Cook's Country

Pride of Chicago’s South Side

ROSE GEORGE IS making chop suey when I arrive at Vito & Nick’s on the South Side of Chicago. She tells me to wait a second and then turns to shake my hand. She has a vice-like grip. It’s 11:00 a.m. on a Wednesday, and the bar is already half-filled with regulars drinking beer; Rose has

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