Phil Cooley is a Corktown-based restaurateur, developer, and philanthropist. He's the majority owner of Slow's BarBQ.
He runs a woodworking shop on Michigan Ave that produced the fixtures for Slow's.
In the news
- Seeking a Future for a Symbol of a Grander Past NY Times, March 6 2010.
Phillip Cooley, a restaurant owner who lives across a park from the station, estimates that about 30 sightseers a day show up at its locked gate, cameras raised. He calls the building “an education.”
- Slow's Plans a Much Needed Expansion. 10 May 2011.