{"id":26076,"date":"2025-04-24T07:00:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T12:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=26076"},"modified":"2025-10-09T10:13:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T15:13:08","slug":"inmigrante-ucraniano-chicago-shokolad-cafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2025\/04\/24\/ukraine-immigrant-chicago-shokolad-cafe\/","title":{"rendered":"Huir de la penuria, construir un sue\u00f1o: La historia del querido Shokolad Cafe de Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fws_69e0703e3e298\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p>En una tranquila esquina del pueblo ucraniano se encuentra Shokolad Cafe, un acogedor restaurante ucraniano que sirve algo m\u00e1s que comida. La cafeter\u00eda es conocida por sus abundantes varenyky, su humeante borscht, sus crujientes paninis y sus delicados cr\u00eapes. La cafeter\u00eda y el viaje de su propietaria, Halyana Fedus, encarnan la resistencia, la esperanza y el sue\u00f1o americano.<\/p>\n<p>\"Cuando cocino u horneo... s\u00f3lo pienso en c\u00f3mo hacer feliz a la gente a trav\u00e9s de mi arte de hornear y cocinar\", afirma Fedus.<\/p>\n<p>En medio de la guerra y la llegada de miles de ucranianos, Fedus recuerda su periplo, desde que huy\u00f3 de la pobreza en Ucrania hasta que se convirti\u00f3 en empresaria en Chicago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"templatera_shortcode\">\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e0703e3f9ca\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle small\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_color_909090 border_style_solid\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e0703e4050b\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle large top_margin_20px bottom_margin_20px\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"true\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-bg-overlay row-bg-layer\" style=\"background: #FFFFFF; background: linear-gradient(90deg,#FFFFFF 0%,#FFFFFF 100%);  opacity: 1; \"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent force-phone-text-align-center inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_top_desktop_1px border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_FFFFFF border_style_solid\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e0703e40c01\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-7 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<h4 id=\"news-that-puts-power-under-the-spotlight-and-communities-at-the-center\"><strong>Noticias que ponen el poder en el punto de mira y a las comunidades en el centro.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Suscr\u00edbase a nuestro bolet\u00edn gratuito y reciba actualizaciones dos veces por semana.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div style=\"margin-top: -20px; \" class=\"vc_col-sm-5 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column neg-marg no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"_form_1\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.bluelena.io\/f\/embed.php?id=1\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<h2 id=\"a-childhood-shaped-by-struggle\">Una infancia marcada por la lucha<\/h2>\n<p>La vida no fue nada f\u00e1cil en Ternopil, una peque\u00f1a ciudad del oeste de Ucrania.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c9ramos muy pobres. Luchaba por llegar a fin de mes con dos hijas peque\u00f1as y sin recursos.<\/p>\n<p>S\u00f3lo pod\u00eda gastar 60 c\u00e9ntimos al d\u00eda para alimentar a mi familia durante un mes. Era leche, pan y mantequilla.<\/p>\n<p>Un domingo, mis hijas, que entonces ten\u00edan seis y tres a\u00f1os, vieron una feria en la ciudad. Quer\u00edan montar en el tiovivo, pero yo no ten\u00eda dinero para darles.<\/p>\n<p>Me sent\u00eda muy triste. En ese momento de desesperaci\u00f3n, se me acerc\u00f3 una mujer. Atra\u00edda por las hermosas peon\u00edas que florec\u00edan en mi jard\u00edn, me pregunt\u00f3 si pod\u00eda comprar flores. Yo nunca las hab\u00eda vendido, pero ella insisti\u00f3 y me dio dinero por ellas. 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Fue un rayo de alegr\u00eda en un momento dif\u00edcil, que reafirm\u00f3 mi fe en Jes\u00fas y me dio fuerzas para seguir adelante.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"searching-for-purpose-in-the-u-s\">En busca de un prop\u00f3sito en EE.UU.<\/h2>\n<p>En 1993, recib\u00ed una llamada inesperada de un amigo de Polonia.<\/p>\n<p>Me habl\u00f3 de una familia de Estados Unidos que buscaba una canguro. Necesitaban a alguien de confianza.<\/p>\n<p>Sin m\u00e1s opciones y con la esperanza desesperada de una vida mejor, acept\u00e9 la oportunidad y vol\u00e9 a Estados Unidos. Dej\u00e9 a mis dos hijas, de 13 y 10 a\u00f1os, con mi marido en Ternopil.<\/p>\n<p>La vida en Estados Unidos era agotadora. Lloraba todos los d\u00edas en el autob\u00fas, rezando a Dios.<\/p>\n<p>Todos los d\u00edas, de 6 de la ma\u00f1ana a 10 de la noche, ten\u00eda dos trabajos, limpiando casas y de camarera, en los que ganaba $6 la hora.