For about 50 years, Tropical Hut has been a South Side institution. Brothers Peter and Stanley Pomiersky retired a couple of years ago, selling the place to Oradean Hawkins-Laster; we wandered over… ...

For many Chicagoans, the Tropical Hut is shockingly nostalgic. The restaurant dates back to the 1940s in Hyde Park, when that South Side neighborhood represented the height of culture and elegance.