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Gato Moteado

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9. that is cool....i really liked the heartland.....

Reply to Beringia (Reply #7)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 10:32 AM

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....when i first started going there around 1979, it was just a small coffee shop and was just the small corner section of the building (see photo below). then it grew into the entire storefront and became more than just a coffee shop.

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chicagoans in the group: where did you go to high school and college? [View all] Gato Moteado Yesterday OP

Gordon Tech high school. No college. kacekwl Yesterday #1

ah....right across the river! Gato Moteado Yesterday #4

I don't remember the snack shop but kacekwl Yesterday #11

yes, hero's was a common place for lunch for lane students.... Gato Moteado Yesterday #12

Lindblom, Roosevelt live love laugh Yesterday #2

south sider! lindblom is a magnet school like lane, isn't it? Gato Moteado Yesterday #6

Sullivan High school in Chicago near Rogers Park and then San Diego State University Beringia Yesterday #3

ah cool....we might have talked about rogers park Gato Moteado Yesterday #5

Interesting, nice to talk about familiar places Beringia Yesterday #7

that is cool....i really liked the heartland..... Gato Moteado Yesterday #9

Visitation hs snowybirdie Yesterday #8

another south sider! Gato Moteado Yesterday #10

Architecture was awful snowybirdie Yesterday #13

I went to UIC for grad school. surrealAmerican Yesterday #14