Spartan Bros Imported Foods

Hope this spot stays around forever. Seems like the embodiment of Pilsen in a neighbourhood grocery…read morestore: colorful, eclectic, many flavours and something for everyone to enjoy. The store has a fresh butcher shop inside. The carne de rez is definitely a favorite. The fresh produce selection is plentiful. There's a large selection of dried peppers to spark your culinary interests. Haven't come across anything I couldn't find over here. Staple!

Came here because it is my girlfriend's childhood restaurant, we ordered then sat down on our…read moretable. My in laws were excited as well but as we were chatting we saw people getting their food first before us. Then as we started to look more concerned the busser is the only employee who checked in with us. We finally got our drinks because of him. Waiter was nowhere to be seen. As waiter came to the table we received dirty napkins and spoons. When food finally arrived, it was cold so we had to wait a couple more minutes. Just my worst experience for my first time here. My burrito LITERALLY didn't have meat Also! The owner was a table behind us and I bet he was hearing us talk shit about this place and didn't say nothing. He was giving the VIP service to his buddies and the buddies were selling perfumes. He kept spraying cologne and perfume while customers were eating. I was eating at a Macys. HORRIBLE!!!

Basics liquor. Rum, vodka, Gin...

Wine section

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New Liquor department

Los Jasmines Grocery Store & Paleteria

4.5(2 reviews)

13.2 mi•Pilsen

The perfect corner store. It is basically a mini-grocery store. I can't tell you how many times Los…read moreJazmines has saved the day when I am in the middle of making a recipe and need to go grab that one ingredient I forgot! Any dairy, basic produce, bread, spice, canned or dry good you need--they got you. They even carry yerba mate which makes it a gold standard kinda place for me. Don't forget to check out the sweet mural outside featuring Rosalinda from the shop!

Great grocery store at reasonable prices, highly recommended if you need some small shopping needsread more

Mangonada

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Mangonada ice cream

88 Marketplace

4.1(163 reviews)

13.8 mi•Pilsen

Big Asian market place! Anything you think you need will probably be here. They have such a big…read moreselection! There's restaurants and tea shops inside as well. Service is pretty good.

The amount of options are endless from meats, seafood, frozen & fresh, vegetables fruits. It's an…read moreexperience. We ordered a dungarees crab and the seafood monger was friendly and happily picked a nice feisty one for us and even ransack to get us ice for the trip back home. Very warehouse feeling but for the amount of stock they're carrying everything is packed with easy visibility and access in mind. Unless we missed anything somewhat disappointed in the food court or restaurant options and there's no signage to tell you where to access the market (up the escalators) versus the downstairs shops and what's available.

May 2025 Side angle from parking lot.

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Food court - Song's Hotdogs

Cermak Produce

4.0(43 reviews)

13.1 mi•Pilsen

Such a lovely, clean, well stocked store! Its cashiers are super friendly y muy simpatico! Caesar…read more(Cesar?) is always there to greet you, answer questions, & assist. They have a great selection of goods for nearly everyone. They also have a sandwich & quick food towards the back if you want to take & go. Their deli had a large assortment of meats & cheeses. Gracias para todos! :-) Patricio Shaughnessy

I am very unhappy with this racist place of business. I had a bad experience there yesterday that I…read morebelieve was racism. I've been here many times. My boyfriend and I came up to the register and the cashier saw us but decided to leave. She was returning some baskets and never came back. I was stunned. We went to a different lane and left. They have a good clean produce section. That is what I come here for unless there is a sale on pop or other stuff. All the other products are highly overpriced. No one seems happy here. No one smiles or asks to help you or talk to you at all. I guess management hasn't heard about the benefits of good customer service. It reduces employee turnover and retains customers. PS. I am a senior and white.

Chicken feet...yes!

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There's some salsa brewing in my future!

