This is another photo in the kitchen of the Guatemala Cafe. The Cafe was on Wilson Avenue during the mid-1970s. Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood had a huge Hispanic population then. This was one of the Hispanic restaurants at the time. Here, he’s preparing a fruit stuffing for empanadas. Empanadas vary from country to country in Latin America. Those from Mexico are very different from those other countries. Empanadas might be filled custard, fruit or meat. Depending on the filling, they might be part of a main course or a dessert.
