Imagine visiting a big city with your family for the first time and finding yourself in the middle of a crowded festival. On one hand, you’re excited to be part of such a festive atmosphere; on the other hand, you’re anxious about being around so many strangers. As you make your way through the crowd, suddenly you’re greeted by the aroma of one of your favorite dishes. At that very moment, there’s a sense of calm that comes over you—it feels like you’re already home. Home is where the heart is, more so, home is where strangers become family members, and family members share meals together.
People of all ages and backgrounds have shared meals at Vee-Vee’s African Restaurant over the years. One of the regular customers shared the story above about how the food and hospitality he received at Vee-Vee’s helped to convince him and his family to make Chicago their home. They had visited the Vee-Vee’s booth during one of the restaurant’s selections to the Taste of Chicago festival, and their experience gave them a completely different view of Chicago– transforming the city from the 3rd largest in the United States with cold winters to a place where people take the time to pronounce your name with a warm smile.
Vee-Vee’s serves customers who live five miles from Lake Michigan and customers who visit from 5,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean. Many local and national dignitaries have enjoyed the cuisine including President Bill Clinton and President Barack Obama. Vee-Vee’s has essentially become a household name as the first Nigerian Restaurant in Chicago.
The story of Vee-Vee’s success is possible because of how a vision becomes a victory.
Visions can become victories across countries,
When cultural appreciation is part of the recipe for courage in action.
Food for thought,
Prepared by grinding the egusi seeds of doubt into pastes of ambition.
Penny wise but not pound foolish,
To sell jollof rice with fried plantain dishes.
Every hour, making choices locally
That allow you to take chances globally.
A dream that is cooked in Igboland
Can be served in the Land of Lincoln.
So if they tell you that your plans are “Impossible”,
Tell them that “Impossible” can also stand for an “I.M. [of] Possible”.
Send instant messages to remind yourself how you’ve overcome failure in the past,
Because success always seems impossible before it becomes yesterday’s possible.
Live for that moment when business plans sizzle into invitations to strangers,
Strangers then take in the aroma and become customers,
And customers eat together and become friends.
Vee Vee’s African Restaurant | 773.465.2424
**Serving Chicago & Chicagoland for over 20 years….and counting!!!**
