We got a half lamb for Greek Easter it was ready when promised and it was delicious, we also got some Kalamata olives and Greek feta cheese that was also outstanding. It's nice to have a local grocer for your groceries in the neighborhood. Support your local small businesses so we can keep them read more

Excellent service and very good pork. Spartan Bros roasted a whole pig for us. Delicious! I used the head for a display on a table. read more

Spartan Bros Imported Foods - Grocery Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Got a few things from this Greek convenience store and deli. It certainly does look like it's spartan inside. Spartan Brothers is a better place to get freshly cut cheeses and meats, and deli salads, than it is to get groceries it seems. Actual groceries are pretty limited. There's a few cool other things. Convenience is the best thing about it. It's pretty basic looking inside, with a counter full of cheeses and meats. There's also a lot of ION chocolate bars, which aren't easy to find at other stores. As for the rest of the store, the shelves have the actual groceries. One interesting thing is the tank of olive oil. Get however much of it you want and fill a container. The groceries include pantry staples like pasta. Has some reasons to come here. It's located on Harlem Avenue at Touhy. The place is known for having cheeses and meats, but there's some things okay for vegetarians. read more

Spartan Bros Imported Foods - Inside - Grocery Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Cute family owned business. Clean and fresh products, many imported from Greece. I can't find these items anywhere else - it's a great little store. Love it! read more

Great little grocery store to get all the Greek home essentials. Friendly customer focused experience. Check them out. It's Greek to me!

so delicious, best lamb I ever had. definitely will go back.!! nice people & extremely clean... read more

An immaculate store with easy-to-find imported products! The staff was very friendly and assisted me with some selections. I plan on visiting again read more

I love the Octopus Salad. The spinach pies are also incredible. The cheese and olive selection are all amazing. Nice fellas and clean store.

What a delight. The store is under new ownership and looks great. Bought some homemade taramasalata and skordalia...So delicious!!! He also has fresh made to go treats of spanakopita and tyropita. Will be back soon. read more

One of the joys (for me) of living in Chicago (or any big city and I've lived in a raft of them!) is having access to a preponderance of ethnic supermarkets. Within 20 minutes of me, I can partake of markets dedicated to Italian food, Indian, Asian, Polish, Ukrainian, Spanish, Middle Eastern, and Greek. It's that last one that I visited most recently, Spartan Brothers Grocery, in the outer reaches of Chicago, but prior to the burbs. They've been around for fifty years, and have a wide variety of Greek staples, canned and boxed good, as well as frozen entrees from large manufacturers and made in-house. Through a back window in the shop, you can see hanging carcasses of goat and lambs, so they get busy here, making entrees and sausages, It's sausages that I have come for. I first ran into Loukaniko (there are apparently different spellings) sausage at a Greek fest in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles maybe thirty years ago. It's a lamb sausage that is mildly spiced, but an unusual feature is that it commonly has citrus zest as an ingredient, which makes it have a taste that I can only describe as "bright." If you order it in a Greek restaurant (and Chicago has dozens and dozens), it'll come on a platter with lemon slices usually, which further amplifies the citrus flavoring. I like it a lot. Spartan Brothers sell theirs at around $4 a pound, the ones I bought were out of the freezer in a two-pound pack. They make them in-house. A refrigerated deli counter has imported cheese, olives and other goodies. read more

Spartan Bros Imported Foods - Lokaniko - mild pork sausage with hint of citrus - Grocery Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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Chicago , Illinois ( far north west side ) I go to this store on a regular basis now that I know they sell the Greek Flaming Cheese ,Saganaki. I love that cheese, goat cheese I believe. Two brothers own the store and both are very friendly and helpful. It is sold in a pre-cut vacuum package, ready to set to Saganaki pan. I usually make this flaming cheese to accompany a salad or a dinner. It has a somewhat salty taste but nevertheless it is delicious. Hmmm Opaaa ! read more

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This is where the Greeks shop. Great food, selection and service. ..................................................... read more

5 stars....and not cause I am greek. (Although th is review is a week late due to issues) I been in here a few times over the past years, spaced out be a few months here and there. And the service has not changed at all. Before my lent started I got me a big freshly cooked leg of lamb and bread so My mom and I had a good dinner Staff as always friendly. First time I got lamb cooked here and i swear i think when i put the fork down I had consumed a good portion. And of course them being nice to my mom is always a win. Good stuff my souvlaki loving friends. read more

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The store has a poor selection of Greek food in my opinion. I was hoping to find a great selection of cheeses, wines and Greek food, but I was disappointed for driving 30 minutes to realize that the store has the same Fetta cheese that I can find everywhere. I went to the store looking for a cheese to make the famous "Saganaki", but it costs $ 10.50 a pound!... again ... I can find that cheese in other grocery stores at a better price. The store is small and sad, the owner's treatment is quite hostile. (My wife and I had a bad experience because of this.) I will not return and I do not recommend the store. read more

In the middle of a pandemic and despite mandated face coverings in the state of Illinois and the village of Niles - none of the 3 persons working at this store were wearing their face mask. They weren't even trying to. read more

This. place. is. awesome. Got some great dipping bread, some saganaki cheese, some olive oil from the tap. FROM THE TAP. Awesome. This place has what you need for greek food and groceries. And if they don't have it (like ouzo), the very friendly and helpful staff, will tell you where you can find it. It's a little hard to see from the road, but it's worth looking for. Thanks a bunch guys, Me read more

