Chris and I took the kids into the city for an afternoon at Navy Pier, dinner at Rainforest Cafe, a stay at the Sheraton, and a trip to the Children’s Museum the next morning. It was a very fun day and everyone enjoyed a change of scenery. While we were there, we also visited a very quaint grocery store on Division St.
Here’s the pic they have on their website, and it is the colorful site that greets you as you step into the space that is August grocery.
It looks like it’s basically a house that has been converted into a grocery store. It’s not very large…but the offerings therein are not affected by the smaller space. I found a lot of specialty cooking items that I am eager to try. I have seen Ina Garten {the Barefoot Contessa} using tomato paste that is sold in a tube, similar to a toothpaste tube, and I found it here. The advantage to using tomato paste in this form is that a recipe often only calls for 1-2 Tbsp. of tomato paste…and while the cans it is sold in are small, you always have leftovers. I have frozen the leftover, but using the tube will solve that dilema. Once opened, it stores indefinitely in the fridge. I also found DeCecco pasta, another of Ina’s recommendations.
The store also has homemade pastries and cookies for purchase as well as house-made sausage & fresh fish, just to mention a few items. Today, when my hubby prepared the sausages for lunch, I watched as he was visually transported to sausage heaven as he sampled the wares. 
They smelled very tasty…but, being a veggie-tarian…wasn’t intrigued enough to try a bite.
We are looking forward to going back to do a video interview with them so we can further help promote their business. Just walking around the shop gave me a warm, fuzzy feeling—stop in if you are in the neighborhood.
One last thing to mention…you can take cooking classes at August. Go onto their website and check out the particulars http://augustgrocerystore.com/.
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