Love Chicago sweet South Shore began as a

South Shore began as a beachside summer retreat for wealthy Chicagoans in the late 19th century

Originally a fur trading outpost known as “Hardscrabble

Stanislaus Kostka Church (built in 1867) and the neighborhood's name (a buck is a male goat in Polish) are a testament to its Polish heritage

Uptown was once known as “the Loop’s little brother

Love Chicago sweet South Shore began as aInspired by the fiery sweet candy famously made in Chicago, with notes of cinnamon, sugar, and spice. Salvatore Ferrara came to Chicago from Italy at the turn of the twentieth century without possessions, but with a love of baking. He saved enough money as an interpreter to open a bakery in Little Italy. There, in 1932, the little cinnamon imperial candies connected to love were born. Red Hots were the first branded candy of what became the Ferrara