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New Coffee Shop Brings Vibrant Twist to Mexican Flavors
Clip: 12/5/2024 | 3m 42sVideo has Closed Captions
The owners of Grano Panaderia y Cafe share their mission to grow in the Back of the Yards community.
The owners of Grano Panaderia y Cafe share their mission to grow in the Back of the Yards community.
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New Coffee Shop Brings Vibrant Twist to Mexican Flavors
Clip: 12/5/2024 | 3m 42sVideo has Closed Captions
The owners of Grano Panaderia y Cafe share their mission to grow in the Back of the Yards community.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> copy shop in the back of the Yards neighborhood is bringing a vibrant twist.
A Mexican flavors.
We sat down with the owners to hear about their mission to grow in their own community.
>> I think it's a point like pay respects to where we come from, but also like bringing another element to will be offered as well because it is coming from our expenses, brothers Andy and Freddie Goodenough.
Those Donald Cafe Bonne in the back of the Yards neighborhood.
They say it combines Mexican flavors with their first generation Chicago roots.
I want people to when they come in fields like this like refreshing, like cool new, like take unlike been a that he has.
You know, that's something new for the area traditionally been.
It has known as bakeries for a variety of baked goods for customers to grab and go.
The brothers are adding their modern take by including a bakery in their cafe where they make their own sweet bread, believe very staple items of lake next and culture music like coffee.
And you think of things and you put your coffee, it's like we try to like were inspired by that.
And then we are also trying like kind a play, guess, like the American culture of coffee.
So they were doing like the pumpkin spice.
What happened?
So like a big thing about about our space to is that we're trying to and you look at Fusion, you know what they're bred to like he's doing working out some.
I really cool.
Yes, but the bread obviously doing this.
like going let us.
But we're also doing like cake doughnuts, red velvet cake.
you don't see that your typical and like some of the doughnut places that we have here that we offer are chocolate glaze, which is really gets my favorite.
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>> The brothers grew up in the neighborhood where they now help from their family businesses.
Their parents have owned a liquor in grocery store in the area since the 90's when a space next to the store became available.
The brother seized the opportunity to open a coffee shop.
>> I know we're going to do it.
Just do it.
I think that's big philosophy of my mom's to is like I could just just do it decide exactly.
I mean, that's been all over allies like especially like going into business with my parents.
My disfiguring figure out all the financials, figuring everything out by yourself.
>> Their mother Emma gonna those says it was her father who inspired her to put down roots and start a business when they migrated to Chicago.
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Yeah, but some of political mother different European to pay price.
>> One went to hole.
The impact of them w McKenna.
The panic is >> The family says thanks to city grants they have since renovated their grocery and liquor stores and help kick-start the coffee shop.
>> I think there's a lot of community here and a strong sense of Just represented.
And I see that my mom like knows generations of people coming into our grocery store and a liquor store as well.
And it's something I'm glad to be a part of.
>> The brothers say this move is providing them opportunities to grow in the neighborhood.
>> And at the same time is like for people in the area in our area say I want them feel comfortable when they come in.
I want them to feel like because we've been in the neighborhood for so long.
It's just like I feel like giving them this place.
I feel like it makes him feel we want them to feel very welcome.
>> And and the Freddie say they're also looking to collaborate with local organizations and restaurants
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