Angel's Tire Shop is Pilsen's most eye-popping attraction.
by Lucy Wang
If Pee-Wee Herman practiced Santeria, his playhouse might look something like Angel's Tire Shop and Grocery Store. Screaming from the corner of 18th and Leavitt, the exteriors of the adjoining storefronts, painted in eye-popping red, yellow, and spearmint green, are covered with strings of Christmas lights, shiny rims, American and Mexican flags, a portrait of the Virgin Mary, an anthropomorphic sun sculpture, a rusted gargoyle, and a pair of large toy vehicles.…[ Read more ]