While waiting for my fiance Wednesday and killing time, I happened on a very interesting neighborhood shop. Pastoral Cheese, Bread and Wine at 53 E. Lake Street is right around the corner from Marina City.
Pastoral is a part time (lunch hour during weekdays) sandwich shop and full time specialty cheese, bread and wine shop. From their website, “In a world of mass produced products stacked high on shelves in supermarkets, superstores and wholesale clubs, there is still a time and a place for small bath, high-quality, handcrafted products sold in an intimate environment with the most attentive and thoughtful service. Somehow artisan products like cheese, bread and wine, which hail from the land in some of the most beautiful places on Earth deserve to be showcased, cared-for and sold someplace that reflects their special roots – PASTORAL!”
Service was definitely top notch when I stopped by. I got a tour of all the products with the majority of time spent on the huge and unique assortment of cheeses. What a great place! I am going to try two of the classes that Pastoral is offering:
Wines of the Southern Hemisphere on April 25 at 6:30pm.
Wine, Beer & Spirits for Cheese Lovers on May 9 at 6:30pm.
With all the chain stores & restaurants in the Loop near Marina Towers, its nice to have a store that is locally owned & operated with some excellent products!
I found this place about a month ago and fell in love with it. My only problem is that I really love cheese, so I go in there way too often.
ReplyDeleteI actually stumbled upon this place several months ago when I visited. I loved it and had forgotten about it.it is the perfect place for good bread and cheese (something I find hard to get outside of San Francsico.thanks for the reminder.
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