chinn eschewed wholesale seafood, which he didn’t find fresh enough, and instead built relationships with commercial fishing boats on both coasts. He would drive to O’Hare International Airport each day to pick up fresh seafood for his restaurant.“Really fresh fish doesn’t need a sauce,” he told the Tribune in 1993. “It just kills the flavor.”
Chinn prided himself on offering low-cost, family-friendly fare instead of the expensive outings offered by white-tablecloth restaurants with high-profile chefs.
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