<\/p>\n<p>Echaba mucho de menos a mi familia. Todas las semanas escrib\u00eda a mis hijas cartas de cinco o seis p\u00e1ginas en las que les explicaba mis rutinas diarias y lo mucho que las echaba de menos. Tambi\u00e9n las llamaba dos veces por semana. Las llamadas internacionales me costaban $2,50 por minuto.<\/p>\n<p>Regres\u00e9 a Ucrania en 1994. Al a\u00f1o siguiente, tras ganar la loter\u00eda de la tarjeta verde, mi familia y yo emigramos a Estados Unidos.<\/p>\n<p>Tem\u00eda que mis hijos perdieran su identidad ucraniana y pensaba que nunca querr\u00edan volver a Ucrania porque Estados Unidos era su nuevo hogar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"fws_69e0703e44939\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_000000 border_style_solid\"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_sep_color_black wpb_content_element vc_separator-has-text\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><h4 id=\"read-more-of-our-coverage\">M\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n<\/h4><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts-container pk-inline-posts-template-list\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-columns=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-22334\" class=\"post-22334 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-as-told-to category-immigration-policy tag-ana\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay pk-overlay-ratio pk-ratio-landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay-background\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2024\/06\/03\/chicago-ukraine-russian-invasion-buchra-refugee\/\" class=\"pk-overlay-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2024.05.08.-Anna-As-Told-To_Web_Featured-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-pk-thumbnail size-pk-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"pk-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2024\/06\/03\/chicago-ukraine-russian-invasion-buchra-refugee\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Ana: la historia de una refugiada ucraniana sobre el trauma de la guerra<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-author meta-author\"><span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/author\/diane-bou-khalil\/\" title=\"Ver todas las publicaciones de Diane Bou Khalil\">Diane Bou Khalil<\/a><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sep\">-<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-date meta-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2024\/06\/03\/chicago-ukraine-russian-invasion-buchra-refugee\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">3 de junio de 2024<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-inner -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-outer -->\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e0703e48c2f\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p>Despu\u00e9s de seis a\u00f1os, pude permitirme un viaje en solitario de vuelta a casa, a Ucrania. Este viaje me record\u00f3 por qu\u00e9 vine a Estados Unidos y reun\u00ed a mi familia.<\/p>\n<p>Durante un breve viaje a Ucrania en 2001, estaba esperando para reunirme con un amigo en un centro comercial y me impresionaron las penurias econ\u00f3micas de las que fui testigo. Los cocineros que conoc\u00eda estaban en paro y vend\u00edan en el centro comercial pasteles que horneaban en la cocina de su casa. Esto me hizo darme cuenta de que si no ten\u00eda la oportunidad de viajar a Estados Unidos, no podr\u00eda ayudar a mi familia y a otros ni\u00f1os y familias necesitados.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"a-dream-takes-root\">Un sue\u00f1o echa ra\u00edces<\/h2>\n<p>A pesar de tener dos empleos y trabajar muchas horas, nunca perd\u00ed la fe. Aprend\u00ed ingl\u00e9s trabajando en un restaurante franc\u00e9s, donde el due\u00f1o se arriesg\u00f3 conmigo. Le promet\u00ed que hablar\u00eda ingl\u00e9s en tres meses si me contrataba. \u00c9l crey\u00f3 en m\u00ed y yo cumpl\u00ed mi palabra.<\/p>\n<p>En 1998, un amigo \u00edntimo me introdujo en el negocio de la restauraci\u00f3n, donde trabaj\u00e9 un par de a\u00f1os. La gente que conoc\u00ed era muy amable. Me ense\u00f1aron mucho sobre c\u00f3mo ser chef y c\u00f3mo llevar un negocio y me apoyaron cuando m\u00e1s lo necesitaba.<\/p>\n<p>All\u00ed perfeccion\u00e9 mis habilidades y adquir\u00ed la confianza necesaria para abrir mi propia pasteler\u00eda. Con el apoyo de mi comunidad y pr\u00e9stamos de un banco ucraniano, naci\u00f3 Shokolad Cafe.<\/p>\n<p>Quer\u00eda que mi tienda estuviera en el coraz\u00f3n del pueblo ucraniano, donde pudiera exhibir una parte de la cultura ucraniana a trav\u00e9s de mis coloridos platos y pasteles.<\/p>\n<p>Abrir el negocio fue tambi\u00e9n una forma de mantener a mi hijo y ahorrar dinero para la universidad.<\/p>\n<p>Shokolad Cafe empez\u00f3 como una empresa modesta, presentando a los habitantes de Chicago paninis y ensaladas europeos, pero mi coraz\u00f3n siempre quiso compartir mi herencia ucraniana. Quer\u00eda que la gente probara nuestros varenyky (alb\u00f3ndigas) y borscht.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e0703e49cf4\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy\" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"1280\" width=\"1920\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025_04_17_ShokoladCafe_ATT_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025_04_17_ShokoladCafe_ATT_03.