Sometimes a sign is more than a sign.
In 2019, the City of Chicago informed Robert’s Fish Market, the only kosher fish market in Chicago, that the permit for its iconic sign had expired. The city fined the shop’s owner, Arturo Venegas, and Venegas took it down.
That made a tough business even tougher. But it also galvanized neighborhood support, leading to a new sign and new hope for the revitalization of a Jewish neighborhood.
Arturo Venegas, owner Of Robert’s Fish Market, stands below the new awning at his kosher fish market with JNDC executive director Ellen Doppelt.