Park To Shop Supermarket

3.7(128 reviews)

14.1 mi•Chinatown

I enjoyed food from this grocery store! The staff were helpful. A kindly-looking gentleman helped…read moreme by presenting to me where I could find cases of soy milk as soon as I got there the first time that I went to the store. I had two awesome Fuji apples. They have excellent roast duck as well as other prepared food options like chicken. Their prepared food looked better than at least one similar grocery store that I saw. Their store is organized and has a lot of good food. It looks like they have a lot of good produce. I appreciated their different options for tofu.

This is my favorite place to get snacks. ChaCha is my favorite band for unsalted sunflower seeds…read more They have other snacks but this is why I became a customer. I don't usually need assistance when I am here but some employees speak English. You can always use a translator app if you need it.

BBQ prices, circa April 2025. Prices holding, good job!

BBQ prices circa Jan 2025. Prices holding since June 2024, good job!

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Prices circa Oct 2024. Probably a good future reference for periodic check on food inflation rate.

Carniceria Maribel

4.7(207 reviews)

13.0 mi•Pilsen

If you're looking for authentic tacos, this place is absolutely worth the trip. Between the…read moreincredible Selena mural outside and the fact that it's tucked inside a liquor store, the whole experience feels like discovering a hidden gem. I eat a lot of tacos, and this was, without question, the best pollo (chicken) taco I've ever had. I was expecting the usual dry, bland, or overcooked chicken, but instead it was incredibly juicy, packed with flavor, and generously loaded with meat. Every bite was outstanding. The only downside was the wait time, but once the food arrived, it was easy to see why people are willing to wait. If you're a taco lover, this is a must-visit. I'll definitely be back.

On the hunt for delicious tacos and decided to check them off my list! I walked in and was a little…read morelost as the front was a grocery, I hadn't read the reviews, but the smells drew me to the back to the restaurant lol. I placed an order for 4 tacos. 2 carne adada and 2 ribeyes. It took about 7-10mins during the lunch run at around 12pm, so not too long. Everything was fresh and hot, prepared correctly. I would rate them a 3.5, but the setvice got them a 4. I would return if in the area for sure.

The kitchen. Order here and take ticket up front to pay

Tacos de asada

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Tacos de asada y al pastor

Luciano's Grocery

3.9(7 reviews)

12.7 mi•Pilsen

Literally stood in the meet section with no one acknowledging me and my mom. The guy prepping meet…read morethen finally decides to say good afternoon. My mom then asked for a chicharron. The guy didn't even respond so we just left.

when i bike to pilsen a stop here and get my gossip magazines and pick some groceryes…read moreand get some beer for the byob restaurants around there very convenient store i saw they had primade tortas in room temperture that not good

Tortas room temperture

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J Freshmart

4.2(12 reviews)

14.1 mi•Chinatown

Nice Chinese market with tons of seafood options and other Asian essentials. I like checking out…read moredifferent markets just to see what they've got. Plenty of parking around here. I would say most of what they sell is more geared toward Chinese culture, I wish I saw more southeast Asian products though. Place seemed clean and I would come back.

There are plenty of Asian grocery stores planted near or in Chinatown and they all sell almost the…read moresame items and for most people you choose the store that has the most of what you need. J Freshmart is one of the stores you come to with the freshest seafood that I can buy. You can say they are a bit pricey but they have the seafood you want and not sold out. I usually come here to buy blue crab or Bass. They also have frozen meat and a large selection of alcohol. Parking is limited but free. Highly recommend.

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Jewel-Osco

2.1(80 reviews)

12.3 mi

I'm here to speak about the deli in this location. The…read morestore gets pretty crowded at times and the never have more than 4 lanes open. They rather stand around and say self-checkout is open. People know about self-checkout, clearly guest will rather go through the regular check out. Those males they have over there in the deli have ruined the quality of the hot or cooked items over there. I've heard a customer request the $1 item and they said there wasn't any more they'd have to cook them, THEN turned and said they wouldn't have time. They stand back there moving so slow it's unbelievable. The one guy with the real thick glasses has a real nasty attitude. Every time a woman asks for something he's speaking under his breath about them. I hear because I stand a wait for another guy to come available because I never want to deal with him and he speaks negatively of the customers because they have request. Personally, I decided to just go to other locations or other stores, if I want something from the deli. The store is clean, but it be so crowded.

