Estelle Rose Surma: 1921-2006Restaurateur had iron willShe found strength to rebuild after fire.

From: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) | Date: February 24, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Annemarie Mannion

Feb. 24--A child of the Depression, Estelle Rose Surma didn't go to high school or college. But she and her husband opened and after a fire rebuilt a successful restaurant and banquet hall that once served up to 600 diners a night.

At its peak from the 1960s to the '90s, Surma's Restaurant in Homewood also employed 100 people including eight chefs and line cooks, three full-time bakers and a butcher. It was known as a place where peo...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research

Surma's: A Homewood Institution
Chicago Sun-Times ; SURMA'S RESTAURANT (STAR) 1/2 175th and Dixie Highway, Homewood Cuisine: American. Phone: (708) 798-0327. Hours: Monday through Friday, 11:15 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4 to 10 p.m.; Saturday, 4 to 10 p.m.; Sunday, 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Prices: appetizers, $3.25-$7.25; entrees, $8.95-$34.95; desserts,
U.S. Steel profits surge 123 percent
Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ; Taking advantage of strong global demand and pricing, U.S. Steel Corp.'s stock price rose 14 percent on Tuesday after it reported a 123 percent jump in second-quarter profits. U.S. Steel said its second-quarter net income rose to $668 million, or $5.65 per share, compared to second-quarter 2007
Surma's satisfies with home-style takeout
Chicago Sun-Times ; SURMA'S CARRY OUT 17501 Dixie Hwy., Homewood (708) 799-6100 Hours: 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. Credit cards: Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, Diners Club and Transmedia. Surma's restaurant, which opened as a dance hall and speakeasy in the 1920s, has been a popular Homewood dining spot
Background Gives U.S. Steel's President Tools to Make Merger, USW Pact Pay Off.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) ; ... balance sheet. It can boost profits in some circumstances. When Dirsmith asked Surma about it, the steel executive recalled a radio news report he heard a year and a half earlier about a company that was denied a waiver from the Securities and Exchange Commission ...
U.S. Steel eyes overseas expansion
Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ; U.S. Steel Corp. is looking for growth possibilities in Europe, where it wants to expand its product mix to serve the burgeoning auto industry in Central Europe, the chief of the nation's leading steelmaker said Wednesday. By increasing the products at its operations in Serbia and Slovakia,