Sweet Success: How Chicago’s Mexican Bakeries Stay Competitive

Sweet Success: How Chicago’s Mexican Bakeries Stay Competitive

By Liz Stanton – WBez.org – Photo: Katherine Nagasawa/WBEZ. In neighborhoods like Pilsen, how do Mexican bakeries stay in business with so much competition? It turns out the answer has a lot to do with culture and tradition. Mexicans can’t live without...
The Grid: Exploring the Pilsen neighborhood

The Grid: Exploring the Pilsen neighborhood

By Ji Suk Yi | @oh_em_ji_CST – Chicago.SunTimes.com – Photo: Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times. Photo: A man jogs past a Major League Soccer mural by Sam Kirk near 18th Street and Ashland Avenue in Pilsen. The Pilsen neighborhood is 4.5 miles from downtown Chicago...