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Gordon Sinclair
Last-known location After quitting as a PR manager for the Tribune Company in 1975, Sinclair told everyone he was going to open a restaurant. But he had no experience, so he got a job as a waiter at now-defunct Mon Petite, where he worked his way up to captain, maitre d’ and sommelier. During the day, he worked on opening Gordon’s, eventually launching the spot in July of 1976. Gordon’s became one of the most influential restaurants in Chicago, a spot where Charlie Trotter and Carrie Nahabedian spent the early part of their careers.
Update In 2000, Sinclair sold the Gordon’s space to Nahabedian, and it became Naha. Sinclair headed to a small lobster town on the central coast of Maine, where he bought an 1835 Cape Cod house. He wintered in Auckland, New Zealand, and rented an apartment in Brisbane, Australia, where he learned to scuba dive. Last year he headed to Buenos Aires to learn how to tango, speak Spanish and drink Malbec. Now he’s in L.A. working on a career-advice book.

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