Starting a restaurant near Chicago after WWII was not easy, but Pauline Fraser made it fun and staved off the temptation to “throw in the towel” during 22 years as owner of The Beef Steak Inn.

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Pauline Fraser was a tap dancer, a movie extra for Alfred Hitchcock films, and a spy tracker in World War II London, dodging bombings by the Luftwaffe, while managing to retain her sense of humor.

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