The warehouse-like building was mostly black-painted brick, but the exterior wall facing the back parking lot depicted a yellow-orange Chicago skyline. In the clouds above the Willis Tower, the mural affirms that there is “Strength in Community,” a mantra that arose out of the pandemic. Around the corner, the thick doors of the venue vibrated.
Bored with the cooking shows he watched during the pandemic, Tony Trimm, who grew up in Des Plaines, launched his "Home Feed" cooking show about a survivor in a post-apocalyptic kitchen who serves up horror, sci-fi, creepy cats and humor while trying to make a human connection.