Food.
Sustainability.
Community.
Takeout 25 empowers communities to support local food businesses while prioritizing sustainability and eliminating food insecurity. Our aim is to build thriving and sustainable communities.
Serving Oak Park and its Neighbors:
Austin/Galewood
Berwyn
Elmwood Park
Forest Park
River Forest
Cicero
Riverside
The Takeout 25 Story
Takeout 25 Boxed Water
The Takeout 25 Community Cookbook
Partnerships & Participation
Takeout 25 in the News
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NBC 5
Organizers of “Takeout 25 Oak Park” tell NBC 5 if approximately half of Oak Park’s households spend $25 dollars a week on takeout, it would add up to $1 million to the pockets of area businesses.
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WGN's Outside the Loop Podcast
Mike Stephen learns about the expansion of Takeout 25 to include Austin and Galewood from creator and Oak Park trustee Ravi Parakkat. Segment is 10 minutes long and starts ~8 minutes into the program.
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Chicago Tribune
Takeout 25 has saved local restaurants in Oak Park. Now it’s flexing its spending muscle across the Chicago border, in Austin.
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“Takeout 25 gave the community hope and validated the power of deliberate collective action. While the pandemic is still very much with us it appears that we’ve had fewer restaurant closings than other communities.”
— Don Harmon (Illinois State Senate President)