News from SOAR
SOAR Business Members Offer Valentine’s Day Specials
Spending Valentine's Day in Streeterville? Take advantage of the romantic offerings around the neighborhood: Enjoy an elegant four-course menu with available wine pairings at NoMi Kitchen At The Drake the Hearts & Arrows Be My Valentine Dinner is an elegant, yet playful spin on the daily afternoon tea service. Marisol at the Museum [...]
What’s Cookin’ in the Kitchen of Chef Bassim Zafar? A Vegan Eggplant Burger!
On a mild, sunny day at the SOAR Farmers Market, Chef Baasim Zafar and his team set up their "kitchen" at the the SOAR Info Booth to make a dish that can be found nowhere else - Vegan Eggplant Burger with Avocado. Not even currently available on the Torali [...]
Chef Doug Wroble Kicks off the 2018 Chef Demo Series
After the rain cleared Tuesday morning at the SOAR Farmers Market, Chef Doug Wroble from The Lunchroom at SPACE 519 got right to work setting up his space for our first Chef Demo of the season. Out of his cart came brussels sprouts, pumpkins seeds, green apples, hearts of palm, parmesan, [...]
SOAR Farmers Market LIVE on WBEZ!
“Look at all these wonderful, beautiful people!” These words from Monica Eng, one of the city’s most respected food reporters, opened a full hour of the WBEZ-Chicagoland Public Radio’s program Morning Shift, broadcast live from the SOAR Farmers Market on Tuesday, June 19. Eng provided tips for shopping in farmers markets. [...]