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Marcos Rivera
Owner
Marcos Rivera grew up, quite literally, in the restaurant business, working from a very young age at his father’s Las Palmas family of restaurants. After collegiate studies and work in several fields, he returned to the family business in 2002, to assist in the opening of the first downtown location of Las Palmas, in Chicago’s Wicker Park.
There he brought in Chefs and Mixologists and a new Las Palmas emerged, garnering awards and accolades as a Nuevo Latino hot spot. In 2011, Marcos stepped out, to open Libertad in his home town of Skokie. He and his wife Leo have been warmly welcoming both loyal guests and newcomers to the award-winning Libertad ever since. Having always sought out the brightest and best, he is so excited for the future with this creative team.