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Calumet Bakery

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A cultural icon on the Southeast Side, Calumet Bakery is an example of a local business that thrived during the days of the steel mills and has expanded in today's post-industrial economy. The original bakery is still operating on 106th Street in South Deering.

• The Calumet Bakery is in South Deering. There are also Calumet Bakery store fronts in nearby Whiting, IN and Lansing, IL.
• Calumet Bakery caters local meetings as well as corporate events and has done business with SOLO Cup as well as the Chicago Transit Authority.
  
• A festive mural decorates the eastern side of the South Deering store.
  
  
• This business has been run by the same family since its opening in South Deering in 1935.
  
• Calumet Bakery has a multi-ethnic staff and clientele.
  
• Calumet Bakery bridges generation gaps, being a well known and appreciated business among old-timers as well as younger residents, particularly in South Deering.
  
• The bakeries are connected to organizations across the region.
  • The bakery also donates food to local churches and organizations.
    

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