“Do It With Your Heart”: How Chireal Jordan Built A Hospitality Empire In One Of America’s Hardest Restaurant Cities

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Chireal Jordan spent the early part of his career as the only Black general manager you could find anywhere on Chicago’s north side. And as you’d imagine, that experience shaped everything he would go on to build.

And that thing he’d go on to build (despite not seeing anyone who looked like him to provide the blueprint) would be

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