DANIEL J. ROSENTHAL
Co-Founder and Chairman Green Chicago Restaurant Co-op
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Dan Rosenthal is a restaurateur with over forty years of experience, encompassing all aspects of the restaurant industry. Since 1988, Rosenthal has opened and operated a number of restaurants including Trattoria No.10, Sopraffina Marketcaff� (both of which Rosenthal continues to manage), Harry Carey�s, Prairie, and The Empress River Casino in Joliet, Illinois. Since then Rosenthal has focused on the refinement and expansion of the Sopraffina Marketcaff� concept, resulting in the addition of four more Chicago Sopraffinas to the group. His latest concept, Poag Mahone�s, an �old Chicago� carvery and ale house opened in 2003.
Following the opening of Poag Mahone�s and the latest Sopraffina Marketcaff�, Rosenthal has devoted much of his time to correcting the massive negative impact that Chicago restaurants have on the environment. With an original mission of bringing sustainable products and services to restaurants at affordable prices, in October 2007 he co-founded the Green Chicago Restaurant Co-op. The co-op has since grown to a sizeable force of over 250 restaurant members, has expanded its mission to include educational initiatives, targeted advocacy on behalf of its membership, and the creation of the Guaranteed Green certification program for restaurants.
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