A new Pilsen brewery highlights the growing economic power of Latinos, celebrates community, culture and craft beer

Enrique Rivera lived in Pilsen long before Time Out magazine named 18th Street one of the “Coolest Streets in the World” earlier this year. He was there decades before the upscale restaurants and walking tours around the neighborhood and before the luxury houses and condominiums brought thousands of new faces to the area, displacing many of its working-class immigrant population. The Pilsen that Rivera grew up in was plagued by street violence but deeply rich in muralism and immigrant-owned shops that shaped its strong Mexican identity.  Despite the recent changes, nothing erodes the fabric of the community that has been […]