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Shops Bakeries Chocolate Coffee and tea Markets Non-Chicago places Shops ------------------------------------------------ Arirang Supermarket 4017 W. Lawrence, Chicago, IL (Korean market with departments) Armitage Produce 3334 W. Armitage, Chicago, IL (Mexican grocery with good produce selection) Athens Grocery 324 S. Halsted, Chicago, IL (Greektown imports) Brasil Legal 2153 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL (imported Brazillian foods, appetizers and feijoada on request) California Milwaukee Produce California and Milwaukee, Chicago, IL (Mexican grocery with produce) Caputo's 1811 W. Fullerton Ave., Addison, IL (Italian grocery, huge produce section, awesome butcher counter, inexpensive) Carniceria y Fruteria Roman 2633 W. Armitage Ave., Chicago, IL (as local as it gets, aka three doors down) Casey's Market 915 Burlington, Western Springs, IL (amazing raspberry chicken salad) Cermak Produce 2701 W. North Ave., Chicago, IL (big Mexican grocery store with great produce department) Chicago Food Corp. 3333 N. Kimball, Chicago, IL (awesome Korean/Asian store) Chicago Food Market 2245 S. Wentworth ave., Chicago, IL (Chinatown grocery store) Cooking Fools 1916 W. North Ave., Chicago, IL (gourmet deli, amazing homemade mango habanero sorbet, good chocolate) Devon Market 1440 W. Devon, Chicago, IL (good produce and cheap ethnic foods on the north side) Diho Market 6120 W. Dempster, Morton Grove, IL (good suburban Asian food market) Dubby's 2108 W. Division, Chicago IL (upscale bulk and specialty foods, wonderful dark chocolate peanut butter squares) E & M Meat Market 3358 Dempster St., Skokie, IL (great steaks, butcher shop) Family Fruit Market 4118 N. Cicero, Chicago, IL (lots of produce, great deli, excellent fresh mozzarella) Fox & Obel 401 E. Illinois, Chicago, IL (expensive gourmet items, upscale deli) Hyde Park Coop 55th St. and Lake Park, Chicago, IL (pricey, but good vegan stuff) J's Vitamins and More 5316 N. Milwaukee, Chicago, IL (health store, cheap soy milk) Jimenez 2140 N. Western, Chicago, IL (Mexican grocery store, several throughout the city, cheap) Kolatek's 2445 N Harlem Ave., Chicago, IL (Polish bakery and deli, great hunter stew) Los Artista California and Armitage, Chicago, IL (two liters of lemonade, open till midnight) Los Cuatro Caminos California and Milwaukee, Chicago, IL (Mexican grocery store, cheap, good selection and produce) Mitsuwa 100 E. Algonquin Rd., Arlington Heights, IL (huge Japanese multi-shop market, good fresh fish for sashimi) Niko's Produce 2101 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL (Mexican grocery, cheap produce) Nuts on Clark 3830 N. Clark, Chicago, IL (pseudo-bulk nuts and candies, somewhat overpriced) Paradise Garden Produce 2901 W. Armitage, Chicago, IL (mediocre produce, funny smell) Pete's 2556 W. Armitage Ave., Chicago, IL (shop at the end of my block, very convenient) Pita Inn Market 3922 Dempster St., Skokie, IL (good hommus and baba ghanouj) Sherwyn's 645 W. Diversey, Chicago, IL (big health and natural foods store) The Spice House 1941 Central St., evanston, IL (best cinnamon in Chicago, fresh spices you can't find anywhere else) Stanley's Fruits & Vegetables 1558 N. Elston Ave., Chicago, IL (very cheap produce, must be eaten within 48 hours) Sultan's Market 2057 W. North Ave., Chicago, IL (awesome falafel, baba ghanouj, and lentil soup) Ten Ren Tea and Ginsing Company 2247 S. Wentworth, Chicago, IL (Chinatown tea shop) Treasure Island 2121 N. Clybourn, Chicago, IL (wonderful big family-owned upscale but still inexpensive grocery. four other locations.) Wong's