Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz

The Central Camera store on May 31, 2020, the morning after it burned when protests led to widespread destruction downtown.

Central Camera, iconic Loop business for 121 years, vows to rebuild as building burns during unrest over George Floyd death

May 31, 2020 at 6:50 p.m.

The Loop's iconic Central Camera went up in flames during Saturday night's unrest, but the third-generation owner is vowing to rebuild "and make it just as good or better." The...

Danya Williams opens a door for dogs on their way to an outdoor play area May 27, 2020, at Canine Crews, a dog day care and boarding facility in Chicago. Canine Crews recently reopened after being closed for several weeks.

Bosses say $600 coronavirus unemployment boost makes reopening harder. Some workers ‘are making more money than they’ve ever made by not working right now.’

May 28, 2020 at 3:47 p.m.

About a month after suit-maker Hart Schaffner & Marx furloughed its nearly 250 factory employees, the Des Plaines-based company called them all back to work, marshaling their talents to cut...

Despite an uncertain future for restaurants reeling from the pandemic, Portillo's is moving forward with opening an eatery in Springfield, its first in the state's capital city.

Portillo’s to open restaurant in Springfield

May 28, 2020 at 12:13 p.m.

Despite an uncertain future for restaurants reeling from the pandemic, Portillo's is moving forward with opening an eatery in Springfield, its first in the state's capital city. The popular purveyor...

Gustavo Nicolas, bottom, and Francisco Rodriguez, both workers from Chicago Oriental Wholesale Market, unload a delivery to Manny's Deli in Chicago on April 28, 2020.

All this food with nowhere to go. Restaurant distributor finds new demand in supermarkets, carryout and home delivery

May 27, 2020 at 3:13 p.m.

Eugene Lam, vice president of Chicago Oriental Wholesale Market, watched COVID-19 shutdowns deflate demand from his biggest customers: restaurants, airlines, casinos. But orders at the food service distributor founded by...

Demeko Taylor dines on his Tovala chicken pot pie meal for dinner at his home in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood on May 14, 2020. Taylor said he increased his Tovala order when the pandemic struck and now buys six meals a week for $72.

The pandemic is boosting a stagnant meal kit industry. But will interest persist when people are no longer stuck at home?

May 19, 2020 at 10:22 a.m.

Barbie Steffen was trying to determine the best way to feed her family without stepping foot in a grocery store when she remembered a gift card that had gone unused...

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Central Camera, iconic Loop business for 121 years, vows to rebuild as building burns during unrest over George Floyd death

Bosses say $600 coronavirus unemployment boost makes reopening harder. Some workers ‘are making more money than they’ve ever made by not working right now.’

Portillo’s to open restaurant in Springfield

All this food with nowhere to go. Restaurant distributor finds new demand in supermarkets, carryout and home delivery

The pandemic is boosting a stagnant meal kit industry. But will interest persist when people are no longer stuck at home?

Extra pay for many essential workers is expiring, even as COVID-19 deaths mount. Labor groups fight to keep ‘hero pay.’

Potbelly warns it could close 100 stores as COVID-19 causes sales drop

Worker at Amazon’s Waukegan fulfillment center dies of COVID-19

Mother’s Day flowers: Hope for Chicago florist struggling amid coronavirus pandemic

Meat shortage means Chicago shoppers face buying limits, higher prices, fewer choices as coronavirus stresses supply