A couple of new things to report on the situation with Pete’s Fresh Market. As most readers know, the story has now made the local papers and WGN TV News. Here’s what’s new — and what you won’t read in those papers: #1 My original story...
“If we don’t work then nobody work.” via. WGN. Dude on camera telling the world he’s going to shut-down construction. This is insanity.
The Sun-Times joins the discussion: The West Side is one of Chicago’s “food deserts,” so named because it lacks full-service grocery stores. Cheers went up from people in the neighborhood when the city sealed a deal two years ago to bring one to Madison and Western....
Reliable sources inform me that Pete’s and people from the city are sitting down and trying to work out a deal to restart construction. Reliable sources also have confirmed the facts of the original post. If any readers have stories of problems with any...
Shakedown in Chicago is commonplace. It’s not just at Pete’s. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMHxcfQfL_M]