October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Southport Grocery & Cafe is proud to team up with the Lynn Sage Foundation as they unroll “Chicago’s In Good Taste,” a Chicago-based breast cancer research initiative.

For the rest of the month, you may elect to add $1 to your bill at over 50 participating restaurants in support of the Lynn Sage Foundation.

The Lynn Sage Foundation seeks to ensure every penny raised on this project can be spent directly on breast cancer research. Your $1 donation will contribute to research
work being done at Northwestern University.

For more information please click on Lynn Sage Foundation

We invite you to wine and dine for a good cause.

The Fourth of July Weekend is upon us. For baseball fans that means balloting has just ended for the Major League All Star Game. You can rest assured a handful of Cubs made the roster.

At cityvoter.com, however, the polls are still open. We’re proud to say that Southport Grocery & Cafe is in the running for “Best Cupcake in the City.” You can show your support by clicking here: Best Cupcake in the City

It’s Fireworks Season and that means Southport Grocery & Cafe will be closed Friday, July 4th so that we can celebrate our nation’s birthday. You’re welcome to join us the rest of the weekend.

Thursday, July 3rd 8am - 7pm
Friday, July 4th CLOSED
Saturday, July 5th 8am - 5pm
Sunday, July 6th 8am - 4pm

Have a Safe and Happy Fourth of July Weekend!

Mother’s Day is this Sunday, May 11th. But at Southport Grocery & Cafe,everyday could be Mother’s Day.

To begin with, we serve brunch seven days a week. And as we all know, brunch has been the foundation of Mother’s Day celebrations for more than a century.  It was invented because you can’t serve champagne with breakfast.

Southport Grocery & Cafe also specializes in gifts for mom. We can create custom gift basket from any of the goodies from our shelves. Let us know if mom has a Sweet Tooth.

If you’re not going to be in Chicago on Mother’s Day consider getting mom a gift certificate for another day. Bring her in on Tuesday or next month or in the fall because hey…everyday could be Mother’s Day.

…unless you’re gonna eat it! The Easter Bunny created Edible Easter Grass ($3.50) to line your Easter Baskets.

And what to hide in the Edible Easter Grass? How about Delectable Candy Edibles? Reigelein Confiserie Bunnies ($5.00) & Fran’s Gift Box of Milk Chocolate Bunny, Caramel Chicks, & Caramel Egg ($10.50) are two of our favorites.
The Easter Bunny Eats Grass…Why Not You?

Southport Grocery & Cafe has also created some Edible Easter Boxes ($6.50) of our very own. This limited supply is bursting with Jelly Bellies, Miniature Chocolate Bunnies &, of course, grass of the edible variety.

Stop in for Basket Stuffers or join us for Brunch on Easter Sunday. We’ll be open our regular hours (8am - 4 pm).

Have a Safe and Happy Easter!

The snow is melting on Southport. The winter doldrums are over. It’s time to put a little Spring in your step.

Southport Grocery and Cafe isn’t just a house of decadence. We can also provide A Healthy Ying to Our Cupcake Yang.

If you look hard enough among our gourmet chocolate bars and candy treats, you’ll find KIND Fruit & Nut Bars ($2.85). These handmade nutritious snacks are avilable in Almond & Coconut, Nut Delight & Almonds & Apricots.

KIND Fruit & Nut Bars…No Nougat Here!

Baby can also get in on the action with Baby Mum-Mum Rice Rusks ($0.30 each). Zero artificial colors and flavors. Zero cholesterol. Zero preservatives
You don’t even have to tell baby it’s healthy.

Feel free to mix…Crispy Green Dried Fruit Snacks ($1.75) or Skinny Dippers Crackers ($0.60) into your snacking regiment.

Don’t worry…Our Cupcakes aren’t going anywhere.

We just returned from the Fancy Food Show in San Diego with our bags and tummies stuffed with the latest trends and products in the world of gourmet food.

Our favorite was Modmix: the organic cocktail mixer.

With a nod to “mod” cocktail parties of the 1960s, Modmix harkens back to a time when barteners were mixologists & a certain British spy was ordering martinis “shaken not stirred.”

MOD…Modern Organic Drinks…Get it?

