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The Weekend Desk Report"A fight broke out over shopping carts at the Patel Brothers grand opening in Niles on Thursday morning," the Tribune reports. The largest retail chain of Indian grocery stores in North America, founded in Chicago, was prepared. After a Hindu priest's blessing, as well as crowd control by private security and local police, shopping and samosa sampling quickly resumed on the first of a four-day grand opening weekend. The excitement drew thousands, some of whom waited for two hours in the rain. I did not know that. *
* "After years of working in factory assembly lines throughout the city of Chicago, opportunity came knocking when a small Indian grocery store was for sale on little known Devon Avenue," the company's website says. "A pair of brothers and their families decided to take on this new venture and by pooling meager savings they were able to purchase the small grocery located at 2034 W. Devon Avenue. In September of 1974, Patel Brothers was born." * "Patel Brothers, Inc. (doing business as Patel Brothers) is an Asian-American supermarket chain based in Hanover Park, Illinois," according to Wikipedia. "Patel Brothers is the largest Indian-American supermarket chain in the United States with 57 locations in 19 states, primarily in New Jersey, due to its large Indian population. Patel Brothers offers online shopping for the contiguous U.S. through its website, which is fulfilled by its Hanover Park, Illinois location. The chain was founded by brothers Mafat and Tulsi Patel and is operated by Mafat's sons, Swetal and Rakesh Patel." * "By the 1990s Patel Brothers had become the established Indian grocery store in Chicago, Mafat Patel recalls: 'People were coming from Wisconsin, Minneapolis, Indiana, Michigan, Iowa, Kansas. Every weekend, the used to come shop here,'" according to 2016's Ethno-Architecture and the Politics of Migration. He remembered how a large parking lot on the cross street of Rockwell Avenue and Devon Avenue would fill up with cars with license plates from these states. "Unlike the grocery store, with its Indiana-looking facade, the warehouse is modern and unassuming: a brick-faced building with a modest vinyl banner nailed onto the facade announcing 'Raja Food: Wholesalers of International Food.'" * When they opened in suburban Dallas, heh-heh. * Swad. * Tour of the Patel Brothers in Sunrise, Florida. * Mafat Patel. - See also: Michael Patel's block party. - New on the Beachwood . . . The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour #272: Dear Cubs: Say It Ain't Joe - ChicagoReddit What are the reputations of Chicago's major academic hospitals? (NW, Loyolla, Rush, UChicago, UIC?) from r/chicago - Weekend ChicagoGram - Weekend ChicagoTube Aquashella Chicago 2019. - Weekend BeachBook Having Children Is Immoral. * The Phony Liberalism Of Bill Maher. * Motorola Becoming Major Player In Government Surveillance. * The Evolution Of Amazon. * Binge Eating Videos Find Big Audience. * How Henry Chalfant Became A Graffiti Ambassador. * This Should Have Been The End Of It. - Weekend TweetWood
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- The Weekend Desk Tip Line: Like a burning flame. Posted on October 5, 2019 |
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