Englewood’s Long-Vacant Leon’s Bar-B-Q Will Soon Become A Dining Destination
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on March 30, 2023
ENGLEWOOD — Asiaha Butler remembers when she used to dine at Leon’s Bar-B-Q on her journeys down Racine Street.
The Englewood restaurant closed a “long time ago,” Butler said. It’s sat vacant for years, only a sign touting “Just Great Food” and an emblazoned red logo remaining.
But this year, Butler and members of the Resident Association of Greater Englewood — which she founded — will breathe life into the building.
Members of the R.A.G.E. Economic Upliftment Program will transform the building at 1158 W. 59th St. into a . . .
