{"id":67840,"date":"2026-05-15T17:29:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T17:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/15\/sam-sianis-longtime-owner-of-iconic-billy-goat-tavern-dies-restaurant-says-abc7-chicago\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T17:29:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T17:29:15","slug":"sam-sianis-longtime-owner-of-iconic-billy-goat-tavern-dies-restaurant-says-abc7-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/15\/sam-sianis-longtime-owner-of-iconic-billy-goat-tavern-dies-restaurant-says-abc7-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Sianis, longtime owner of iconic Billy Goat Tavern, dies, restaurant says &#8211; ABC7 Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Sianis, longtime owner of iconic Billy Goat Tavern, dies, restaurant says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">ABC7 Chicago<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxOVUJ0bnU2M1QzWXdBZ1Z0cXBLVS1TQmxVMlhtcElfTTFIN2JDbDVfWnRZNHZ6OW9VT2lwQmliQXppRjVtOEV0SVZmR3dkYjRacWZob0xobGM4Y2J1b0U1Ym56b2JZdTZ3YlJtbmRuaGJvdlMxaXNkbjdBWko2eW1UWXpFNkxHUjdkOHhkSGlYZWl1eWtu?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Billy Goat Tavern owner Sam Sianis dies at 91<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Axios<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigwFBVV95cUxNUUJEdzZfb0FFaEthMEZIeTlXOVZCQVFUT2JQSTNuMmpCQVMwd0g1QXFLX0syQjMzQndubGdQdHhLeUdsQ09uYnhwdHUxVFRVQWUwcldTNUF4VGpoYmlDUVVtMm9SZ2k2QTlLTTB3Ym92S0M4Qlc0eXpEbm9CaFlpWUJKdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Sianis of the Billy Goat, Chicago\u2019s most famous saloonkeeper, dies at 91<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Chicago Tribune<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwwFBVV95cUxPQzJCbHFHd2dkVTRGXzV1WGVhMHhGU3RkQW9XMGVwc2xZZVd1Q2RtTHgzOWRfRG1SR0l1c1dHRVlmLTVxWTlLSTV6LW1YbWpVbzVCVlh6N2ZZSmJkTVQwSEUtSzdRVEZMbGR3OXBvdW9KSll0TGxtMGFKZEY5SFZZZHd3aFRWb09ScHRZRWc4WGJXa19NZ1ZTcERrOWNyNDJkRWx1RzZycnZuVjhZVFlUMGs4MUo2eW9YQ19XY3daQlg1QVk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Sam &#8216;Cheezborger&#8217; Sianis, legendary owner of the Billy Goat Tavern, dies at 91<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Chicago Sun-Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigwFBVV95cUxQY0dBa3llYVpYQ09CeTMxcHdUM19xdEI5V2hmal9kakcxeGJXalphc0Y1VGVKY3BBQTN1RFM1cWRSci1nQlZNOUlMWUVia1V1R203YkxUUFBUQTFKWXMzSlJTQTVEOTN1djlTaTdFM1lnNEZ1aDRsQ0FydGY4aGx0dnJ1TdIBiAFBVV95cUxNNG12NXM4NGJMTXMtWklQYkdwRklXTDRsV3BnYzY0dXJ5WEt4aDVFRTU3aDduU082a1IwNWw1T1NIbDlFbVRheUNmQzJfWGRsUTJsTHB0R2N5cHJCUXB0eE5UdEpQa0dXeWx6RUtsd0pBOXplYi0yZzRncUNjd1I2MV93clhHX3dV?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Billy Goat Tavern\u2019s Sam Sianis dies at 91<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">WGN-TV<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Sianis, longtime owner of iconic Billy Goat Tavern, dies, restaurant says&nbsp;&nbsp;ABC7 Chicago Billy Goat Tavern owner Sam Sianis dies at 91&nbsp;&nbsp;Axios Sam Sianis of&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/15\/sam-sianis-longtime-owner-of-iconic-billy-goat-tavern-dies-restaurant-says-abc7-chicago\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67840\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}