but everybody just calls it the bean. but you know what chicago is not known for? latinos. cause when you think mexican, you think what? texas or cali? and puerto ricans, you think new york city immediately. but nope, they re right here in chi town. that s right, chicago has the second-largest mexican population of any u.s. city and a very, very large, thriving puerto rican community. latinos have been here longer than wrigley field, and they ve brought their amazing culture with them. i m talking food from michoacán and salsa from san juan. waves of latinos came to america s heartland and they worked in its factories, farms, and service industries and they turned chicagoland into chicagolandia. so i m here to find out what kind of impact decades of latinx influence have had on the windy city. and i m gonna have some amazing food, because you know that happens a lot on this show. it s right here in my contract. feed john. [tracks clacking] [upbeat horn-driven music]
ok, i know it s really called cloud gate, but everybody just calls it the bean. but you know what chicago is not known for? latinos. cause when you think mexican, you think what? texas or cali? and puerto ricans, you think new york city immediately. but nope, they re right here in chi town. that s right, chicago has the second-largest mexican population of any u.s. city and a very, very large, thriving puerto rican community. latinos have been here longer than wrigley field, and they ve brought their amazing culture with them. i m talking food from michoacán and salsa from san juan. waves of latinos came to america s heartland and they worked in its factories, farms, and service industries and they turned chicagoland into chicagolandia. so i m here to find out what kind of impact decades of latinx influence have had on the windy city. and i m gonna have some amazing food, because you know that happens a lot on this show. it s right here in my contract. feed john. [t
but you know what chicago is not known for? latinos. cause when you think mexican, you think what? texas or cali? and puerto ricans, you think new york city immediately. but nope, they re right here in chi town. that s right, chicago has the second-largest mexican population of any u.s. city and a very, very large, thriving puerto rican community. latinos have been here longer than wrigley field, and they ve brought their amazing culture with them. i m talking food from michoacán and salsa from san juan. waves of latinos came to america s heartland and they worked in its factories, farms, and service industries and they turned chicagoland into chicagolandia. so i m here to find out what kind of impact decades of latinx influence have had on the windy city. and i m gonna have some amazing food, because you know that happens a lot on this show. it s right here in my contract. feed john. [tracks clacking] [upbeat horn-driven music] - [trills] [upbeat music] i m h
waves of latinos came to america s heartland and they worked in its factories, farms, and service industries and they turned chicagoland into chicagolandia. so i m here to find out what kind of impact decades of latinx influence have had on the windy city. and i m gonna have some amazing food, because you know that happens a lot on this show. it s right here in my contract. feed john. [tracks clacking] [upbeat horn-driven music] - [trills] [upbeat music] - i m here on chicago s west side in la villita, or little village, where there s one of the largest mexican american communities in the midwest. the mexicans who settled here came looking for work and ended up creating the second-biggest economy in chicago right here on 26th street, the mexican magnificent mile. with over hundreds of shops, i needed a local guide, so i m meeting up with hollywood legend and chicago native, michael peña. you might have seen him in his breakout role in crash. - you talking about
She always pushed school. - she was the first one in the whole family with a bachelor s degree. - my parents, you know, they came from mexico. she s, you know, second generation. but her sphere of influence is like crazy, dude. you know, like it s really affected everyone. like, i would have never thought to be an actor. you know, i never dreamt that big. - she s the one who told him to go on his first audition. - incredible. - but he s always been a hard worker, dude. - yeah. - even if he didn t succeed in acting, whatever else he would have done, he would have been he would have been great at it, dude, period. that s it. - yeah, there, you got it. you go it. - there you go, look at that. that s my best friend. - is that right? - he s gonna put a poster, michael peña for president. - it sounds like you always had a work ethic and you always had a sense of keeping at something till you got good at it, like you were driven. - yeah, and i learned it from that guy, from my dad. - which