Mensch’s Deli Is Open in Suburban Chicago | Eater Chicago
"I traced the founders’ lineage to DeMar’s Restaurants, a chain started by Jack DeMar’s great-grandfather after fleeing what is now Ukraine in the 1930s; called “chili parlors,” the restaurants expanded alongside El tracks and reached more than a dozen locations at their peak, providing historical and cultural context for Mensch’s diner ambitions." - Naomi Waxman
