Local flavor: restaurants that shape Chicago's neighborhoods

Introduction

Won Kow : the old guard of Chinatown, established 1928

Tufano's Vernon Park Tap : a long lifeline in Little Italy, established 1930

The Gutierrez family : a phoenix in Pilsen, established 1962

The Parthenon : an anchor in Greektown, established 1968

Borinquen : home of the Jibaro, established 1987

Red Apple Buffet : a pillar in Polonia, established 1989

Hema's Kitchen : doyenne of Devon, established 1991

Noon o Kabab : king of Kedzie, established 1997.