January 2016 was a huge victory for Chicago food vendors.  The City approved a bill that made it now legal for vendors to sell food from carts.  With this victory came certain restrictions and requirements that a food vendor would need to follow.  Over the last year we have worked alongside Institute for Justice to create a booklet to help the Chicago food vendors, community organizations and restaurateurs looking to find or start a Shared Kitchen.  food.empowerment.design researched and wrote sections of this booklet, as well as, the graphic design and layout of the booklet itself.  It was great partnering with IJC to develop this booklet!

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Please feel free to download the English or Spanish version below.

If you need any assistance please feel free to reach out to f.e.d. or Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship.  

We are both happy to help you get started or answer any questions.

 

We were approached by Asociacion Vendedores Ambulantes and Institute for Justice to help them study an existing vacant building on 16th Street in the Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago.  AVA and IJC have been working as a team to further help food vendors and this space offered an opportunity for a commissary kitchen that would allow many food vendors to cook and store their food.  f.e.d. helped them by creating a kitchen equipment layout to help understand the spacial and MEP requirements that would be needed.

Equipment Layout Study

Equipment Layout Study

New Life Church, in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago, strives to empower their community youth through various sports, activities, etc.  f.e.d. was very excited to help them study their lower level for a potential new commercial kitchen.  New Life was hoping to utilize it to help teach their youth how to cook and work in a kitchen environment.  The new kitchen would also assist their parishioners' individual food ventures in giving them a great new place to prepare food.  

New Life Church - Little Village