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December 2011 Posting Thanks

Wednesday, January 4th, 2012

It’s that time again! We were super busy keeping up with the holidays and getting our 4 Fortnights together (link)

Chef Suzanne Vizethann, of ‘Chopped’ fame, posted a teaser about Southport Grocery in her blog A One Night Stage – can’t wait to hear from her!

Chicago Magazine wrote a great holiday guide! They included us, featuring our totally sweet gift baskets (we do year-round by the way)! We’re at the bottom of page 1.

From Jeff Eats Chicago, we were named dropped in a recent post – but we didn’t get a chance to thank him for our post in October; thanks a bunch Jeff!

In her her blog caffeinerd, Elena writes updates of style, (which we love) activities, and food. She and her friends came for a visit here in December and took some great photos – thanks for stopping in and the great write up!

Kit(tchen) wrote up a chicken recipe inspired by our omelet – looks really good, you’ve given us some ideas too.

Grapeful took in a weekend with the girls – stopping in at SPG to bunch. Glad you ladies came by!

Metromix Chicago did a great write up on 9 locally made gift ideas – a totally awesome Jo Snow was first on the list (with us listed). We share in their love of Jo Snow, she’s doing great work.

Check Please – A Video Dusted Off

Wednesday, December 28th, 2011

Those who live in Chicago, used to live, or those near by have at least heard of ‘Check, Please!’ For those who don’t know, it’s a show on WTTW that finds folks and brings them to share their favorite Chicago restaurant. A loyal lover of SPG was picked to be on the show and we were his favorite place, and so Southport Grocery and Cafe was thrust into the spotlight. You can check out the video in our section on the ‘Check, Please!’ website or watch us played randomly on reruns.

Thanks to ‘Check, Please!‘ for setting up a great site, and of course to Nick for picking us so many years ago!

A thanks from November

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011

We try every month to thanks those who write about us. We wanted to take a moment to thank those who took time to write about us.

Shari wrote about us on her blog, Daily Dish; got a chicken salad because it called to her – it beckons us too. Thanks for the great write up – stylish website btw!

The lovely lady from Lil’ Hill brought her boys in for brunch. She said SPG feels like home – one of the nicest things anyone said about us.

North Meets South author Molly, posted about our bread pudding pancake recipe. Wanted to praise you for the great post as well as saying they are “AMAZING!” We love to hear people take home our recipes and create traditions at home. Thanks again Molly.

The Rasco View Journal posted an appetizing idea – a cupcake crawl. Sounds good to us!

The Center Square Journal mentioned us in their Turkey Day Countdown post. All that food – made us hungry!

A big thanks and shout out to those writing us in November. If you missed you – let us know.

Blog thanks – Allthingscupcake

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

We’ve sent newsletters about the newsletters, mentioned a blogs that mention us, but we’ve never taken the time to really feature a blog. So here is part one of our unknown number giving thanks to those who rock.

All Things Cupcake or ATC was started in ’07 with the cupcake gold rush – that mostly hasn’t yet ended. ATC put together some of the best ideas, best photos, best recipes of cupcakes. Pooling a grand mass of cupcake info - eventually cupcakes became a beast of their own and in ’09 it went into the hands of Harrison where it grew astronomically, along with the popularity of the cupcake.

If you have an undying love for all things cupcakes All Things Cupcake is the place to go. There are some blogs that are just about the physical sweet tuft of sugar, butter, and so on – but the folks at ATC find every single thing that has a cupcake taped, painted, paper-crafted, baked, tattooed, sewn, anything you could possibly think of about cupcakes they cover; from dog bowls with cupcakes painted on to cupcake hats – and even cupcake themed things you had no idea would ever exist. You’ll have to find those for yourself.

But they didn’t loose sight of the real deal. They still review cupcakes, feature local cupcakes stores & bakeries or mail order, regular folk’s recipes – they are still deeply rooted in their never dying love of All Things Cupcake. If you love cupcakes, or are looking for some inspiration – this is your place.

March blogs, thanks!

Friday, April 15th, 2011

Urban grace took some time away to Chicago stopping off at our place in a recent post – thanks for the mention!

Redeye name drops us and our social media presents, in an article about our neighbors rock’n it in social media.

Ashley over at Blissful Basil said we’ve got the best Vegetarian Brunch in her list of best vegetarian options in Chicago!

Jeff visits us and has “the best breakfast [he's] ever had” – our sweet and savory french toast. Thanks for the love!

February Blogs, thanks!

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

Lauren on her blog, My So Called Blah-og, writes about chicago places to get cupcakes, and says that our cupcakes are the “mona lisa of cupcakes!”

truffle truffle received a bunch of press and then told people where to get their infinity tasty goods, right here! We were mentioned from Beer in Baltimore to viral swagger and a whole host of other places – thanks guys!

Taylor posts about her Valentine’s day, beautiful pictures and everything! Thanks so much for the love.

Today’s Chicago Woman, part of Chicago Now, gives some love to our favorite neighborhood – ours!

