Know someone who can’t get enough of cooking? Someone that debates with you without promoting about the fact that olive oil is unregulated, or that likes to judge an ice cream dependent on it’s percentage of air? How about someone that is just growing into their own as a home chef, discovering new flavors and seeking the finer ingredients in their kitchen? We can put together items that will show them how much you try and listen to their raving about food.

How about that uberlocalvore? With the small space we have, SPG has a shocking large array of locally made products. From the second city, there is a host of delights ranging from handmade candies and popcorn to spices. We’ll bring in what is best from around the area and pack it up tight into a pretty container (for shipping or picking up/delivery) just for you and your giftee. This is also the perfect gift idea for those folks who move out of town and need those little pieces of Chicago. Don’t let them forget their time in the ‘big shouldered’ city, heck some folks in the suburbs forget!

All of those people that you have to get gifts for. You’ve checked off a handful of people off your list, but for some reason you can’t think what to get them. We can help with that too. Tell us about them and we can make the perfect basket! Don’t know anything at all? We can work with that too, we are just that good! Had a great year at the office and want to reward all your employees? We’ve done that, and can help make your gift giving special and easy.

If you have an eye for finding the exact right food stuffs for your basket, SPG can put it in a nice bag or in one of our baskets for you, wrap it up nice, making the perfect handpicked gift.

The “This is Lakeview” LAMP party

How would you change Lakeview?

A room of information and informing in the old Fianco space

M4 Men was stuffed full of people, could only get a photo outside

Uncle Dan’s bustling with holiday cheer

Sweet Girl and Cream wine package

Dan from Cream Wine dishing out of the wine and the ladies from Sweet Girl sampling their mousse

Carolers wishing us a great holiday – in song form

Whether your giftee is into fine salts and hand picked olive oils or into mac ‘n’ cheese – we can create a gift basket to fit their needs. Have kids? We can create an ‘I love my kids but I need a night away’ basket with a bottle (or two) of wine or even bubbly, some chocolates, a collection of pastas and sauce maybe – the perfect date-night-in all wrapped up for you and your loved one to share.  Or if you want to give a basket that they can share with their little ones we can stuff it full of kid friendly goodies, like candy, a book on making food together, snacks, a box of cupcakes with a ‘kit’ of sprinkles and the like. Know a real wine buff? We can make a basket to fit their tastes too – red, white, cheeses, crackers – all kinds of things to quench the craving of any lover of vino. How about someone with a gluten allergy? It’s getting easier to find gluten free food items, sure, but what about completely awesome, knock-it-out-of-the-park items? We carry a great assortment of gluten free baking mixes as well as some incredible pastas that’ll help them forget all about wheatgerm.

Wanna get someone a Southport Grocery basket but you can’t get it to them? We deliver and ship! We deliver the baskets within city limits and ship them out and as far as UPS can take it.  Don’t worry about your basket arriving muddled, we package with great care and can ship overnight.

Don’t get the same old fruit basket, or mix of summer sausages and bland mustards for someone you care about – get them something that they can enjoy and share (maybe even with you,) a Southport Grocery gift basket.

Bosses, co-workers, clients – each harder than the next to shop for – luckily we’ve got the perfect handpicked gift basket.

Tell us what they like or set a theme. Need a gift for a real chocoholic? We carry Truffle Truffle, Terry’s Toffee, Vosges, or Sarah’s Candies, La-Dee-Dahs enough to satisfy any sweet tooth. Baker? We’ve got amazing locally created extracts from Neilsen-Massey. Die-hard Chicagoan? From Twisted Spoke Bloody Mary mix to Urban Accents and Chicago Spice house to Gary Poppins, all made in our fair city and able to quell any apatite. If you want that personal touch, come in and handpick your basket.

Tell us how much you’d like to spend (25, 50, $75+). We also offer delivery in Chicago, or shipping anywhere in the lower 48. Have no clue? We carry gift cards at any denomination.

Give a basket with something local and handpicked!

If originality is what you’re looking for, look no further than Southport Grocery & Cafe. We create custom unique gift baskets.
You name a price and tell us a little bit about who you’re buying for and we do the rest!

Perfect for anyone from the Burgeoning Gourmand to a Soup & Salad Guy… From Stay-at-Home-Dad to Modern-Mom, our shelves are stocked for Holiday Giving.

If you wait until December 15th, we’ll be able to add our annual batch of holiday cookies to your gift basket.

And those are something no gift horse should go without!