Chicago may not have a “Little Haiti” neighborhood like the one in Miami but Chicago has a unique connection to Haiti. Chicago's first non-Indian settler was Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, a black man who was born in Haiti. ... He settled along

Fired Up with Dozzy Ibekwe, owner of Dozzy's Grill (Part 1 of 2)

Jan 26th, 2021 47m 24s

Chicago does not seem to have enough African restaurants, but the ones we do have are fantastic. Ethiopian is the main cuisine you’ll find here but there is some Nigerian, Moroccan and Senegalese sprinkled in there. To up the ante, Dozzy Ibekwe

Fired Up with Michael Ponzio, Executive Chef of the Union League Club Of Chicago

Dec 6th, 2020 42m 38s

There’s a saying, “ you don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great”. Well, our guest has done just that. Michael Ponzio grew up in Elmwood park in Chicago, a predominantly Italian community at that time. At a young age o

Fired Up with Nichole Jackson of Bronzevillewingz

Nov 10th, 2020 22m 41s

In this episode, we're heading over to Bronzeville in Chicago to chat with Nichole Jackson, owner of Bronzevillewingz, a healthy fast food restaurant that offers healthy and fresh food that caters to the residents of Bronzeville. Bronzevillewin

Fired Up with Phil Wingo of Sandhill Coffee

Oct 24th, 2020 26m 15s

For our very first episode, we decided to that with the basics- coffee. Phil Wingo, founder of Sandhill Coffee, a Chicago based company chats about how he stumbled into coffee, their mission and how the pandemic has impacted coffee consumption.

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