Chicago Latin Restaurant Weeks celebrates diverse Latino cuisine while providing key resources for eateries

Savanna Restaurant co-owner/chef Enrique Calderon (left) and co-owner Luis Calderon are photographed at the brothers’ restaurant on North Halsted Street, one of three locations participating in this year’s Chicago Latin Restaurant Weeks. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

While Chicago is no stranger to various restaurant weeks, Latin Restaurant Weeks (LRW), which began on Friday and runs through Oct. 20, puts a unique spin on how it showcases participating eateries.

What began in 2019 in Houston as a grassroots effort to highlight the diversity of Latinx-owned culinary businesses — think restaurants, bakeries, bars, food trucks and coffee shops with prix-menus and special dishes — has since grown to include other cities, including Chicago.