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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Erica Thompson

Chicago’s Soul Prime restaurant boosted by ‘Keith Lee effect’ following TikToker’s visit

Soul Prime owner Shonya Williams, also known as Chef Royce, is seen at her Lincoln Park restaurant. (Anthony Jackson/ For the Sun-Times)

Shonya “Chef Royce” Williams thought her luck was finally turning around.

After recovering from health issues that temporarily derailed her career, she opened Soul Prime last May on busy Halsted Street in Lincoln Park. Surely the Black-owned “elevated soul food” eatery would stand out in the ritzy neighborhood and attract a curious clientele, she thought.

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