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025_04_17_ShokoladCafe_ATT_03-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025_04_17_ShokoladCafe_ATT_03-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025_04_17_ShokoladCafe_ATT_03-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025_04_17_ShokoladCafe_ATT_03-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025_04_17_ShokoladCafe_ATT_03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025_04_17_ShokoladCafe_ATT_03-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025_04_17_ShokoladCafe_ATT_03-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025_04_17_ShokoladCafe_ATT_03-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025_04_17_ShokoladCafe_ATT_03-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025_04_17_ShokoladCafe_ATT_03-1245x830.jpg 1245w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025_04_17_ShokoladCafe_ATT_03-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1450px) 75vw, (min-width: 1000px) 85vw, 100vw\" \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Halyana Fedus prepara varenyky y borscht en Shokolad Cafe, en Ukrainian Village, el lunes 14 de abril de 2025.<\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Max Herman\/Borderless Magazine<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e0703e4aa7a\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p>Poco a poco, la cafeter\u00eda se convirti\u00f3 en un centro neur\u00e1lgico de la cocina ucraniana, atrayendo a clientes fieles que acuden cada fin de semana en busca de platos aut\u00e9nticos.<\/p>\n<p>Uno de mis momentos de mayor orgullo fue ver mi sopa de remolacha en la lista <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2020\/12\/08\/what-we-need-right-now-is-a-good-comforting-bowl-of-soup-here-are-33-of-chicagos-best-across-13-styles\/\">entre las 33 mejores sopas de Chicago<\/a> por el Chicago Tribune. Utilizamos ingredientes de Ucrania, como harina y especias, para que los sabores sigan siendo aut\u00e9nticos.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"a-space-for-community-and-resistance\">Un espacio para la comunidad y la resistencia<\/h2>\n<p>El 23 de febrero de 2022 tuve una sensaci\u00f3n inquietante. Era el D\u00eda de la Patria rusa y el cumplea\u00f1os de mi marido. Esa noche lo celebramos con una cena, pero antes de dormirnos son\u00f3 el tel\u00e9fono. Una llamada tras otra con las mismas noticias: <a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2025\/04\/01\/chicago-ucrania-comunidad-ucrania-rusia-guerra-incertidumbres-alto-el-fuego-trump\/\">Rusia invadi\u00f3 Ucrania.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A la ma\u00f1ana siguiente, una larga cola de gente esperaba fuera del caf\u00e9. Todos me dijeron que quer\u00edan apoyar a Ucrania pero no sab\u00edan ad\u00f3nde ir.<\/p>\n<p>Siempre he estado contenta y agradecida de estar en Estados Unidos porque este pa\u00eds me ha dado mucho, y el apoyo de los estadounidenses ha sido incre\u00edble.<\/p>\n<p>He profundizado mi conexi\u00f3n con mis ra\u00edces con la guerra en curso en Ucrania. Empec\u00e9 a ponerme en contacto con familiares, amigos y parientes para detectar a personas necesitadas y conectar con ellas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e0703e4b9aa\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy\" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"1280\" width=\"1920\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025_04_17_ShokoladCafe_ATT_04.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025_04_17_ShokoladCafe_ATT_04.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025_04_17_ShokoladCafe_ATT_04-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025_04_17_ShokoladCafe_ATT_04-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025_04_17_ShokoladCafe_ATT_04-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025_04_17_ShokoladCafe_ATT_04-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025_04_17_ShokoladCafe_ATT_04-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025_04_17_ShokoladCafe_ATT_04-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025_04_17_ShokoladCafe_ATT_04-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025_04_17_ShokoladCafe_ATT_04-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025_04_17_ShokoladCafe_ATT_04-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025_04_17_ShokoladCafe_ATT_04-1245x830.jpg 1245w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2025_04_17_ShokoladCafe_ATT_04-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1450px) 75vw, (min-width: 1000px) 85vw, 100vw\" \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Veteranos ucranianos heridos, que llegaron a Estados Unidos para recibir pr\u00f3tesis con la ayuda de la Fundaci\u00f3n Protez, cenan en el Shokolad Cafe el 4 de abril de 2025.<\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Fatema Hosseini\/Borderless Magazine<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e0703e4c67b\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; 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