Sam Sianis will celebrate his 93rd birthday this December.
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Food icon: Sam Sianis of Billy Goat Tavern and Cheezborger legend in Chicago

Sam Sianis inherited a family legacy of legendary billy goats, and immortalized the mythological Chicago incantation: cheezborger, cheezborger, cheezborger.

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