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Apr 28, 2021 Can't Believe It's Not Meat, a fast-food restaurant in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood, has had lines out its door from the minute it first opened. The Chef and owner is Laricia Chandler Baker. As an African-American woman and business owner, Baker is proud of her efforts to create a healthier alternative to fast food in her neighborhood.
Apr 28, 2021 Can't Believe It's Not Meat, a fast-food restaurant in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood, has had lines out its door from the minute it first opened. The Chef and owner is Laricia Chandler Baker. As an African-American woman and business owner, Baker is proud of her efforts to create a healthier alternative to fast food in her neighborhood. About Joe Soto
Michael J. McGee Photo Just in time for Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s area-wide ease of COVID-19 dine-in restrictions on restaurants, a trio of Black entrepreneurs are teaming up to bring a new vegan/jerk food concept to Orland Park. Phil Simpson and Andrew Bonsu, co-owners of University Village-based restaurant Phlavz Bar & Grille (717 W. Maxwell St.), and Laricia Chandler Baker, the owner of Hyde Park vegan/vegetarian eatery Can’t Believe It’s Not Meat (1368 1/2 E. 53rd St.) plan to open a hybrid location (24 Orland Sq. Drive) at noon Saturday. Separately, Bonsu and Simpson — who met whil...