Plus: Family-owned Marconi has been making giardiniera that tops your Italian beef for more than a century • Former Chicago Bulls guard Jevon Carter sells West Town home for $1.3M
Working Lunch Wednesday, September 23, 2026 | | |
| | | | | McDonald’s said Wednesday it will spend $8.5 billion over the next decade to modernize its restaurants globally. | | | | | For more than a century, Marconi Foods has been making giardiniera. The family-owned company in Des Plaines recently opened up its factory doors to show just how it’s done. | | | | | Carter paid $1.5 million in September 2024 for the four-level town home, which is on North Canal Street in the gated Kinzie Park development. | | | | | Billionaire Democratic megadonor Michael Sacks sent a cease and desist letter to a company paying social media influencers for videos discussing his involvement in Chicago politics. | | | | | The sale came just months after Fardon and his wife paid $3 million for a four-bedroom, 4,500-square-foot co-op unit on the Gold Coast. | | | | | Mayor Brandon Johnson’s corporation counsel is retiring from City Hall, his office announced Tuesday in the latest shakeup of his administration. | | | | | Time limits put into place to discourage commuters from parking on residential streets are no longer needed in TInley Park, officials said. | | | | | The two beers in the line were Kirkland Signature Helles Lager ($13.99 for a 12-pack) and Kirkland Signature Vintage Ale, a 12% ABV imperial stout ($7.99 for a 22-ounce bottle). | | | |