{"id":5707,"date":"2021-05-24T13:55:30","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T19:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=5707"},"modified":"2025-10-09T11:11:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T16:11:26","slug":"la-reconstruccion-de-asia-en-argyle-los-negocios-luchan-por-sobrevivir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2021\/05\/24\/from-streetscape-to-pandemic-to-cta-rebuild-asia-on-argyle-businesses-fight-to-survive\/","title":{"rendered":"Desde el paisaje urbano hasta la pandemia, pasando por la reconstrucci\u00f3n de la CTA, las empresas de Asia en Argyle luchan por sobrevivir"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>UPTOWN \u2014\u00a0Steps away from the Argyle L station, Loan Th\u1ecb Thu Nguy\u1ec5n and Quang Minh L\u00ea keep themselves busy during a mid-afternoon lull at Ph\u1edf Loan restaurant.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=6061&amp;preview=true\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>While Chef Nguy\u1ec5n prepares a tray of morning glory stems, her husband Quang Minh L\u00ea packs and places takeout orders on a table by the front door. The couple and one employee alternate between working and grabbing bites of their late lunch.<\/p>\n<p>The sound of a passing Red Line train interrupts the quiet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: calc(56.25% + 160px); position: relative;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/player.catchlight.io\/0lg3\/1\/hospitality-on-hold-fight-to-survive\/9\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cBecause of the construction and the pandemic, there\u2019s less pedestrians and a lot of sadness,\u201d said L\u00ea in Vietnamese.<\/p>\n<p>Entering 2020, the couple hoped to find some firmer footing during their sixth year as restaurateurs. Business was picking up and, for the time being, construction outside their doorstep had stopped.<\/p>\n<p>But the pandemic upended those goals. Over the last year, Ph\u1edf Loan has lost about 60 percent of its business. Without any patio seating, the small Argyle spot subsisted mostly on take-out orders and, since January, limited indoor dining.<\/p>\n<p>Though they hope for business to return as the pandemic situation improves, Nguy\u1ec5n and L\u00ea worry about the long-term future of their restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>Just starting to recover from the pandemic\u2019s impacts, Ph\u1edf Loan\u2019s owners are now bracing themselves for the massive Red Line overhaul\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blockclubchicago.org\/2021\/01\/28\/cta-unveils-design-of-4-new-red-line-stations-in-uptown-and-edgewater-part-of-2-billion-l-overhaul\/\">project<\/a>\u00a0that includes construction on a new Argyle station in May. Asia on Argyle\u2019s business owners and organizers, who have long faced Uptown\u2019s rising business costs and development, have worked to bring their community through overlapping challenges over the past year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re in great need of assistance from the government,\u201d said L\u00ea, \u201cI don\u2019t know what future lies ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5711\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5711\" class=\"wp-image-5711 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021_04_20_BCC_PHOLOANtext_WJSong_2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Vietnamese, Asian, Argyle, Chicago, restaurant, pandemic, business, immigrant\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5711\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ph\u01a1 Loan restaurant, located at 1114 W. Argyle St. in Uptown, next to the Argyle L stop. Nguy\u1ec5n and L\u00ea say that train and street construction have hurt their business severely, and they worry about the impacts of the upcoming station rebuild. Woojae Julia Song for Block Club Chicago\/CatchLight Local Chicago<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ph\u1edf Loan is one of dozens of businesses along a commercial district of West Argyle Street in Uptown. Most are Southeast and East Asian food businesses, from restaurants and grocery stores to bakeries and bubble tea stores. A slew of other, mostly smaller shops including plant stores, a coffee shop, dry cleaners, pharmacy and community organizations also pack the area.<\/p>\n<p>While Le and Nguy\u1ec5n have suffered the impacts of the pandemic and the environment more severely due to their restaurant\u2019s location and size, Tam Van Nguy\u1ec5n, a longtime organizer in the Vietnamese community, said their experiences reflect those of many business owners in Argyle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt least 80 percent of the business people have difficulties with the situation. [There are] three events: streetscaping, COVID-19, now, CTA development,\u201d said Tam Van Nguy\u1ec5n, who currently works with the Chinese Mutual Aid Association, a social service agency on Argyle that serves low-income immigrant and refugee communities throughout Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey try to survive because they don\u2019t have any choice,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Before 2020, Tam Van Nguy\u1ec5n said, business owners in the area already faced financial challenges and disruption from construction and rising rents. Since the pandemic, nine businesses in the Argyle corridor have closed, according to community group Celebrate Argyle.