Modmix ($16.50) has the ability to transport you to another time and place. Add tequila to Citrus Margarita and suddenly you’re on the Mexican Riviera.
Add champagne to Lavender Lemon Drop and suddenly you’re on the Italian Riviera. Add vodka to French Martini and suddenly you’re…well you get the idea.

MOD is in! It’s SO in that we now use it in our mimosas ($8.00). Try one next time you’re in for brunch.

Sunday is our busiest day of the week. We’re chock full of late lunchers, early brunchers, and all-around hungry munchers. Unfortunately, by closing our doors at 3 o’clock,
we haven’t been able to accommodate everybody who wants to dine with us. Who are we to deny the demands of the people?!

That’s why we’re happy to announce that Southport Grocery & Cafe will be open until 4pm on Sundays with last seating at 3:45pm. That’s 4pm Central Standard Time

We hope to see you soon. By the way, our employees thank you for wanting to eat later rather than earlier……or this would be an email about us opening our doors at 7 am!

They say the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. But, if chocolate is involved, the same route could be taken to a woman’s heart. With Valentine’s Day right around the corner,
Southport Grocery & Cafe is going to put that theory to the test.

For chocolate purists, Fran’s 10-piece sleeves of Chocolate Hearts ($11.50) are made from Pure Venezuelan Milk or Dark Chocolate and define elegance. For adventurous chocolate lovers,
Vosges Aphrodisiac Mini Bar Library Box ($24.00) offers an exotic assortment of chocolate bars.

A Library You Can Eat

The nice thing about chocolate is that you can dip just about anything in it. That’s the idea behind Anysetiers du Roy’s Fondue Au Chocolat ($14.95). These 7 oz. crocks can be heated up at home
to enjoy dipping in Chocolat Noir, Lait Gourmet & Lait Vanille. We’ve also bundled some of these Fondues with our homemade marshmallows and biscottis ($20.00). We’ll be preparing for Valentine’s Day just like any other holiday…by baking. For a limited time, we’ll be offering a box of Handmade Valentine’s Day Cookies ($16.50). Of course, chocolate will be well represented in this array.

Recipe for a Cold Winter: Take one part Windy City,two parts sub-Arctic temperatures, mix vigorously.

Southport Grocery & Cafe knows it’s cold outside. We also know that the best antidote is a bowl of hot soup. Our shelves are lined with the goods to get you started.

A soup is only as good as its stock. More Than Gourmet’s line of Beef, Vegetable & Chicken Stock ($5.25) are the best around. More Than Gourmet also makes Glaces from Duck, Chicken, Lamb,
Veggies & Seafood ($3-8.50)

Homemade soup doesn’t have to start from scratch. Let Cockwell & Company Gumbo Mix ($12.95) or Green Chile Stew ($11.95) give you a leg up. All you have to do is add the meat.
Canterbury Organics Mixes make soup making a cinch. Add Pumpkin to their Curried Pumpkin Soup Mix ($6.50). After The Feast Lentil Soup Mix ($6.50) requires your left-overs to create a scrumptious bowl.

Soup Bowls…Just Add Soup

Want to make soup the old-fashioned way? By heating it up? We offer our own made-from-scratch soups in the deli case (16 oz. for $5.00). The ultimate gourmet canned soups are Maggie & Mary’s
Chicken Dumpling, Pot Roast, Hungarian Mushroom, French Onion & Creamy Wild Rice ($7.00).

Have extra soup left over? No worries. Stick it in the freezer for the next cold day. No room in the freezer? No worries. Stick it outside on the porch.

Southport Grocery & Cafe has long been an advocate of eco-friendly food production and making meals from scratch. So, it’s only natural that we’d jump at the opportunity to be exculsive provider
of salads, sandwiches and baked goods at The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum.

You can find our featured fresh-made items in the gift shop. Perfect for a quick bite while at the museum or if you’re hungry and find yourself in the middle of Lincoln Park.

A 2nd Southport Grocery Storefront? The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum is dedicated to inspiring people to learn about and care for nature and the environment.
To learn more visit: www.naturemuseum.org

We recommend The Judy Istock Butterfly Haven Exhibit.