Bernardo Medina’s mother chased him into art with a foam rubber flip-flop. “Latina mothers call it a chancleta,” says Medina, a San Juan, Puerto Rico-based pop artist and publicist. “It is the weapon that they use against you as a kid. I was very hyper, and since there were no medications for it, it was […]
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Yelitza Rivera, of Jibaritos y Mas, is building a ‘little hillbilly’ empire
No one understands a jibarito like a Venezuelan.
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Venezuelan spot Bienmesabe is a hit with Cubs catcher Willson Contreras and other expat baseball players
Major leaguers get their arepa fix in Ravenswood.
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The Return of La Bombonera
Ramon Delgado closed his long-standing Cuban restaurant when Logan Square gentrified. Now he’s back.