A restaurant group plans to open a Taco Bell restaurant on the border of two of Chicago's largest majority-Latino neighborhoods.
Western Bell Inc. plans to open a Taco Bell restaurant at West 24th Street and South Western Avenue on the border of Pilsen and Little Village, two predominantly Mexican-American neighborhoods, after a zoning change was approved by City Council last week, confirmed Ald. Danny Solis (25th). The site was previously zoned for residential use, according to city documents.
The restaurant group plans to build a 2,053-square-foot one-story restaurant with a drive-thru lane and 20 parking spaces at the vacant site, 2400-2412 S. Western Ave., zoning records show.
But in a neighborhood known for its authentic Mexican restaurants, the move to rezone the site for a Tex-Mex fast food chain is "slapping the local Hispanic flavor in the face," said neighbor Aaron Pylinski, who lives close to the site. The zoning change "doesn't make any sense."
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