Josephine's Southern Cooking among local restaurants at Chicago NASCAR race

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Grant Park is getting race ready for the 3rd annual NASCAR Street Race this weekend and the food being featured on the grounds tells a Chicago story.

Josephine's Southern Cooking are one of the independently owned restaurants gearing up for Grant Park!

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Victor Love and Mark Rand from Josephine's joined ABC7 to talk about what they are cooking for the race, including a Chi-Orleans" Boil featuring shrimp, sausage, potatoes, and corn on the cob.

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They also talked about why it is important to have locally-owned restaurants be a part of the big event and the other food vendors that will be there.