Say goodbye to the old yams, and hello to the new, when Dozzy’s Grill returns to the next Monday Night Foodball

Source Chicago Reader
Original Load Date Sept. 25, 2026, 3:01 p.m.
Last Updated Sept. 25, 2026, 3:01 p.m.
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In the depth of the pandemic Dozzy Ibekwe found hope in a yam. “I was incubating Dozzy’s Grill at [ [the former] Retreat at Currency Exchange Cafe ][1] in Washington Park. Across the street was a U. Chicago Medicine billboard. Its message resonated with me: resilience in the middle of the pandemic,...