For eight decades, a chocolate factory filled a Chicago neighborhood with a delicious aroma, and jobs. Now it's leaving town. Smells are evocative of people, experiences, and places - maybe it's ...

Blommer Chocolate is closing its downtown Chicago factory following plummeting sales and increased maintenance and repair costs for the 85-year-old building, the company announced Friday.

especially ones close to downtown Chicago and neighborhoods like West Loop, River West, and West Town near the factory, locals remained enamored due to the random aroma of chocolate wafting from ...

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Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times Share Blommer Chocolate Co. will close its factory in the heart of Chicago at the end of May due to increasing costs of running the aging facility at 600 W.

but Chicago's Blommer's Chocolate provided years of joy to its neighbors. LINDA ZAGER: It's like being in "Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory." PUENTE: Linda Zager has lived nearby for 20 years ...