It's not pronounced Jewel. You don't say, "I'm going down to Jewel to get some pop". If you've lived in Chicago you say, "I'm going down to the Jewels to get some pop".

Bunch of fucking poseurs in here.

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Aren't you a suburbanite?

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I don't say "Jewels" or "pop."

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First time I've ever agreed with your post...it's a damn right as a Chicagoan to call it "Da Jewels". You can always tell a transplant who goes even further to call it "Jewel-Osco".

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I say Jewels and soda.

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Born at Michael Reese Hospital.

Brief 24 year stay in the suburbs soon after and then have been living in Chicago proper since 1995.

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I'm cool with that. I like saying soda too, it just sounds better.

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Don't put this shit on Chicagoans. Not to be politically incorrect, but the only people who say that are Polacks. Sorry. #truthbomb

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Vienna - Vy-enna

funny you say that, in 1995 I was living in the basement apartment of this old polish lady and her daughter. They were always talking about going out to the Jewels.


So its pollacks and spmacks if you get my drift.

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ya i'm going call it jewel since i was taught to read.

besides, there's no point in going to jewel. chicagoland is blessed with so many ethnic groceries. it's great.

arlington heights/wheeling/mt prospect has a great variety all within 10 miles of each other

valli
fresh farms
harvest fresh
garden fresh
kd market
jiminez
eurofresh (palatine)
mitsuwa
deli 4 you

no point in going to jewel for shit groceries.

Management, you know what to do!

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Micro-aggression 101.


Why you gotta be so racist?

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Shakes puts the "Jew" in JEWELS!

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I always called it Da Jewelsss...

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"This is Chicago, my friend. Anything can happen."

I've only ever heard elderly women call the store "jewels".

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Old people put an "s" at the end of everything.

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Looking at our usernames, does that make us old?

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This place was the absolute worst. I lived down the street, and it was on my way home from work...the inside smelled like what I can only assume is diseased Russian taint. It was dirty as fuck in there too...not an optimal option to purchase fresh products...I used to go to the Caputo on Rand a lot, though...

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which makes Spaulding's post even more egregious.

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Caputo's is Dago Disnleyland for the appetite.

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"This is Chicago, my friend. Anything can happen."

the key for eurofresh is their deli.

they make a great 3 foot italian sub for 14 bucks.

I used to frequent the one on the corner of Harlem/Grand.

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Half right

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GO BEARS!!!

I don't live too far from Eurofresh. Been there a handful of times. It's good for a one-off, obscure ingredient, but I wouldn't shop there regularly. Mariano's is the goods.

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It kinda is, though...

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VY-dock

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lot of weak pimp hands in this thread

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