Jeanne Uzdawinis Way
Linda Zabors
Jeanne Marie Uzdawinis was the co-owner of Cafe Selmarie in the Lincoln Square neighborhood. She and Birgit Kobayashi were neighbors on Giddings Street who started the European styled cafe in 1983. The Cafe began as a bakery featuring what became Jeanne’s famous hazelnut cheesecake. It has grown in size and popularity with Lincoln Square itself, and is now a full restaurant. Cafe Selmarie moved to the Lincoln Square Plaza in 1999 Cafe Selmarie celebrated 35 years in business in 2018.
Jeanne grew up in Indianapolis and came to Chicago to study dance at Columbia College.
Alumni
University of North Carolina School of the Arts (Dance)
University of Wisconsin, Madison (Zoology)
Columbia College, Chicago (Dance)
Honorary Jeanne Uzdawinis Way
West Giddings Street cul-de-sac to the northwest corner of North Damen Avenue and West Giddings Street
Approved: July 2018
Ward: 47
Alderman: Pawar
Neighborhood: Ravenswood
d. October 8, 2017. Age 63
ovarian cancer
Near
Cafe Selmarie
4729 North Lincoln Avenue
on Lincoln Square Plaza