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Family-run Italian Express, a pioneer of halal American fast-food in Chicagoland, celebrates 40 years

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Despite new eateries springing up around them, the family behind Italian Express saw no reason to change what’s worked for the past four decades.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌   The halal iteration of Italian Express is widely considered the first fast-food restaurant to use halal meat in all of Chicagoland. ...
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Column: As ‘Soccer Dad’ can tell you, today���s youth sports are no simple fun and games

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The youth sports world is now a wild, emotionally jittery and expensive realm.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌   “Soccer Dad” is an enjoyable, enlightening and charming new book about David Murray’s journey into the youth sports world with his daughter Scout. ...
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Restaurant review: Seedo’s Levantine Bakery makes bold pastries and a cheeky ‘sandweesh’ in Chicago

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Seedo means grandfather or, more endearingly, grandpa, in the Palestinian Arabic dialect.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌   The Palestinian owned business launched two locations in the Loop with roots in the Middle East and South Side of the city. ...
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