So we like to shake up the menu, keep things fresh. Sometimes in these refreshes we strike gold and really like the new thing. Sometimes, we strike… diamonds or platinum...
A lot of the canning we do in store is bringing the old nearly forgotten recipes, those recipes that our mom’s used to make us, and making them shine again....
Illinois Sparkling Co is a pretty awesome winery, this we know. We know they make fantastic bubbly from the hearth of Illinois. We know their passion for getting things ‘right.’...
It’s been there for years. Our white powder coated wrought-iron, super heavy, modern wrap-around. Slung from either our basement or our upstairs back patio, every year, nearly adding a third...
In our first edition of ‘Our Cheesy Love’ we are headed out toward Rockford where they hold the keys (and cows) to some of the best tasting Butterkäse we could find,...
Sometimes we can get a bit verbose here on our blog – we admit it. But with one of our newest items we thought we’d let the picture do most...
Just eleven blocks south on Southport (and a small turn down Lincoln Ave) a bike shop has sprung up – er… coffee shop. Well, both, really. In the long lines of...
You may have already noticed, but we wanted to take a second to pull the spotlight on our new broccoli salad. Some would ask, what – exactly – is so special about...
Our chef likes to describe it as tasting like a breakfast ‘Orange Dreamsicle,’ this breakfast love is made with LorAnn’s Orange Emlusion, and in-house made Seville marmalade. Our stuffed french toast is...
Since around the middle of this past summer we’ve started carrying Red Velvet cupcakes in our bakery. It started off simply as someone asking for some in a catering order,...