<\/p>\n\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"pk-inline-posts-title pk-title pk-font-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\tRead more\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\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-5500\" class=\"post-5500 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-environmentandhealth category-labor tag-india\">\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\/2021\/04\/08\/a-pandemic-pivot-uptown-chef-launches-virtual-indian-restaurant-to-stay-safe-and-keep-cooking\/\" class=\"pk-overlay-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/2021_03_30_BCC_TASTINGINDIA_WJSong_text1_featured.jpg\" class=\"attachment-pk-thumbnail size-pk-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"immigrant, chef, Uptown, virtual, restaurant, Chicago, pandemic, food\" \/>\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\/2021\/04\/08\/a-pandemic-pivot-uptown-chef-launches-virtual-indian-restaurant-to-stay-safe-and-keep-cooking\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Pandemic Pivot: Uptown Chef Launches Virtual Indian Restaurant To Stay Safe And Keep Cooking<\/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\/woojae-julia-song\/\" title=\"View all posts by Woojae Julia Song\">Woojae Julia Song<\/a><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sep\">\u00b7<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-date meta-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2021\/04\/08\/a-pandemic-pivot-uptown-chef-launches-virtual-indian-restaurant-to-stay-safe-and-keep-cooking\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">abril 8, 2021<\/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<p>Business owners of color have reported pandemic-related troubles at a greater rate than their white counterparts. Asian American and Pacific Islander business owners reported the highest likelihood of closing their business permanently due to the pandemic\u2019s impacts, according to a January 2021\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/smallbusinessmajority.org\/sites\/default\/files\/research-reports\/COVID-19-national-small-business-poll.pdf\">poll<\/a>\u00a0by the Small Business Majority. Over half of the AAPI entrepreneurs surveyed also reported difficulty paying rent or mortgages.<\/p>\n<p>Relief programs meant to help marginalized business owners survive have fallen short of their goal. The federal Paycheck Protection Program\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/technology-small-business-new-york-coronavirus-pandemic-7613e946275f085367b5fc8c9a496aea\">failed<\/a>\u00a0business owners of color, numbers show. In Illinois, the state\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.illinois.gov\/dceo\/SmallBizAssistance\/Documents\/BIG%20Detailed%20Data%201.8.21.pdf\">awarded<\/a>\u00a055 percent of Business Interruption Grant funding to white business owners, compared to 6 percent to Black business owners, 0.4 percent to indigenous business owners, 7 percent to Latinx business owners and 17 percent to AAPI business owners.<\/p>\n<p>Asian-owned businesses in the Argyle area have faced significantly low revenues amid a documented surge in racist violence against Asians and Asian Americans over the past year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe come in, open the restaurant, hope for a busy day to serve our customers.\u201d said L\u00ea. \u201cIf it\u2019s a rainy day, a bad day. we just have to recoup, move on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The owners of Ph\u1edf Loan and the area\u2019s other Asian immigrant restaurateurs have persisted through a tumultuous year. But they and community liaisons say the government needs to provide more financial resources and address the specific needs of the community in the programs they do offer, to ensure that the area\u2019s business owners can weather longer-term challenges beyond the pandemic.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5709\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5709\" class=\"wp-image-5709 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/4.22-crop_2021_04_20_BCC_PHOLOANtext_WJSong_3-1024x330.jpg\" alt=\"Vietnamese, Asian, Argyle, Chicago, restaurant, pandemic, business, immigrant\" width=\"1024\" height=\"330\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5709\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">L\u00ea grabs wrapped utensils to pack a takeout order, from a table filled with utensils, paper and plastic bags and napkins. Right: An Uber Eats order lies on a table by the front door, ready for pickup. Since many customers have ordered by app during the pandemic, L\u00ea said it\u2019s been harder to know who their customers are. Photo: Woojae Julia Song for Block Club Chicago\/CatchLight Local Chicago<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Nguy\u1ec5n and L\u00ea adapted their operation once the pandemic started. They had to lay off four of their six workers but have stayed open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. six days a week, posting more actively on their Facebook page and even starting a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCj8ICOrl9shLkdEm68HcqwQ\">YouTube channel<\/a>\u00a0where L\u00ea showcases his cooking and family meals.