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'''Barnaby's Family Inn''' was a restaurant at {{LinkToMap|636 E. Touhy}} from 1969 to 2020.  It was one of many '''Barnaby's''' restaurants.  The only remaining in Illinois are in Niles, Northbrook and Arlington Heights.  There are at least four restaurants in Indiana.

The Des Plaines restaurant opened October 5, 1969 by its owners Dale Kendricks and Gerry Kehl.  They had recently graduated from Barnaby's University.<ref name='ST 1969-10-06'>The Des Plaines Suburban Times, October 6, 1969, page 4</ref>

It was modeled after a 17th century British pub.<ref name='ST 1969-10-06' />  Kendricks hired a London double-decker bus to travel the streets of Des Plaines to promote the restaurant.<ref>The Des Plaines Suburban Times, October 30, 1969, page 4</ref>

'''Barnaby's''' closed during COVID-19 lockdown and never reopened.<ref>The Des Plaines Journal, June 13, 2022, online</ref>

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|[[File:1969-09-29 Des Plaines Suburban Times.jpg|thumb|300px|1969 advertisement]]
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|[[File:Barnaby's opening.png|thumb|250px|1969 advertisement]]
|[[File:Barnaby's 1978.jpg|thumb|250px|1978 advertisement]]
|[[File:Barnaby's sign.jpg|thumb|250px|Sign facing Wolf Road, 2022]]
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[[Category:Restaurants and bars]]
[[Category:Touhy Avenue]]