The 2024 guide to CSA
Do boxes of local food excite you? If so, great news: it’s 2024 CSA sign-up season. Winter is thankfully nearing its end, and soon plants will sprout and we’ll eat delicious, summer Illinois tomatoes once …
Do boxes of local food excite you? If so, great news: it’s 2024 CSA sign-up season. Winter is thankfully nearing its end, and soon plants will sprout and we’ll eat delicious, summer Illinois tomatoes once …
Owner Appreciation Days at Common Ground are a great time to strategically shop the co-op. The next round is happening March 6-12, so no need to change up your regular shopping day. Owners get ten …
Almost exactly a year ago, we learned that H Mart will be opening its first downstate location in the former Save-A-Lot building at 221 N Broadway in Urbana. Now, the City of Urbana has shared …
Thanksgiving is happening this week, which officially marks the beginning of the holiday season. With all of the big stores pushing “Black Friday” sales and doing their best to compete for your attention, we like …
Urbana’s Ashar African Market opened a Chicago store last month. Located at 5723 N California Street, Ashar Market in Chicago stocks freshly leafy vegetables, rice, chicken, goat, beef, turkey, and fish in addition to offering …
If you’ve been to Old Time Meat & Deli on Neil Street, you’ve seen these humongous twice-baked potatoes in the middle of the meat store. They are some good looking spuds. Each twice-baked potato ($4.29) …
If you’ve driven by the County Market on Duncan lately, you may have seen a row of bright white Tesla charging stations. I’ve seen a fair number of Teslas in Champaign County but to me …
If you’ve spent any time shopping at our local markets, you’ve likely come across NORDEN or Pipapo. NORDEN is an Urbana-based design company making furniture and home goods. Pipapo is their birch jewelry spinoff. Owners …
Inside the Central American grocer Tienda Guatemala, there is a tiny bakery in the very back of the store that sells fresh bread for only $1. Through all the packed shelves of pantry goods, a …
According to Chicago Korea Times (translated to English from Korean), the popular Korean grocery store H Mart is taking over the space previously occupied by Save A Lot in Urbana. The store is considered a …