The owner and chef of Komo, a West Loop restaurant opening Friday along Randolph Street have known each for years. Owner Nils Westlind first met chef Macku Chan when Westlind was 15 and working at a pet store in Evanston.Chan had something hidden underneath his shirt and when Westlind asked about the bulge, the chef revealed he was holding a monkey. “I wasn’t impressed,” Westlind says. “I had my own monkey.” The two quickly became friends. Westlind offered Chan specials at the pet store and Chan returned the favor by hooking him up at his restaurants, where the teen couldn’t afford to eat on his own. Read More....
Photo by Komo/Jeff Brady
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