What others are saying – just a bit behind

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

A touch behind on the updates here, but we wanted to thank all of those who have written or mentioned us. We get busy doing other projects all the time, but wanted to make sure we thanked everyone that was nice enough to write about us.

Anatomy of a Sandwich: Lakeview – Steve Dolinsky departs on a new food adventure: hunting for Chicagoland’s best sandwiches. Our Walleye Pike was the first on his pilot program. Thanks Steve!

Real food for Real People: Southport Grocery blog – Jimmy over at Red Pandora mentioned our post about his awesome popcorn and talked up our blog; so nice.

Cindy La Ferle’s Home Office: Variations on a weekend – Cindy does some fall cleaning, shopping, and visiting with her son over a long weekend. Her son introduces her to “one his favorite restaurants” – us! Thanks for mentioning us Cindy and a shout out to your son Nate.

Everything gal: Southport Grocery – Kenna wrote that we help her “fall in love with breakfast just a little bit more” each time she visits. Great picture of the stuffed french toast and thanks a bunch for the write up.

Food Life: Grocery Shopping – The Ritz-Carlton Residences blog mentioned us as a great place to pick up gourmet items and that we have “one of the best quick meals [they've] ever had.” Thanks guys!

Best of: Chicago’s Best BLT –  CBS Chicago hunts down the city’s best BLTs and ours made the cut – in great company too; thanks CBS!

Cupcakes Take The Cake: Chicago’s Southport Grocery – The ladies over at CTTC, wrote a super nice post about us saying we have “the best vanilla cupcake in Chicago, and possible the world.” You are making us blush!

Midwestern Masticatory Musings: Southport Grocery & Cafe, Chicago IL – One of the most proflic posts about us we have ever read, really well written, tons of photos, very concise – amazing and immensely flattering.

Wrigleyville Trending Topic: Not your typical community meeting – Folks over at Chicago Now

Best of Chicago: Best museum-worthy cupcakes – a nice little post about our cupcakes and the rumors are true, they can be picked up at Columbia’s Cafes. Thanks for the post!

Red Eye: Your next crawl craving? Cakes, cookies, and more – Post about the growing dessert crawls, where Bridget Houlihan co-host of the Chicago Bits podcast says we “have the best cupcakes in Chicago.” Thanks Bridget for the love, and thanks Linda for mentioning us!

Wasbigelatine: 2010 gift guide – Dropped our name when writing about Jo Snow Syrups. We agree with you, a bottle of her stuff should be on everyone’s list.

The Social Network Butterfly: Here’s to the ladies that brunch – In a fantastically interesting social experiment, Brigitte takes one of her friends to our friendly confines for brunch. Glad the two of you had a great time and good luck with the rest of the 500+ friends!

If we missed you, let us know – we’ll add you to the list. Thanks for all those who think, write, talk, babble about us; we are listening and greatly appreciate it.

A thanks, from September

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

Yeah, we’re a bit behind. But we thought we’d say thanks anyway, to those who wrote a bit about us. We try and catch all of you, but if we miss one don’t hesitate to let us know.

SoZealous sold her craft wares at the Renegade Craft Fair and has an order of “CRAZY DELICIOUS” Sweet and Savory French Toast on the Patio – who would have thought it was september?

After a half marathon Post Smith took in some sleep and then a breakfast by us; great going on the run and thanks for visiting the store!

Spreading the love, as always, Crazy Love, mentions us in her list of ‘hearting’ baked goods – we heart you right back.

Cityzenart takes a stroll down Southport Ave, and stops in for some grub. I think we speak for everyone saying thanks!

Alysse Dalssandro from Chicago Now takes a stay-cation on Southport Ave with a stop in to “dine in” with us.

For Park(ing) day, mindful metropolis,  strawville, and the chicago reader had mentioned our spot out front by moss design.

Thanks to everyone, and we’ll try and post these a bit earlier for October, maybe before Thanksgiving.

CoOp Hot Sauce gets the love they deserve

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

First it was Tasting Table, featuring their new rubs and awesome sauces, we were glad. Then when we were reading through our Time Out Chicago Edition and came across a nice little ditty of an article about CoOp Hot Sauce we were elated. For those who don’t know, we are smitten with CoOp’s Hot Sauces, we dole out their hot sauces as our in-house hot sauce and sell it for use in your beautiful home as well. We like to splash some on eggs, burgers, and maybe a dash (or more) on our sandwiches.

Do yourself a favor and try it, between the heat and the flavor what else could you want? Well they’ll give you more – local ingredients, local young chefs, and how about giving back to the community in your own back yard? Those chefs are the budding future chefs growing their craft thanks to the donations and fundraising - in the form of their amazing sauces.

What blogs are saying – May

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

A lovely post about our cafe from a lover of food and her kitten.

Daily Gnome pays homage to our pretzel cookies.

Daily Candy mentions us carrying Dessertful Drizzles. (our post here)

Just a quick mention from a fan on a great site for patterns!

Another lover of Grown Up Kid Stuff (our post here), Chicago Now says they are “99% sure [they] would like anything [they] found within [our] doors.”