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A line of shoppers wait outside patiently in the cold for their paczki following several inches of snowfall, outside the Bridgeport Bakery in Chicago, on Fat Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. Antonio Perez/ baiduhai)

Chicago snowstorm forces some restaurants to close and some to open early, while 1 gives away free ice cream

February 16, 2021 at 4:04 p.m.

Take the pandemic, add Mardi Gras, plus a side of paczki, then dump nearly 18 inches of snow on top and that's Tuesday in Chicago. While some restaurants remained closed...

A customer snaps a photo of founder Gus Rickette at Uncle Remus Saucy Fried Chicken restaurant Feb. 8, 2021, in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago. Rickette has continued to work throughout the pandemic.

Uncle Remus weathers the pandemic, all along supporting the community with jobs and free meals

February 16, 2021 at 10:08 a.m.

Final installment in an eight-part series. See the earlier profiles here. Throughout the pandemic, and a summer of protests triggered by the killing of George Floyd, and now the scramble...

The Stomp Your Feet peach cobbler at Shawn Michelle's Homemade Ice Cream.

Shawn Michelle’s is serving a community along with artisan ice cream — how Chicago’s Black-owned restaurants are faring during pandemic

February 15, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

Seventh installment in an eight-part series. See the earlier profiles here. Throughout the pandemic, and a summer of protests triggered by the killing of George Floyd, and now the scramble...

A new line of candies is seen Feb. 9, 2021, at Brown Sugar Bakery on East 75th Street in Chatham.

Brown Sugar Bakery has taken a few hits in pandemic, but owner Stephanie Hart is seeing successes too

February 14, 2021 at 7:51 a.m.

Sixth installment in an eight-part series. See the earlier profiles here. Throughout the pandemic, and a summer of protests triggered by the killing of George Floyd, and now the scramble...

Lem's Bar-B-Q, at 311 E. 75th St. in the Chatham neighborhood, is seen on Feb. 10, 2021.

Lem’s Bar-B-Q thrives with fire and family — how Chicago’s Black-owned restaurants are faring during pandemic

February 18, 2021 at 10:16 p.m.

Fifth installment in an eight-part series. Read the earlier profiles here. Throughout the pandemic, and a summer of protests triggered by the killing of George Floyd, and now the scramble...

A woman wears a mask as she watches the Lunar New Year parade Feb. 2, 2020.

Chinese restaurants and bakeries in Chicago offering food and specials to celebrate the Lunar New Year

February 12, 2021 at 2:40 p.m.

Friday is the first day of the Lunar New Year in 2021, beginning the Year of the Ox, an animal sign believed to be symbolic of hard work and reliability....

The Licking is ‘one of the fortunate ones that’s making it through’ — how Chicago’s Black-owned restaurants are faring during the pandemic

February 12, 2021 at 10:27 a.m.

Fourth installment in an eight-part series. See the earlier profiles here. Throughout the pandemic, and a summer of protests triggered by the killing of George Floyd, and now the scramble...

Founder Gus Rickette, 95 this August, and his daughter, CEO Charmaine Rickette, stand together in their Uncle Remus Saucy Fried Chicken restaurant Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago. In 1969 Gus and his wife Mary opened the first Uncle Remus location in West Garfield Park. Later that year, they opened the restaurant at 5611 West Madison Street to offer customers their fried chicken and special sauce. This location is a staple in the Austin community. (Erin Hooley/baiduhai)

How Chicago’s Black-owned restaurants have fared during the pandemic: 8 owners tell their stories

February 16, 2021 at 2:26 p.m.

Throughout the pandemic, and a summer of protests triggered by the killing of George Floyd, and now the scramble for vaccines, Chicago's Black-owned restaurants have remained vital centers in their...

Even with Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan front and center, little in the trailer of "The Dig" seemed particularly promising,? I gave it a go and it's good. Some of it's true, too: Along the east coast of Britain in 1939, with war clouds looming, self-taught Suffolk archeologist Basil Brown was hired by ailing widow Edith Pretty to discover if anything of value lay beneath the earth mounds on her property. There was indeed, and the remains and artifacts of a sixth-century Anglo-Saxon burial ship stunned the world. Fiennes is Basil; Mulligan is Edith; around the halfway point of director Simon Stone's film, the focus (for better or worse) shifts to others in the orbit of the excavation effort, particularly characters played by Lily James and Johnny Flynn. Based on the 2007 novel by John Preston, "The Dig" freely mixes fact and invention, overloading the crises a bit but generally succeeding. A fair amount of screenwriter Moira Buffini's dialogue plays out as Terrence Malick-styled voiceover, while the camera focuses on the stark beauty of the surroundings, and men and women actually doing the work. The results are trim, well-made and quite moving. So much for my prejudgments. (Netflix) — Michael Phillips

Watch this. Eat that: Celebrate Lunar New Year with ‘Over the Moon’ and Chiu Quon mooncakes

February 11, 2021 at 1:56 p.m.

Watch this: "Over the Moon" In this Chinese-American animated musical film, Fei Fei is determined to prove the existence of the mythical Moon goddess Chang'e. Along with her adorable rabbit...

Virtue in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood on Feb. 4, 2021.

‘We’re in survival mode,’ says Virtue’s Erick Williams. Here’s how Chicago’s Black-owned restaurants are faring during the pandemic.

February 11, 2021 at 11:43 a.m.

Third installment in an eight-part series. See the earlier profiles here. Throughout the pandemic, and a summer of protests triggered by the killing of George Floyd, and now the scramble...

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