
Starting a business without any partners, investors, or corporate sponsorship is hard. Keeping it alive for a decade is even harder.
Yet Chicago's Spinning J Bakery and Soda Fountain has done just that. As the much-beloved Chicago spot celebrates 10 years in business, "Jewel Box" takes listeners inside to learn what makes this restaurant tick and how it went from a dream to an iconic destination ... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 6 | Founded | a month ago |
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We meet a local who has visited Spinning J from the beginning, growing up alongside the restaurant as it became more than just a business. Then, Dinah and Monica look to the future and ponder big questions: What does the next decade hold? And how do ... more
Everything gets more expensive, every day. Perhaps no one feels that like a small, local restaurant and bakery. Dinah, general manager Monica Walters, and Spinning J’s alderperson, Jessie Fuentes, illustrate the struggles of keeping a place like this... more
We take a brief segway from the story of a business to the story of a relationship. The night baker and the pastry manager work opposite shifts at a bakery. But in the case of Richard and Brigid, their paths crossed just often enough to lead to somet... more
You’ve probably never seen him. But if you’ve eaten at Spinning J, you’ve had something prepared with care by Richard Ridinger. He’s been the restaurant’s overnight baker, clocking in as most of us go to bed and working through the night.
As Spinni... more
Before Spinning J was an award-winning restaurant, it was many different things: An idea in Dinah Grossman’s head. Unwanted dishware, sitting in thrift stores across the country. A way to make some cash out of her apartment. A vacant art gallery.
W... more
An overture to the story of Spinning J as it celebrates a decade in Humboldt Park, Chicago.
Produced by half day media.
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