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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Michael Loria

Black-owned cafe opening West Side locations: ‘An investment in peace’

Co-founders Nikki Bravo and Tracy Powell at their Momentum Coffee shop on Ogden Avenue in North Lawndale, near Douglas Park. It is their fourth Momentum location. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

Decorated with a large mural featuring titans of Black cinema, Momentum Coffee in North Lawndale doesn’t look like most cafes.

The beans from a local Black roaster and actress Pam Grier looking down from a mural on the wall are a MacGuffin for what the Black-owned coffee shop is really about.

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