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ve kept their food consistent, continuing to simmer their ph\u1edf broth in industrial-sized stockpots that occupy their own section in the kitchen. The menu, which uses recipes passed down from Nguy\u1ec5n\u2019s grandparents, also includes specialties like b\u00fan b\u00f2 Hu\u1ebf, a spicy beef and pork noodle soup and Louisiana-style seafood boils.<\/p>\n<p>Like many other restaurants, they offer delivery through Grubhub, Uber Eats and DoorDash. Recently, they also began offering in-house delivery to avoid steep third-party platform fees.<\/p>\n<p>Still, these efforts couldn\u2019t fill the hole left by lost revenue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExpenses are a major thing,\u201d said Nguy\u1ec5n in Vietnamese. Though the $6,297\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/coronavirus\/bailouts\/loans\/pho-loan-inc-3676007401\">Paycheck Protection Program loan<\/a>\u00a0and $20,000\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pjstar.com\/story\/business\/2020\/08\/15\/search-our-database-of-local-businesses-receiving-grants-to-offset-covid-19-setbacks\/42810383\/\">Business Interruption Grant<\/a>\u00a0they received did help, she said, the one-time funds couldn\u2019t cover regular costs like rent, utilities, labor and ingredients for long.<\/p>\n<p>Many small business owners who are Vietnamese immigrants face specific challenges, said Jerry Tr\u1ea7n, a certified public accountant who has worked with Vietnamese entrepreneurs throughout Illinois from his Uptown office for almost 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>Tr\u1ea7n and his employees spent much of the past year helping the owners of nail salons throughout the suburbs and food businesses on Argyle through relief program applications.<\/p>\n<p>Part of Tr\u1ea7n\u2019s work with clients, who often face logistical challenges due to language differences, is guiding them through legal jargon and technical details in applications. He and his coworkers have also found themselves mediating with banks to expedite approval processes for his clients.<\/p>\n<p>Ph\u1edf Loan\u2019s former employees are getting by, said L\u00ea, but also need support. Although they check in on each other, he said, the couple doesn\u2019t ask their former employees or other business owners too much about personal financial matters. They respect each other\u2019s privacy, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot a lot of people, us or Americans, want to share our financial struggle with anyone else,\u201d said L\u00ea. \u201cWe only ask, how are you doing, how\u2019s your health?\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5712\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5712\" class=\"wp-image-5712 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021_04_20_BCC_PHOLOANtext_WJSong_4-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Vietnamese, Asian, Argyle, Chicago, restaurant, pandemic, business, immigrant\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Loan Th\u1ecb Thu Nguy\u1ec5n prepares morning glory stems at a table in the back of the restaurant. Nguy\u1ec5n, who comes from a family of cooks, worked as a chef in B\u1ea1c Li\u00eau, Vietnam before moving to the U.S. in 1995. Photo: Woojae Julia Song for Block Club Chicago\/CatchLight Local Chicago<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Nguy\u1ec5n and Le spent years working as nail technicians in Joliet and Plainfield and saving for their longtime goal of opening a restaurant in Chicago. In 2013, they made their long-awaited move to Uptown, determined to share their passion for cooking in a rich culinary hub.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe like belonging to a Vietnamese community,\u201d said Loan Th\u1ecb Thu Nguy\u1ec5n. \u201cArgyle was one of the busiest streets within the Vietnamese community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tam Van Nguy\u1ec5n said he and business owners, who have gotten to know each other over the years, treat each other \u201clike family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey call me Ch\u00fa Tam, Uncle Tam,\u201d he said. \u201cLucky for me, my house is nearby, whenever they need me I just go there and meet them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chinese and Southeast Asian immigrant communities including Vietnamese, Cambodian, Laotian and Thai folks began moving into the neighborhood in the 1960s, building a growing community and business presence around Argyle. Several nonprofit organizations that serve immigrants and refugees citywide are headquartered there.