Chicago restaurants have navigated 18 months of pandemic disruption, but some say they may not make it through winter without federal relief

Diana Davila, 39, chef/owner of Mi Tocaya Antojeria, a four-year-old Mexican restaurant in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood on Sept. 21, 2021. Davila was devastated when her RRF grant application did not come through, and without federal aid, said her restaurant may not make it through another Chicago winter. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)