The morning my coffee cart was shoved sideways and my cups shattered on the pavement, I was still just “Ryder the vendor” to everyone in Chicago. Later that same week, my wife Priya stood in our…
The first time they threatened his cart, Ryder didn’t flinch. He just kept stirring the coffee, steam rising into the February cold on the corner of Mercer and Ninth. The man from the black SUV had shouted that this corner belonged to Mr. Harlan Voss now, that parking expansion started today. The regulars scattered. Gerald … Read more