Ceres

Ceres Hit Hard By Restaurant Ban

by Thom Thompson | Mar 17, 2020

The popular restaurant in the Chicago Board of Trade’s Jackson Street Lobby closed Monday afternoon in response to the Illinois governor’s restrictions on restaurants and bars serving the public.

The Most Popular Stories of 2016 on JohnLothianNews.com

by John Lothian | Dec 30, 2016

As we end 2016 we should all stop in at Ceres in the Chicago Board of Trade Building for a stiff drink and to shake the hand of Billy Assimos. He was the focus of the most read story on johnlothiannews.com in 2016, according to...

Billy Assimos, the Face of Ceres

by Sarah Rudolph | Jun 17, 2016

Along with the hand signals and colorful jackets, Ceres Cafe, the bar/restaurant housed in the Chicago Board of Trade Building, has long been a tradition in the Chicago trading world, and it has changed along with that world.For many traders and others who work in and...

Weathering a Storm

by JLN Staff | Aug 22, 2014

I had lunch with John Lothian and Doug Ashburn this last week. It was a nice day when got to Ceres so we sat outside. Soon after we ordered, our waitress rolled out the recently installed, maroon umbrellas to hide us from the impending rain clouds. The sky got darker...