Jewel Osco was the most recommended rotisserie chicken that I had in Chicago…read more I went in to pick up my beloved bird, but damn near broke my neck when I saw a 15+ person line over at the fried chicken station. A line for grocery store fried chicken? Absolute cinema. People have been recommending I get into fried chicken reviews, and I've resisted as I really don't want to get fat, but this was the perfect storm to start a grocery store fried chicken review journey. I got to the front in the line and felt like a fish out of water. I sheepishly asked the employees, Darius R and Damariea J, what the move was as it was my first time getting fried chicken from here. I thought they'd be annoyed, but they were so helpful and welcoming. "Today is actually wing bucket Friday! A whole bucket is normally $17.99 but today it's $9.99. I can give you some of everything so you can try, but the spicy wings are my favorite." Hell yeah. Darius was the MAN. I took my tissi and wing bucket to the UIC campus for consumption. The tissi was a brick and landed at a 6/10, which currently ranks it 71st out of 94 grocery store birds I've tried, but the fried chicken was INSANE. Darius wasn't lying, the spicy wings were next level. The best grocery store chicken I've ever had. Boomin the Publix fried chicken. Shoutout to the Darius' and Damariea's of the world. Good people. IG @johnny.novo Tiktok @jnov__ Substack @johnnynovo

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La Providencia Grocery

4.8(12 reviews)

13.0 mi•Pilsen

Came in at 1pm because I washed to try their cochinita pibil but I was too late. I ended up getting…read moreabout a pound of carnitas instead. They were so delicious. I love that they still had cueritos and ear available. The meat was so tender and fell off the ribs I got. I also ended up purchasing a pint of refried beans. I am happy to report that they were only 2.99 and so delicious!!! I will definitely go back next week for their cochinita.

Well slap your Abuela! She needs to come over here and get…read moresome lessons from them on how to REALLY cook. Trust me... As always, I am looking for new fantastic restaurants, and stores to try out, and share with: family, friends, and on Yelp. As you walk in it seems like a common corner store, groceries in the front, meat towards the rear. When I walked to the back I had a pretty good hunch this would be a great one. The fresh smell, it was very clean, and the amazing eye catching signage. You could feel like you just walked into in a sweet little store in Mexico. When they handed me the food I ordered I knew was on the right track. When I took my first bites I smiled, and knew, I needed to share this place. I was intrigued by the Pozole Verde sign out front. I had never had it before, so I placed my order for that and zero regrets. It comes out in a quart container with a plastic wrapped foam tray with: chopped onions, cilantro, radish, shredded cabbage, and mexican oregano. I added mostly everything but went easy on the oregano. The chunks of chicken were tender and not overcooked. The hominy and vegetables were just right as well. They have this to a science and it has to be near perfect. Now to the tacos: As you often see in neighborhood grocery stores the chorizo was hanging in back above the meat counter, so a house made chorizo taco was a given. The Al Pastor was reccomend by the one of the butchers, and I had a steak taco to round it, and myself, out. All I can say is that like the pozole everything was superb. Even the salsas.. I wish I knew of this place when I worked and lived in the area. I would definitely have known everyone there by name. I still smile thinking of it, and next time I'm in that hood, I will be there. I look forward to trying out a few more menu items, and picking up some of the fresh meat. So maybe don't slap Grandma... but you should at least pick her up and take her out to lunch here. Enjoy! #AlfieEats

Store front

Taqueria/ Carneceria

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Craft beer selection

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Mike S.

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5 years ago

Would not recommend whatsoever. Disgusting. This isn't some Richard Nixon affair. Disgusting.

Dave R.

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4

4 years ago

Scum owners and staff. Owner killed a police office blocks from his business. Do not solicit.

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