Traffic in downtown Chicago is not for the faint of heart, but when the Bears are playing at home, there can be a temporary reprieve from the nonstop movement on the city’s streets and expressways. It’s almost as if time stands still for the few hours that Chicago’s NFL franchise takes to the field.
It’s a phenomenon that allowed Chef Lamar Moore to slip away from his post as second in command in the kitchens of Soldier Field and get to the South Side, where his grandmother had just passed away. He didn’t want to leave work, he remembers, but his executive chef insisted.
Looking back, Lamar knows it was the right thing to do. His devotion to his mother and grandmother – the woman he calls Granny – made him the man he is today. It also spurred his move from California back to his native Chicago.
“Family is everything,” he says. “That’s why I moved back.”
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