“First and foremost, we want to represent those three pieces — our Puerto Rican heritage, our love and affinity for Chicago and our passion for board games and how it brings community together.” LatinoVoicesWTTW
they have stocked for patrons to play, are one of the three great loves they hope to share in their new business.
The Irving Park cafe serves up Puerto Rican finger foods like tostones, maduros, and of course, the Chicago-Boricua classic jibarito. The cafe offers a rum-focused cocktail menu to add a little spirit to your game play — something the cafe’s mascot, named Jibi, would approve of. “We strive to actually build community, so we are no strangers to saying, ‘You’ve got a party of two. There’s a party of three that’s taking up a big table. Let’s go ask them: Can we join tables?’” Jose Maldonado said. “Sometimes, and this really warms our heart, they join forces and play a game together. So complete strangers playing together is absolutely what we want to do.”
“Chicago lacks that, it really does,” Gonzalez said. “There’s a lot of bars, there’s a lot of lounges, but there aren’t any places like this where you can just hang out, have cafe con leche and you can play a game. It’s like a home vibe. I’m Puerto Rican, and it makes me feel like I’m at home.” At a table full of her extended family, Serenity Baez said her group was also happy to find a place to spend time playing games together, which she said they usually do at home.
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