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According to the numbers, younger generations are ditching wine for spirits, so it's a good time to consider adding agave distillates to your holiday table.
Between supply chain problems, inflation and the shadow of a pandemic, the outlook for small retail and food businesses continues to be uncertain this holiday season.
Chicago has three finalists for potential casino sites, but residents of those communities have mixed feelings. Some fear a rise in crime and the impact a casino could have on neighboring small businesses. Others are hopeful it could provide good paying jobs.
Little Village is renowned for being a deeply Mexican-American community today, but that wasn’t always the case. A wave of Mexican-American migration to Chicago in the 1960s gave it the Chicano flavor we know today. Mike Moreno Sr.’s family brought him to Chicago as a young boy during that time.
Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times After spending a year perfecting the art of making piñatas to help her Rogers Park shop stand out, Reyna Gonzalez decided to open her business in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. Her store, Dulceria La Fiesta Inc., opened in July, and she’s remained in business, though sales haven’t taken off like she expected. She has survived without help from loans or grants, and she recently started delivering groceries through third-party mobile apps to bring in extra income. “It’s going to get better; it’s just a matter of time,” said Gonzalez, who quit her corporate job to open the shop that specializes in Mexican candy and party items. “The business is going to explode, I just have to be patient.”