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Associated Press - December 27, 2009 10:34 AM ET
CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago restaurant made famous by "Saturday Night Live" sketches about "cheezborgers and cheeps" is celebrating its 75th anniversary.
The first Billy Goat Tavern opened in 1934 on Chicago's West Side, across from what is now the United Center.
The restaurant has locations across the city and in Washington, D.C.
SNL actors made the restaurant famous with sketches that parodied Billy Goat cooks, who hawk "cheezborgers" and don't serve fries, only "cheeps."
According to Chicago legend, the founder of the Billy Goat is also responsible for the Chicago Cubs' World Series drought of more than a century.
The owner allegedly cursed the Cubs during the 1945 World Series when they wouldn't let his pet goat into Wrigley Field.
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