Zareen Syed

CHICAGO -- With a glass of white wine in one hand and a printed spreadsheet of names and addresses of around 50 lawmakers in the other, Allyssa Bujdoso was setting up for a crowd at Deep Red Wine Merchant in Avondale. A guy with a sign reading “(Expletive... See more

Trinity Audioplayer ready... One thing Bob Zeni will never get behind is a grocery store tomato — suspiciously bright red and plump for the middle of winter and deceptively flavorless year round. Season after season he’s made it his mission to help wean p... See more

Things to Do Chicago’s Tomato Man on the impacts of erratic spring temperatures on his beloved heirlooms Bob Zeni, known as the Chicago Tomato Man, checks on some of the 200 varieties he has growing at Ted’s Greenhouse in Tinley Park, April 15, 2026. (Bri... See more

One thing Bob Zeni will never get behind is a grocery store tomato — suspiciously bright red and plump for the middle of winter and deceptively flavorless year round. Season after season he’s made it his mission to help wean people off of those “tasteless... See more

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... One thing Bob Zeni will never get behind is a grocery store tomato — suspiciously bright red and plump for the middle of winter and deceptively flavorless year round. Season after season he’s made it his mission ... See more