Hispanic chicago neighborhoods

This is an immigrant community of working-class families, explained the Rev. Stores such as Dom & Ksiazki Polish Bookstore, Gene’s Old World Sausage Shop and Staropolska’s Restaurant dot almost every corner.Ī dense commercial thoroughfare, the street is crammed with mom-and-pop storefronts proud to display their hand-made signs, written in Polish and English, enticing customers with their daily specials or the week’s bargain buy. A drive down the 5700 block of West Belmont Avenue, the hub of the Northwest Side community of Belmont Cragin, is like a scene from another era.