One Eleven Food Hall project is an idea born to bring south side food business into a larger market and harness the resources of a single shared space. This project is designed to be a bridge for entrepreneurs wanting to open their restaurants or start a larger scale food business without the burden of huge overhead expenses. Here they will test their products and work out their systems all while being provided business development support. Our goal is to get them ready for their own four wall brick and mortar with all the tools necessary for success.
We’ve curated a select few southside food producers that we know you are going to love. Designed to provide the food hall customers with unique and wide variety of options to keep you coming back and supporting these hard working entreprenuers. These chefs and business owners have been working diligently to grow their business and bring their products to the market. Each of the food vendors bring something that we know you want to come back for again and again.
Tsadakeeyah Ben Emmanuel has been a vegan for 36 years, and a self-taught vegan chef for 25. He grew up on 40 acres in northern Wisconsin. His passion for cooking began by watching his father cook for his 16 children. He turned his passion into a profession in 1989 at Soul Vegetarian Restaurant in Atlanta and Chicago where he was the Executive Chef for 7 years. While leading Soul Vegetarian Atlanta, the restaurant was named Best Vegetarian Restaurant by the Atlanta Journal & Constitution. After transferring to Chicago he elevated Soul Vegetarian Restaurant Chicago and was featured in Vegetarian Times Magazine.
In 2013 he and his wife rebranded and created Majani Inc. ( Majani is a Swahili word that means “green”) which provides high quality, vegan, catering for Chicagoland. In May 2017 Chef Tsadakeeyah formally and successfully launched Majani Restaurant. Majani features a living awning, tables, doors, and ceilings all made from reclaimed / reused materials.
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Andy owner of AndySunflower Café started her business from her kitchen and then on to a mobile coffee cart based in Chicago. AndySunflower Café was established in 2018, by owner Andrea O. Robinson. Andy was known for making amazing coffee for friends and family and after more than 12 years decided to make coffee for a living after being encouraged by her family.
Andy, wanted her cart to reach as many communities and people as possible. Andy sold her specialty coffee beverages at several markets in the city and was hired for many private events including serving the NBA staffers at the 2020 All-Star games here in Chicago. Now, AndySunflower Café is located inside of Ain’t She Sweet Café in the Chicago Beverly community and coming soon to The Historic Pullman neighborhood. AndySunflower Café was created to connect and meet with as many coffee lovers in the Chicagoland area as possible. “Any means to serve coffee and have great conversations is what matters most”, Andy said. “My bar is small, but we do really big things behind it so I’m proud to bring quality coffee beverages to our customers.”
Customers can also look forward to the cafe selling apparel and their coffee beans in the coming weeks. Online ordering is available for rapid in-store pickup or curbside service with delivery service coming soon! Andy's customers can expect to find plenty of specialty drinks, also known as Andy’s Trademark. Go online or visit her inside the café and find drinks such as The Bourbon, Rosy Rose, Maple Magic or her famous Peach Mint iced tea. Be on the look out for coffee subscriptions as well.
Andy considers her hands as her true machines and always looks forward to serving everyone.
Raised In Chicago, Dominique spent most of her childhood playing basketball and baking peanut butter cookies. She comes from a large family that loves to cook big meals and spend time together.
Leach Attended the Illinois Institute Of Art Chicago and attained her associates degree in Culinary Arts in 2006. That October Leach joined the team at The Renaissance Hotel Chicago.
She began as the grill line cook and worked her way up to become the kitchen supervisor in 2007.
In December 2008 Leach joined Bon Apetites banquet team at The Art Institute Museum, helmed by a young Chef from Florida Brian Williams. Leach started as a prep cook which afforded her the opportunity to learn about food and culture from different regions. There she worked with Award Winning Author and Chef Raghavan Iyer who taught her all about Indian culture and cuisine.
She eventually out grew her prep position and was promoted to Sous Chef. After her promotion, she worked with Spiaggia Chef/partner Tony Mantuano, who had just opened a new restaurant in the museum. In 2011 Leach was hired as Sous Chef at a Chicago off premise catering company.
A years later she left to receive her first Executive Chef Job at Zelda’s Kosher Catering. After establishing the entire catering concept at Zeldas, Leach decided she wanted to use all of her knowledge gained throughout her career to start her own catering company. In search of less responsibility and more time to develop her ideas, Leach left Zeldas to become a line cook at the Four Seasons Hotel. In 2016 along with her wife Tanisha, Leach founded her very own catering company “Cater to You Events & Drop Offs”. Her ambition and consistency helped her to achieve her goal. Leach has since added a Food truck to her repertoire. Lexington Betty Smoke House, Named after her Granny Betty
King from Lexington Mississippi! After being invited to the WGN studios to do a live cooking demo Lexington Betty’s smoked meats were in high demand. In September of 2019 Leach opened her first reastaurant in Chicago’s Galewood neighborhood. Just three months later she announced a second Lexington Betty Smoke House to open in February at the One Eleven Food Hall in Chicago’s historic Pullman neighborhood!
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Bringing Us Together
One Eleven is proud to bring in local businesses into our space to help expose them to a new audience. Check out these events and make our community grow together.
This project is truly a Pullman project. Spearheaded by Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives, a not for profit development organization revitalizing historic Pullman, and professionals who live right here in Pullman houses. The project is overseen by resident James Gray and his hospitality consulting firm Calibrate Coaching, the design done by designer, resident Russell Baltes, with architectural work done by resident Ann Alspaugh of aMa-Architecture and DXU Architects.
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756 E 111th St, Chicago, IL 60628