#chicago south side

[reasoningdaily]

CHICAGO - A South Side eatery is celebrating 50 years in business. They're believed to be the oldest running Black-owned soul food restaurant in Chicago.

St. Rest Country Kitchen along 87th Street and Cottage Grove has been a Chicago staple for half a century. The menu boasts a variety of dishes, including turkey legs, short ribs, smothered pork chops, cabbage, black-eyed peas, succotash, and candied yams.

Owner and head chef Daniella Coffey, along with her husband John, inherited the restaurant from her father in 2021 – the late Rev. Larry Hopkins, who founded the eatery in 1972. At that time, the business was facing significant challenges, with $600,000 in debt and foreclosure looming. Tragically, her father passed away just two months later.

Coffey said that within a year, the family managed to pay off the debt, restructure the business, and now they're thriving.

"Great customer service, sanitation and great food. Those are our pillars here and of course faith," Coffey said.

It’s beyond just Soul food – it’s a story of resilience. The restaurant has attracted the likes of NBA legend Michael Jordan.

It’s a family thing, with 77-year-year old matriarch Sophia Hopkins serving as lead waitress. When she’s not singing her southern tunes, she’s making customers feel right at home.

"As soon as you walk through the doors, everyone is family. That’s just how it is down south back in the day," said Angela Chatman, general manager.

Outside the restaurant, Coffey inspires women all over the world to walk in their purpose.

"You don’t need another person to validate you. You have everything that you need in your hands. The only thing left is for you to use it," she said.

The restaurant operates on Fridays through Sundays.

#Chicago's oldest Black-owned soul food restaurant celebrates 50 years #aoul food #Black Restaurants #Black Chefs #St. Rest Country Kitchen #Chicago South Side

[delta7of96]

Far South CDC Marketplace Features 5 Black-owned Businesses From the South Side | Chicago Defender

#chicago #chicago defender #Chicago south side #black owned businesses

[mxlcriada]

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IG: @he4ven.on.Earth_ // @datewitdivinity

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#chicagograffiti #chicago south side #girlsthatgraff

[newm8n]

r.i.p to my youth / tough for you to witness but it was for me too

#femcel #girlblogging #feminine #girl blogger #pinterest #tumblr girls #im just a girl #this is what makes us girls #fiona gallagher #fiona gallagher aesthetic #shameless #chicago #south side #female manipulator #female rage #female hysteria #cigarette #drinks #messy grunge #grunge moodboard #grunge aesthetic #2000s #2000s aesthetic #early 2000s #soft grunge #the neighbourhood #rip to my youth #hell is a teenage girl #lip gallagher #shameless us

[princepotatosack]

nabbed these screenshots from youtube, it looks like the area in chicago where the LI grew up is race determinant, fascinating!!! does anyone have a screenshot for the brown LI face?

#wasnt familiar with altgeld gardens but its a housing project on the far south side #back of the yards is south side as well. interesting that they decided to be really specific with this!! #chicago is actually pretty relatively segregated so im impressed with the attention to detail #playchoices #along came treble #choices along came treble

[l-e-g-i-o-n-losh]

You can get a combo (italian beef & sausage) all over chicago but i just tried a beef and gyro combo and it was fantastic?? The giardinera was too spicy for me unfortunately, was really missing some tzatziki, but otherwise so so SO good. And cheese fries.

#songs that the hyades shall sing #thanks the new taste of chicago #on a hungrier day we have to try their jim shoe (massive gigantic gyro/roast beef/corned beef sub local to the south side)

[abbatoirablaze]

Shameless, Seasons 1 & 2 Master List

Frank Gallagher.

The one man who's fucked over more people in the South Side than any other person in existence.

And Monica Gallagher.

His wife. His female counterpart. Together they had seven kids. Me and my twin sister Fiona, Lip, Ian, Debbie, Carl, and little Liam.

It's obvious they aren't going to win any awards for parenting...but we didn't want to be split up...that's why Fiona and I run the house. We kick in to the squirrel fund. And we make sure that none of us are in foster care if we can help it.

This is our story...

