Grocery store pop-up opens in West Garfield Park, offers residents a taste of things to come

Angela Taylor, wellness coordinator for the Garfield Park Community Council, with an assortment of fruit available at a pop-up grocery store that opened Monday in West Garfield Park. The effort was organized by the community council and other local organizations. It’s open at 4316 W. Madison St., Monday to Saturday, through the end of April. Taylor’s daughter, Samantha Taylor, is managing the pop-up. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

Spring break for CPS students began Monday and fourth-grader Leona Taylor started it by taking off for . . . West Madison Street, where she hoped to spread the word about a new grocery store opening in the West Side neighborhood.

Taylor, a student at Jacob Beidler Elementary School in East Garfield Park, tried to get the attention of passersby about the Garfield Park Community’s Council’s pop-up grocery in West Garfield Park, which opened Monday and — unlike spring break — lasts through the end of the month. It’s open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Saturday.