AWFUL......just AWFUL. If I could give zero stars rating I would. Visited the store last week with family and we bought several items. We purchased approximately 30 ION candy bars of different varieties. The candy was not edible. None of it. When we opened the wrappers all of the chocolates had turned white and were so hard you could not even break it apart. 150$ worth of candy. Called the store owner who was argumentative and rude and tried to blame the problem on us. He FaceTimed me so I could show him the product. He blames us first saying we didn't store them properly. I told him they were kept just like any other candies I get from Greece. He told me he opened ons in his store and it looked fine but would not show it to me on FaceTime. He rudely stated he would refund me 100$ to my credit card. He did not provide me a confirmation number and no money has been returned to my account. He lied just to end the conversation. I will never buy from this dirty, dingy store again. Oh did I mention how bad it smelled in there. We also bought 10# of Kasseri cheese which was on the verge. My next phone call will be to the health department. Do not buy from this store for your health! read more

Spartan Bros Imported Foods - a piece of chocolate - Grocery Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Very friendly staff/owners Great selection, This is where I come for my chamomile! If you need help or any questions they jump right in to help you with whatever you need. If they don't have something they tell you where else you can find it. I love Spartan Bros! read more

Have been going there for years. Being of Greek descent, I look for places that have authentic ingredients. I mainly buy organic and very much enjoyed the Greek Gardens Organic Olive Oil. read more

To resume this place in one word..excellent! They sell a great variety of Greek products that cannot be found out of Greece. This ranges from drinks to beauty products. The food they sell is excellent, should I say, especially the Spanakopitas! The olives are also great and come straight from Greece. They are probably the best I ever found in the US. They also sell a great deal of handcrafted religious icons, which are sold in great variety. The staff is all Greek, they are very kind and like to talk. They are also ready to help you and advise you in products. They also sell Greek magazines and books amongst other things. If you want to eat authentically Greek, I definitely recommend you to go shop there, it's worth it. read more

I ordered roast lamb and roast pork for an event and it was nothing short of amazing! Their dips were also incredible. Wonderful service!

Great Customer service. Friendly and inviting atmosphere. They have the best Kalamata olive and Griaviera Cheese in the Northwest side.

Great roasted lamb. Good fresh bread, olives and feta. Ted and his staff are friendly and as authentic as the food.

Great grocery for greek import groceries. Great staff and owner! Feta cheese, yummy olives, breads, pasteries, baklava, filo dough, grape leave wraps, cookies galore, etc etc Great parking and nice place to get your greek grocery fix! : ) read more

It did not pass dec 2016 food inspection (every block.com) which is a concern. My own experience there was ok but I only bought pitas which despite them being located in the fridge had a funky sorta odor about them. read more

Super friendly staff! Reasonable prices on greek brands. if you need a get your fix of frappe or papadopoulos cookies, stop by. My splurge is the Loutraki bottled water....there REALLY is a difference! read more

They always got what u need and the price on most things are reasonable! When it comes to service both of the people that are there most of the time they always with a smile on their face and willing to help!!! read more

This place has it ALL, including a staff that does anything and everything to accommodate whatever you need. If you're Greek, you'll appreciate all the things you love and need in one place for reasonable prices. If you're not, they'll make you feel right at home and help with whatever you need. Teddy and Louie, you guys rock! read more

best place to buy greek products ask for ted he is awesome helpful and friendly shopping at his place for more then 35years

We have been going to Spartan brothers for years. We remember Teds parents,. such wonderful folks, who owned the store. Ted and staff are helpful make many wonderful suggestions about the product and food. Deli, olives cheese etc. meat loukanico, fabulous delicious.And you don't have to be Greek to enjoy the food and pastries , frozen selections of Pastitsio moussaka etc... Stop by this terrific store and you get a boost from the friendly fun loving staff read more

Excellent cheeses, olives, meats, olive oils, etc. This is a must-stop grocery every time we visit Chicago from Arizona. Friendly Greeks! (Well aren't ALL Greeks friendly?)! read more

A WORD OF CAUTION. Spartan Brothers is an unreliable seller of meat products. The whole roasted pig that was ordered, smelled like plastic and tasted EXTREMELY foul. After contacting Ted, the owner, to tell him about the quality, he was extremely rude and verbally berating. We never resolved the issue over the phone, as I refused to be spoken to and treated in such a rude and derogatory way. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL ADVISE. read more

I am disgusted. I have been buying for 15+ years here. I am Greek and have limited places to buy imported Greek cheeses so overall the experience has been tolerable but not after today. They had enough nerve to sell me bad and spoiled feta cheese. I bought $30 worth of different cheeses and asked about the domestic feta that was not tagged. $2.99#. I ordered 1# and they sold me 2# and didn't notice till I got home because they keep it all behind the counter until you pay. I should have known bc all the years I have been shopping there, they normally do not wrap the feta in a plastic bag, they did this time bc it was spoiled. Smelled bad and tasted bad. So I call to tell them to check the cheese and they are more interested in finding out who I am vs about the cheese. Bad business bad karma. Plus this guy services all the Greek churches in the area. Shame on you! I am done! Columbus in DesPlaines is my permanent place now! read more