The story
The 'Unity Café' where Harold Washington rallied, Obama campaigned, and hippies gathered for 42 years of brown rice and activism. Started with $200 worth of rice and beans. The Sullivanesque ceramics were salvaged before demolition.
Everything that was here
- 1976–2018
Heartland CafeVegetarian/American
The 'Unity Café' where Harold Washington rallied, Obama campaigned, and hippies gathered for 42 years of brown rice and activism. Started with $200 worth of rice and beans. The Sullivanesque ceramics were salvaged…
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