Chapters, Season 1

Chapter 1-Pilot

Chapter 2-Frank The Plank

Chapter 3-Aunt Ginger and Casey Casden

Chapter 4-Three Boys, Killer Carl, and Frank Gallagher: Loving Husband, Devoted Father

Chapter 5-It's Time To Kill The Turtle

Chapter 6-But At Last Came A Knock

Chapter 7-Nana Gallagher Had An Affair

Chapter 8-Daddyz Girl &Father Frank, Full of Grace

Chapters, Season 2

Chapter 9-Honeymoon Phase

Chapter 10-Summertime

Chapter 11-Summer Loving

Chapter 12-I'll Light A Candle For You Every Day & A Beautiful Mess

Chapter 13-Father's Day & Can I Have A Mother

Chapter 14-A Bottle Of Jean Nate & Parenthood

Chapter 15-Hurricane Monica & Its A Great Cause

Chapter 16-Just Like The Pilgrims Intended Part 1

Chapter 17-Fiona (And Sofia) Interrupted

Shameless, Seasons 3 & 4

#shameless #season 1 #the gallaghers #fiona gallagher #lip gallagher #phillip gallagher #ian gallagher #debbie gallagher #carl gallagher #liam gallagher #frank gallagher #monica gallagher #mickey milkovich #mandy milkovich #terry milkovich #colin milkovich #chicago #south side #lake forest #jimmy lishman #steve #season 2 #tony markovich

[yearningforunity]

April 1941. "South Side Chicago. The walls adorned with murals from the Disney version of "Snow White.".

Photo: Russell Lee

#1941 #1940s #South Side #Chicago #Snow White

[mt-nynj-queer]

Mr EX-ZA-TIC

#chicago #south side

[comradesummers]

lord help me i started watching shameless, about to finish season 1. this show hates women so much. also just the sheer amount of sexual assault played for comedy. it's cool if it happens to men right? like fr why are half the women on this show sexually abusive to their male partners it's so uncomfortable to watch and a prime example of how fucking weird this show is about women. like don't get me wrong, i think it's important to show that men can be and are abused by women. but a) the show consistently plays that shit for laughs to an uncomfortable degree and b) why do so many of the women have to be fucking predators? also fuck kash. step away from the underage boy. anyway it will surprise no one that i believe in fiona supremacy. girlie's just trying her best. and her friendship with v is just immaculate. i love v so much. literally the only woman in the show who is allowed to be sexually dominant without the writers making it weird and abusive (i'm choosing to disregard that episode where she's so horrible to her brother so i can continue liking her). also fiona's relationship with all the kids is adorable, but her relationship with debbie in particular is very buffydawn and i'm so invested. sadly, i've already thoroughly spoiled myself, so i know that shit will get really bad between them and i'm dreading it. might just stop watching before that happens.

#shameless #anyway i'm going to keep watching because i love a good dysfunctional family show #but as someone who's actually lived in the south side of chicago #it really bugs me whenever they go somewhere that's just clearly wrong #like i lived right next to the university of chicago that's not what it fucking looks like #also this show is just way too white #abuse cw

[ask-chubby-hamilton]

//visiting the chi for Easter weekend

Real happy to be home

Went to Navy Pier and went to this flyover attraction

Got some good pictures after we left :3

#ooc #chicago #chi town #South side Chicago

[trashmartianx]

I’m in love with Mickey fucking Milkovich 😩🖕🏻

#shameless #mickey milkovich #Mikahilo Milkovich #Noel fisher #shameless us #in love #fuck you you fucking fuck #south side #chicago #gallavich

[gallavich11]

Mickey Milkovich

𝗛𝗲𝘆, 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀. 𝗦𝗼 𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻, 𝘀𝗵𝘂𝘁 𝘂𝗽, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘂𝗽

#shameless #dailyshameless #shameless gif #mickey milkovich #shamelessedit #milkoviches #south side chicago #season 5 #southside #shameless us

[federer7]

April 1941. "Chicago, Illinois. Housing available to Negroes on the South Side. Children playing in vacant lot."

Photo by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration

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#russell lee #chicago #1941 #april #south side #southside

[we-re-always-alright]

what is fucking wild about going to my aunts place is one: thick Chicago accents that get thicker as you go, I have not heard the letter T in 3 hours

two: former addicts just rolling up for a drink/smoke (all great people but somehow worse (?) than the other addicts not present?)

three: deb (6ft 2in, hair like Madonna, carded me at the local/family dive because she wanted to fuck with me) saying “billy if you have more than one drink, I’ll knock you the fuck out. I love you. but don’t fuck with me.”

four: her husband Vince: “it’s fine it’s a rum and coke”

five: the rum and coke is 32oz

#truly south side Chicago shit you cannot get anywhere else #billy is great he gave us the scoop on the guys doing meth next door #after every drink my aunt is like ‘BILLY IF YOU FUCK THIS UP YOURE OUT’ #but it’s like #idk an inside joke #he’s feeding peanut butter to the dogs #thoughts? thoughts

[aiiaiiiyo]

#Children playing in the street #South Side of Chicago. 1941 #305FUN #oldschool