Common Pantry opens its first standalone location in 56-year history

The pantry at Common Pantry, 3908 N. Lincoln Ave., in the North Center neighborhood, on Wednesday. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

Common Pantry, Chicago’s oldest continuous food pantry, has opened its first standalone location in the organization’s 56-year history.

The new facility in the North Center neighborhood at 3908 N. Lincoln Ave. continues Common Pantry’s efforts to provide emergency food and social services to Chicago’s North Side.