Our Mission
Pilsen Community Market strives to provide fresh, quality farm products, arts and crafts, music and information to a diverse community while embracing and connecting with surrounding neighborhoods.
Pilsen History
Southwest of the Loop is Pilsen, a neighborhood named for a city in Bohemia (now the Czech Republic) by the Bohemian immigrants who settled in the area after the Chicago Fire. Most buildings in the area were constructed in 1883, and many of them are still dated on their cornices. Mexican immigrants eventually replaced the Bohemians. Today, Pilsen’s Little Village area is known as one of the best places in Chicago to find true Mexican cooking, particularly along 18th Street. Colorful outdoor murals are the mark of Pilsen’s burgeoning art community. The neighborhood is also home to the National Museum of Mexican Art, the largest museum of its kind in the nation.
