Mother-daughter team, Bonnie Thompson and Bran'Arla Johnson, owners of Classic CobblerIt’s been two years since Chicago’s Classic Cobbler moved out of its home-based digs and into a retail shop on the 200 block of the highly trafficked Dixie Highway. A specialty shop that encourages customers to call ahead and then come pick up their piping hot...

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