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It was hot and hearty soup with a side of heavy rain for the Savour The Chill and Stay Awhile event in the city’s downtown core on Saturday. The annual soup walk — turned into a full-scale event due to joint efforts between the Belleville Downtown Improvement Area (BDIA) and the chamber of commerce along …

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BELLEVILLE – A group of local restaurants wants to rekindle an appetite in visiting downtown. The inaugural Taste of Downtown event hopes to replace the bad taste left in many residents’ mouths after many months of construction in the city’s core with much tastier fare. Close to a half dozen restaurants will be providing a sample of …

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A spicy chicken enchilada edged a traditional lamb cooked in hot sauce in the city’s first ever Belleville Spicy Foods Contest on Tuesday. Chilango’s Enchiladas Verdes narrowly topped the Lamb Vindaloo by host Royal Haveli Flavours of India according to the four judges given the task of choosing among six dishes to declare the winner …

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Belleville – Construction? Con-smucktion. Dozens of people who cared not that Downtown Belleville is in the midst of a massive tear up ventured to Front Street on Saturday, June 18 for the BDIA’s Savour the Summer festival. The event, previously known as Summerlicious, is similar to the wintertime Savour the Chill event. Downtown restaurants participate …

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For several years Marlem Power’s Mexican dishes were a popular attraction at the Belleville Waterfront & Ethnic Festival. “The customers were always asking me ‘Where can I get your food?” Power said with a smile.

A new restaurant is bringing a taste of Mexico to downtown Belleville. Marlem Power and Abraham Ramos celebrated the official opening of Chilangos Mexican Restaurant with a ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday evening. 

It is difficult to keep Mexican Food this great under wraps. Chilangos, meaning “people from Mexico City”, is a new Mexican restaurant in downtown Belleville and already has an impressive following of amigos or “friends” in Belleville.

A love of cooking homemade Mexican foods has led to the fulfillment of a dream and a new restaurant downtown, Chilangos Mexican restaurant, owned by brother and sister team Abraham Ramos and Marlem Power, will be open for business this coming Monday in downtown Belleville.

When Marlem Power moved to Canada from Mexico City in 2000 she had little more than a couple of suitcases of clothes and a dream for a great life in Canada.