We here at Southport Grocery and Cafe like to take advantage of fresh ingredients when we can. It’s spring so that can mean only one thing: it’s canning season. The early fruits...
Scarpetta Sauces are marvelously made sauces from our friends out east. Pasta Sauces? How is it different from the store brand? For one, it’s made with love, care, and to be honest...
Lucero Olive Oils are marvelous oils made from some of California’s oldest olive trees. I just get whatever is on sale, is there a difference? Olive oil is like wine....
Willow Creek Mill Pancake Mixes are small pouches of pancake mixes without preservatives or anything ‘unwanted.’ What is the difference between this stuff and store brand? For one, flavor –...
Dessertful Drizzles are scrumptious cookies that are cakey cantuccinis; they’ll have you be begging for more. Cookies, eh? What makes these so special? First, these are made from fluffy cookie...
Dean’s World Famous mustard and sauces are really delicious jars of the good stuff. World famous eh? What makes it so special? Let’s start with the Honey Mustard; it isn’t...
Garry Poppins is gourmet Popcorn made right here in Chicago with the best ingredients they could lay their hands on. Oooo, I love popcorn! I usually get mine out of...
Potter’s Crackers are organic artisan crackers that bring the flavors of Wisconsin to your table. Artisan crackers? These are not your typical crackers. These lovely parallelograms can stand on their...
Pro Oats is protein added oatmeal made in our wonderful city of Chicago. Protein, in oatmeal? What about my store brand? This is your store brand on… protein. It has...
The Spice House provides hand selected spices with flavors of all the tasty parts of Chicago and more. Why these spices over supermarket types? For one, they are hand picked...