Chicago is a city of big shoulders. A city of industry. A city on the make...that makes stuff.

Those sentiments were crafted last century when we were a beacon of industry.

Jessica Chronister wanted to know: what exactly do we still make here?

She was interested to know what our factories are pumping out.

There's plenty of stuff: The South Side's Ford plant makes cars, mills just over the border in Gary, Indiana churn out steel, and one Chicago neighborhood smells like chocolate for good reason.

We had WBEZ's Susie An look into this. She found a side of local manufacturing that's easy to miss.

B Fleischmann composed the Curious City theme song. Additional music in this episode is by Dustin Wong.