Cicero Independiente 2022 Holiday Gift Guide
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By Luis Velazquez
It’s beginning to look a lot like the holiday season! Cicero Independiente created this special guide, with help form our readers, for your gift needs and to support local businesses/vendors near the Cicero and Berwyn area.
The guide is divided into categories. Feel free to browse through and shop for your special loved ones.
Here’s what you can buy locally:
Treats:
ChiMoy, LLC
Homemade chamoy
Rim pastes and Dulcesitos
Available for pick up & Shipping
ChiMoy, LLC provides different types of goodies for your spicy and sweet needs. They have chamoy keychains, chamoy covered dulces and even a gift box ready for order. Click here to check out their social media or online website to make an order!
Sugarsweet_dreams
Sugarsweet Dreams provides birthday cakes, pastries and other types of desserts. Thinking of ordering a cake for the holiday season, consider reaching out to Sugarsweet Dreams!
Location: 6931 Roosevelt Rd store#12
Phone number: (708) 351-3034
Inquiries through Website/Phone Call
Servicing Berwyn, Chicagoland & West Suburbs
The Vulgar Vegan Cupcakes
Vulgar Vegan Cupcakes offer 100% vegan cupcakes for the community to enjoy. Her ingredients are freshly sourced, making the cupcakes taste just as good as those cupcakes that are made with animal products, according to a BerwynShops website.
Want to place an order? Pre order by Tuesdays for pick up Friday, Saturday and Sunday at their Berwyn Shops location (6931 Roosevelt Rd).
Items & Accessories:
Gold Plated ByFannyLpz
Thinking of buying someone gold-plated jewelry? Look no further and shop at Gold Plated ByFannyLpz.
Click here for more information and DM the vendor for more information on pricing and options.
Zensational Creationss
Zensational Creationss offers different forms of jewelry including the blue evil eye to protect your energy.
Click here for their Instagram. Vendor takes orders through Instagram DM.
Berwyn Betty's Bath and Body
Berwyn Betty’s owner, Stephanie, created this business for her daughter who is on the autism spectrum. Stephanie hopes the bath bombs will help those with disabilities overcome shower barriers.
Berwyn Betty’s offers different bath bombs in unique, colorful, fragrant and hand hand-crafted combinations using only the finest natural ingredients.
A few of the fragrances include Lavender, Rose, Jasmine and Vanilla.
Click here for more information on Berwyn Betty's Bath and Body.
Date Nite Beaute
Date Nite Beaute focuses on selling color cosmetics and accessories. According to the Berwyn Shops website, Date Nite Beaute has gone on to be recognized by an Emmy award-winning makeup artist to celebrities including Oprah Winfrey, and has officially sponsored beauty queens and the United States of America's pageants for Illinois, Wisconsin, and currently nationwide at the Las Vegas nationals.
This makeup line aims to bring radiant brightness and promise to customers, delivering amazing luxury beauty through palettes, glitters, lashes, and more.
Click here for more information.
Los Amigos Books
Los Amigos Books sells bilingual and Spanish language books for kids that are published all over the world (U.S., Latin America and Spain). They believe that there should be representation for kids to see in books. According to their website, it is their mission to make it easier for bilingual children to enjoy reading.
Click here if you would like more information about Los amigos books.
So Soft Beauty Skincare
So Soft Beauty Skincare offers different serums and oils for your everyday care. A few of their oils include body oil, face oil and eyebrow/eyelash growth serum.
Click here for their website for more information.
Mexi-stylo:
Looking for traditional Mexican garments and jewelry? Check out this new shop in Cicero.
Location: 2406 S. Laramie Ave
Phone: (708) 415-5480, (708) 875-5157
Cash and card accepted here.
Pocha Pets
BIPOC/LGBTQIA+ owned, Pocha pets offers different baked treats for your furry friends! Bake goods include cakes, charcuterie boards and even a rosca de Reyes.
Click here for more information.
Pick up a meal at A local restaurant:
Cien 100% Naturalisimo:
Address: 2709 S. Ridgeland Ave., Berwyn
Hours of Operation: 9:30 AM- 5 PM
Order by phone: (708) 317-5679
Delivery or curbside pick up
All card payment accepted
Cien 100% Naturalisimo are known for their Mushroom panini, vegan hamburgers, delicious spinach pancakes and gold milk!
Con Huevos:
Address: 5709 W. Cermak Rd., Cicero
Hours of Operation: Sun-Thurs: 7am - 9pm, Fri-Sat: 7am-10pm
Orders by phone: (708) 477-4163
Delivery orders through Uber Eats, GrubHub, Doordash
Orders available for pick up
Con Huevos are known for their Chilauiles Special! The special includes your option of salsa with beans and two eggs, your style and meat (arrachera, rib eye, chicken breast or carnitas).
Dulce Mami:
Address: 3109 S. 49th Ave. & 5612 West 35th Street in Cicero
Hours of Operation: Monday-Friday: 7am - 9pm, Sunday: 8am-8pm
Delivery and pick up available
With now three restaurants opened for the public, even including Chicago, you can enjoy their popular dishes. Those dishes include crepes (Banana, strawberry, nutella), Cafe de Olla and Chilaquiles.
Rico Antojo:
Address: 6111 W. Roosevelt Rd., Cicero
Hours of Operation: Fri-Sun: 11am-9pm, Tue-Thurs: 11am-8pm, Mon: 11am-6pm.
Order by phone: (708) 683 - 6184
Curbside Pick-Up or Delivery through Doordash
Rico Antojo are known for their Immunity Booster Smoothie. They are currently planning on opening a second location on 2301 S. Central Ave in Cicero.
Cicero Bakery
Address: 4838 W. Cermak Rd., Cicero
Hours of Operation: 5am- 10pm
Favorite/Popular dish: Ojos de pancha
Pick up some pan dulce, cakes and more here.
Aracelys Bakery
Address: 5920 W. Cermak Rd., Cicero
Hours of Operation: 5 am-7pm
Get your pan dulce, cookies, cakes, tamales, tortas and more here.
Mis Chilaquiles
Address: 5735 W. 16th St., Cicero
Hour of Operation: 8am-5pm all days except Tuesday
Order by phone: (708) 477-6454
Curbside pick up and delivery available. Order a variety of chilaquiles, tortas, burritos and more here.
Great Sip Cafe
Address: 818 S Oak Park Ave, Oak Park, IL 60304
Hour of Operation: 7 am-3pm, Monday, Wednesday-Sunday
Order by phone: (773) 521-3596
Small Latina, Berwyn-owned business serving neighbors and dogs of the surrounding Oak Park area with coffee, tea and delicious pastelitos.
Big Mich Antojeria
Address: 5400 W 31st St, Cicero, IL 60804
Hours of Operation: 10am-9am, Monday-Saturday & 11am-7pm on Sunday
Call for questions: : (708) 477-6435
In-store shopping with basic corner store items plus a taqueria, tea and coffee bar, and tortas.
Luis Velazquez is the part-time editor of Cicero Independiente. He recently earned his M.S. in Journalism at the University of Illinois. You can reach him out at reporter@ciceroindependiente.com.
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