john kirby allen and augustus chapman allen . for musical groups see the allen brothers . allen brothers type privately held industry retail founded 1893 headquarters chicago illinois products steak usda prime beef seafood website www.allenbrothers.com allen brothers is a purveyor of prime steaks headquartered in chicago . founded in 1893 on the southside of chicago in the union stock yards meat area 1 it is led by christopher pappas ceo and founder of the chefs warehouse who is on a mission to preserve the integrity of the brand and steward the business for the next 120 years . 1 allen brothers began as a wholesale business selling to steakhouses in us and since 1993 it has been also selling its restaurant grade steaks directly to consumers through its website and catalog . the company s slogan is the great steakhouse steaks . the wholesale clients include the forge in miami beach florida delmonico s steak house hilton in philadelphia pennsylvania gene & georgetti in chicago illinois chops lobster bar in boca raton fl lawry s the prime rib in chicago the prime rib in washington dc and baltimore and abacus restaurant in dallas texas . 2 the wall street journal praised allen brothers steaks stating that it offers steakhouse quality cuts to consumers . 3 the chicago tribune s corilyn shropshire wrote that allen brothers was among the last family owned premium meat businesses in the country . 1 in 2012 chairman bobby hatoff was inducted as one of the twelve members in the meat industry hall of fame s 2012 class . 4 in the 1980s hatoff started his tenure as allen brothers leader . his tenure included the industry s prosperous and lean years . the high protein diet movement during the early 2000s was very profitable whereas during the late 2000s recession fine dining was more suited for high living . he was known in the business for his old world style of doing business . rather than paying attention only to transactions he also focused on the relationships by not forgetting business associates spouses or children s names . harry caray s restaurant group ceo grant deporter told the chicago tribune that each year hatoff sent him flowers for his wedding anniversary . hatoff died on october 7 2012 . 1 references edit a b c d shropshire corilyn 2012 10 13 . robert a. bobby hatoff 1943 2012 chairman of allen brothers steak company . chicago tribune . archived from the original on 2012 10 21 . retrieved 2012 10 21 . restaurant partners . allen brothers . 2011 . archived from the original on 2011 01 25 . retrieved 2011 01 25 . passy charles 2000 05 05 . searching for steaks that make the cut . wall street journal . archived from the original on 2011 01 25 . retrieved 2011 01 25 . jolley chuck . twelve of industry s top leaders to be honored during october 27 ceremony . meat industry hall of fame . archived from the original on 2012 10 21 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title allen brothers & oldid 743509973 categories companies based in chicagofood manufacturers of the united statesbrand name meatscompanies established in 1893 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 00 14 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view