“Never heard of ‘The Bear,’” Mary Fontano said, the smell of giardiniera and salted meat in the air in Little Italy. She is a co-owner of the original Fontano’s Subs on Polk Street, alongside her ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Carm & Gia Metropolitan, a Chicago-style sandwich shop that opened a month before the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020, will close its doors this week .