<\/p>\n<p>In the 1990s, the area\u2019s emptier streets began filling up with new businesses, said Tam Van Nguy\u1ec5n. Community members and local government officials invested heavily in local development, successfully attracting more businesses and visitors.<\/p>\n<p>Growing up, Patricia Nguy\u1ec5n remembers playing inside local stores while her dad, Tam Van Nguy\u1ec5n, assisted the owners with everything from figuring out business licenses to liaising with the chamber of commerce.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were a lot of restaurants, a lot of people in the streets, a lot of summer festivals. It was diverse in so many different ways,\u201d said Patricia Nguy\u1ec5n, co-founder of Axis Lab, a community organization that fosters ethical development in the Argyle area for immigrants and refugee communities through art and public events.<\/p>\n<p>But in recent years, Tam Van Nguy\u1ec5n said, development has changed the neighborhood too quickly. \u201cWe have a good thing and a bad thing,\u201d he said. \u201cThe Argyle area developed too much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>New apartment complexes built by large companies have replaced older residential buildings and even a synagogue, said Tam Van Nguy\u1ec5n, and the rising housing prices have displaced existing residents.<\/p>\n<p>Housing prices in Uptown increased by almost 30 percent between April 2011 and April 2021,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zillow.com\/uptown-chicago-il\/home-values\/\">according<\/a>\u00a0to Zillow.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5713\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5713\" class=\"wp-image-5713 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021_04_20_BCC_PHOLOANtext_WJSong_5-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Vietnamese, Asian, Argyle, Chicago, restaurant, pandemic, business, immigrant\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5713\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The area around West Argyle Street in Uptown has long been a stronghold for Southeast and East Asian businesses and community organizations. The business community, which includes many immigrant owners and workers, have faced the pandemic\u2019s impacts in addition to rising costs in a changing neighborhood. Photo: Woojae Julia Song for Block Club Chicago\/CatchLight Local Chicago<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Soon after Ph\u1edf Loan opened in 2014, the city announced a $3 million dollar streetscaping\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dnainfo.com\/chicago\/20150624\/uptown\/argyle-streetscape-construction-begins-july-6-alderman\/\">project<\/a>\u00a0to turn Asia on Argyle into Chicago\u2019s first shared street, seeking to make it a more pedestrian-friendly destination.<\/p>\n<p>The construction began in summer 2015 and lasted for over a year. It also included upgrades to the Argyle Red Line station. Construction sometimes caused power and water stoppages at the restaurant, L\u00ea said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were blocking the whole street. There were no cars passing by.\u201d said L\u00ea. \u201cIt was very, very dusty and difficult for people to walk by.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a result, he says, the restaurant lost a lot of business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had to take personal loans to keep our business running. And we haven\u2019t paid off that debt until now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following several other construction projects, the Red Line construction may push out existing local businesses who are just recovering from COVID\u2019s impacts, said Tam Van Nguy\u1ec5n.<\/p>\n<p>Loan Th\u1ecb Thu Nguy\u1ec5n said she has emailed city officials and CTA six times about issues over the years but has not heard back, except for occasional construction updates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe next CTA construction project is for the next five years. So it\u2019s unknown that we will last,\u201d said Le. \u201cIs there any possible assistance that will help us in any way?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The business community wishes local officials would make more of an effort to listen to local business owners\u2019 opinions on what changes they want the government to invest in, said Tr\u1ea7n, who also works with the Vietnamese Chamber of Commerce.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no serious consideration, input from the local business [about] how to make Argyle look nicer and [more] safe. With the train stop going through the next couple years, it will hurt more. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArgyle is not as it used to be,\u201d said Tr\u1ea7n, noting that the area has been less busy and that some older businesses \u201care slowly, slowly becoming a dinosaur.