Big thanks to Jes for her site fuckcorporategroceries, which resulted in my taking a trip to Elmwood Park today. I went to Caputo's, which is so much cheaper and better than any other grocery store I've been to here. It reminded me of some of the places in Pittsburgh's Strip District.
It's two miles from the Oak Park Whole Foods, so I went there afterward for soy milk and other hippy goodies that can only be found at Whole Foods. Living outside of the bay area means that you don't have the Berkeley Bowl, so to get your hippy on, you have to go corporate with Whole Foods.
There's probably a better way. I'd like to find out what it is. Maybe if I read some more of Jes's site, I'll find out.
Continuing on the subject of food, we went to Allende, on Naz's recommendation. Lisa was pleased, so was I. We can't decide which we prefer between Allende and Irazú, which is good, because we like them both. Chicago is growing on us, gradually, like gangrene. We'll keep searching for the perfect burrito, but these places are good.
I need to update my bookmarks page with all the sites of the people we're meeting here. I also need to update my friends page. Maybe I need to rework both of them. A more recent picture of myself might not be a bad idea either, considering it's been more than a year now (I think) since my hair has been short. Anyway.
The perfect burrito, eh? That really depends on what region of Mexico you like the burritos from. We've got taquerias from literally every part of Mexico; if you know what you're looking for, just look for the taqueria with that region's name on the sign.
Posted by Andrew at February 25, 2003 8:33 PM
Hi Joe, glad you enjoyed Caputo's! It makes me happy to hear that FCG is helping other people shop at non-corporate stores.
As for the soy milk, you don't have to go to Whole Foods! Treasure Island and Trader Joe's are two biggies that supply it, also smaller places like Sherwyn's and even some of the Mexican grocers. If you tell me what neighbourhood you live in I might be able to suggest a place close by.
Posted by j3s at February 20, 2003 2:26 PM