Brighton Park
Chicago-Style Shrimp
The restaurant—if a room with six deep fryers and a few fridges can be called a restaurant—has been unofficially named the best fried shrimp house in Chicago. Although Frank’s is located in Brighton Park, its famed Chicago-style shrimp (not the New Orleans variety) attracts business from across the South Side. »
The Reconstructionists: The ReBuilding Exchange salvages and resells parts from old buildings
The first thing to notice when walking through the halls of the warehouse that lodges the ReBuilding Exchange is the smell. It’s an unexpected scent to find in the middle of a busy city, in a building sandwiched between two storage centers. It’s the smell of sawdust. The odor is just a clue about... »
The Big Cheese
As a lover of good food and explorer of this great city, I couldn’t believe I had lived on the South Side for three years and never heard of the Great American Cheese Collection. Opened about fifteen years ago by Giles Schnierle, this warehouse and foodie destination has over 300 cheeses from around 67... »
Best of the South Side 2009: Southwest Side
The story of Chicago’s Southwest Side is a classically American one. Immigrants—Poles, Lithuanians, Italians, Germans, Czechs—flocked to the area in the early 20th century after the extension of streetcar lines made it an easy commute. Railroads and stockyards—including the famous Union Stock Yard portrayed in Upton Sinclair’s novel “The Jungle”—brought an abundance of jobs... »
Miss Zacatecas
The seven young women onstage at the Zacatecano Cultural Center in Brighton Park last Sunday night were dressed to impress, wearing red tops and black skirts with coiffed hair and makeup fit for a prom night. Over the course of the evening, they strutted their stuff like runway models, and each gave a short... »