\u201d The area needs more parking spots and \u201ctrendier\u201d new businesses to attract more visitors like Chinatown, he said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5714\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5714\" class=\"wp-image-5714 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Copy-of-2021_04_20_BCC_PHOLOAN_WJSong_6-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Vietnamese, Asian, Argyle, Chicago, restaurant, pandemic, business, immigrant\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5714\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A person passes by the Argyle train stop, which has been under construction. A temporary station, currently in the works, will serve riders with limited service while the station is rebuilt. Photo: Woojae Julia Song for Block Club Chicago\/CatchLight Local Chicago<\/p><\/div>\n<p>City officials have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blockclubchicago.org\/2019\/06\/26\/cta-red-line-station-closed-lawrence-berwyn-uptown\/\">acknowledged<\/a>\u00a0that the multi-year shutdown will take a toll on nearby businesses, and the CTA is providing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blockclubchicago.org\/2020\/10\/14\/cta-rolls-out-program-to-help-north-side-businesses-survive-massive-red-line-construction-project\/\">marketing support<\/a>\u00a0through the Open for Business campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The efforts, which encourage customers to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blockclubchicago.org\/2021\/03\/26\/did-you-wake-up-to-a-yard-sign-on-your-lawn-its-part-of-ctas-effort-to-boost-small-businesses-near-red-line-project\/\">spend local<\/a>\u00a0and business owners to advertise that they will stay open, do not include direct financial support for impacted businesses. And so far, the materials are available in English only.<\/p>\n<p>Community groups and government partnerships aim to reverse some of the economic pain local Asian-owned businesses are suffering during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese Mutual Aid Association opened a small business development center last July, as part of the state\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.illinois.gov\/dceo\/SmallBizAssistance\/BeginHere\/pages\/sbdc.aspx\">endeavor<\/a>\u00a0to boost economic development resources in immigrant communities. It is the only such center statewide that is located in an Asian American business community, Sylvia Garcia<strong>,<\/strong>\u00a0acting director of the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, said at a press conference this year.<\/p>\n<p>Another\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blockclubchicago.org\/2021\/04\/01\/uptowns-asia-on-argyle-district-is-suffering-due-to-pandemic-racism-celebrate-argyle-aims-to-give-vibrant-businesses-a-boost\/\">new effort<\/a>\u00a0to support the local business district is called Celebrate Argyle. Formed by Southeast Asian American community organizers with ties to Uptown, the campaign seeks to boost local businesses through social media, events and even cash grants.<\/p>\n<p>Ph\u1edf Loan is one of five Argyle businesses whose story will be featured in a Celebrate Argyle video. The restaurant also received a small cash grant for participating.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a business owner, you always hope for something that will bring the area back,\u201d said Tr\u1ea7n. \u201cIt\u2019s a namesake for the Vietnamese locals here in Chicago, but we have to do something about it. Just to make sure it\u2019s alive and viable for the next generation.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5715\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5715\" class=\"wp-image-5715 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Copy-of-2021_04_20_BCC_PHOLOAN_WJSong_7-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Vietnamese, Asian, Argyle, Chicago, restaurant, pandemic, business, immigrant\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">L\u00ea and Nguy\u1ec5n hold hands outside Ph\u01a1 Loan restaurant on March 30. \u201cWe have faced a lot of difficulties along the way,\u201d said Nguy\u1ec5n. \u201cBut my focus is, I will strive to keep my restaurant and my dishes for the Vietnamese community.\u201d Photo: Woojae Julia Song for Block Club Chicago\/CatchLight Local Chicago<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As the pandemic\u2019s grip on Chicago begins to loosen, business is slowly picking up. Since Nguy\u1ec5n and L\u00ea are working with fewer part-time workers, they\u2019re busy prepping and cooking when they don\u2019t have customers to tend to. On Thursdays, the one day that the restaurant closes, they shop for the week\u2019s ingredients and catch a breath.<\/p>\n<p>For now, the couple await the vaccine, perfect their operation and greet every customer who opens their door. They hope to maintain their livelihood in their neighborhood, well beyond the pandemic\u2019s end.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe put a lot of our savings into this restaurant. We have faced a lot of difficulties along the way. The construction, the pandemic,\u201d said Nguy\u1ec5n. \u201cBut my focus is, I will strive to keep my restaurant and my dishes for the Vietnamese community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Ph\u1edf Loan, located at 1114 W. Argyle St. is open daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and closed Thursday. 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