Food City 222 W. 26th St., Chicago, IL (south Chinatown grocery, cheap dried mangoes) Bakeries ------------------------------------------------ Alliance Bakery 1736 W. Division, Chicago, IL (good old Eastern European bakery) Artopolis Bakery, Cafe and Agora 306 S. Halsted, Chicago, IL (excellent Greektown bakery, great almond cookies) Judy's Bakery 706 Main St., Evanston, IL (the bakery I grew up with) Letizia's 2218 N. California Ave., Chicago, IL (good bakery that takes a stand against margarine, but uses disposable plates) Panadaria la Central 2218 N. California Ave., Chicago, IL (cheap Mexican pastries by the California el stop, excellent cream horns) Red Hen Bakery 1623 N. Milwaukee, Chicago, IL (amazing gourmet breads, great croissants) Sweet Thang 1921 W. North Ave., Chicago, IL (French bakery) Chocolate ------------------------------------------------ Leonidas 231 S. LaSalle St., Chicago, IL (good Belgian chocolatier) Margie's Candies 1960 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL (homemade ice cream sundaes, excellent turtles) Moonstruck 320 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL (downtown chocolate cafe) Piron 509 Main St., Evanston, IL (excellent handmade Belgian chocolatier) Vosges 2247 S. Wentworth, Chicago, IL ("Haute chocolate" shop, exotic flavor combinations, expensive) Coffee and tea ------------------------------------------------ Aion 2135 W. Division, Chicago, IL (high-end bulk teas, 80 varieties of green and black) Art Gallery Kafe 1907 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL (cafe food, Intelligentsia coffee, desserts from Sweet Thang) Casteel and Company 2924 Central St., Evanston, IL (good local coffee roasters) Coffee and Tea Exchange 3311 N. Broadway, Chicago, IL (good coffee and tea) Intelligentsia 3123 N. Broadway, Chicago, IL (great local coffee roasters, many shops serve their coffee) Perk-U-Later 2466 W. Armitage Ave., Chicago, IL (local cafe, good coffee and sloppy joe's) Markets ------------------------------------------------ Chicago Farmers' Markets Complete listing for 1003 Daley Plaza Farmers' Market Washington & Dearborn Chicago, IL 7am-3pm Thursdays all organic and sustainable Green City Market north of LaSalle in Lincoln Park along the path between 1750 N. Clark and Stockton Chicago, IL 7am-3pm Wednesdays all organic and sustainable Maxwell Street Market Canal St. and Rooselvelt rd., Chicago, IL Sundays, 3am-3pm Mega Mall 2500 N. Milwaukee ave., Chicago, IL mega mall!! Non-Chicago places ------------------------------------------------ Beans and Barley 1901 E. North ave. Milwaukee, WI (Milwaukee natural food store) Biggar Farms 8871 Gladiolus Dr., Fort Myers, FL (Florida tomato u-pick) Bobby Nelson's Cheese Shop 2924 120th Ave., Kenosha, WI (Wisconsin homemade sausages) Common Ground Coop 610 E. Springfield, Champaign, IL (non-profit grocery store owned and operated by its members) Eastern Market 2934 Russell st., Detroit, MI Saturdays, 4am-5pm Fleamasters Fleamarket 4135 M.L. King Blvd., Fort Myers, FL 8am-4pm Friday, Saturday and Sunday Joe's Market & Deli 1828 Como Ave., Minneapolis, MN (best. dolmas. ever.) Mars Cheese Castle 2800 120th Ave., Kenosha, WI (Wisconsin cheese mecca) Nature's Pharm 325 Burnett Rd., West Lafayette, IN (good natural foods store) Purple Cow Fudge and Ice Cream Company Windsor Crossing Outlet Mall, Windsor, ON (handmade candy) Produce and Garden Center Route 32, Carmel, IN (Indiana tomato roadside stand) Strawberry Fields 306 W. Springfield, Urbana, IL (natural food store) Sunshine Grocery 117 W. Washington St., Urbana, IL (Asian grocery, fresh eggs, homemade soy milk and tofu)