Tag: shop local

  • Firecakes, 3 August 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 Beth Ann’s favorite donuts come from Firecakes and they are one of our favorite local businesses. She placed an order for pick up and I biked down to Lincoln Park to get them.

  • Cocktails and Dinner, 16 July 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 The Chicago Market Co-op hosted a cocktail making class with Ryan from ‘The Bitter Ex’ a Chicago based bitters company. Beth Ann learned about cocktails while I made Blue Apron and got to enjoy a tasty cocktail as well.

  • Tom at GMan, 11 July 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 Lakeview’s bars scene is scary for those of us concerned about the virus.‬ The Gman Tavern is striving to do things right.‬ ‪Its manager, Tom, told me they want to be the safest bar in Wrigleysville.‬ On Saturdays from 2pm to 7pm the bar…

  • Forty Acres, 7 July 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 Beth Ann and I have been trying to figure out a suitable way to get produce delivered semi-regularly. We started off with Imperfect Foods, but ultimately determined this was an opportunity to support local farmers and businesses owned by disenfranchised groups. Thats when we found ‘Forty…

  • Patrick at Taco In A Bag, 1 July 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 ‘Taco In A Bag’ has to be one of my favorite local businesses. It’s a shop in Lincoln Square that is rife with personality, humor, and extremely creative takes on traditional fast food. The staff, head chef Patrick, especially have always…

  • Austin at Beermiscuous, 26 June 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 This is my friend Austin. He is one of the owner/operators of Beermiscuous in Lakeview. In March Beermiscuous became and employee owned co-op. To celebrate, in June they released a sixth anniversary beer in collaboration with Bold Dog Brewing and I got to design…