Brown Sugar Bakery
Award-winning South Side bakery famed for its Southern-style caramel cake
Morrison’s Soul Food
Family-run Auburn Gresham soul food staple since 2002 known for lines out the door
Salaam Restaurant
Longtime halal restaurant and bakery on 79th Street rooted in the local Muslim community
Cocula Restaurant
Longtime South Chicago Mexican spot on the Commercial Avenue strip known for seafood cocktails, tortas and hearty platillos
Birrieria Ocotlan
Family-run East Side birrieria serving goat and beef birria from a Jalisco family recipe since the 1970s
Solazo
Chef-driven Mexican spot with 100-plus agave spirits, featured by Chicago Magazine
Xocome Antojeria
Mexico City-style antojeria making masa, tlacoyos and tamales by hand from scratch
Weber’s Bakery
Beloved neighborhood bakery on Archer since the 1930s, famous for atomic cake and paczki
Karolinka Club
One of the last true neighborhood bars, with Polish-Silesian home cooking and weekly drink specials
Vito & Nick’s Pizzeria
Legendary cash-only thin-crust tavern pizza served at this Ashburn corner since 1965