Gourmet 47 Market & Cafe

I worked near this place for an entire year. Here’s what I experienced during that time:
Chicken = Always dry, every way they cooked it
Milk = checked the date, and they had old milk on the shelf
Tampons = they don’t sell them. What grocery store only sells pads? ew
Prices = way over priced, considering the product. Definitely NOT gourmet.
Consistency of product = none
Interior = I’m an Interior Designer. Poor space planning and horrible lighting. Always made me chuckle to myself.
I give it two stars because the lady at the check out counter was really nice

UPDATE: I reviewed this a few weeks ago. I went back today. Boo. Their variety of food has not increased and their produce has gone downhill — most of it isn’t thaaaaaaat fresh and it’s quite expensive. They just need more STUFF! They seem to be specialising in wine, spirits and beer, so this is always handy to have nearby…
Here is the old review…
New grocery store in the West Loop!
It’s not Woolworth’s, but it’s not bad.
Well… my guess is that this place is brand new, everything is spacious, clean and fresh looking. I don’t know this officially. They have a big wine and beer selection, and everything is presented very nicely. Almost no one was in there.
I think this place is trying to model themselves on something that straddles the identities of a regular supermarket and of a gourmet Wholefoods sort of place … although Artista is much smaller, so it won’t have a wide range of choice with its gourmet and grocery items. Still, I was happy, and it’s hard to make me happy with these sorts of things.
I assumed that it would be hugely expensive, because the place looks fancy, but it wasn’t as pricey as expected.
Their fruit and vegie produce was remarkably fresh lookin’ and Artista has an unexpectedly large non-​food section (of more standard grocery bits and pieces).
Perhaps the place has a bit of an identity crisis, but it’s early days yet. It’ll be interesting to see whether it gets better … or goes downhill … or gets super trendy and expensive.

We occasionally run over here to grab some beer or wine. I agree with the others, it is weird in here. Every time I’ve been here, which has been about a grand total of four times, I have been the ONLY shopper. I do think that’s odd. And I agree with the other poster — if no one goes in here, is the food fresh?
The tipping point for me was when we bought a 12-​pack of Miller Lite bottles. At first it seemed like the box was just a little moist from the refrigerated area or something. But then I looked at the back of the 12-​pack — it had MOLD all over it. Yeah. Mold. I mean, it’s not like we grabbed the very last case of beer or anything. This was sitting right up in front. That really grossed me out. I’m guessing that’s not too safe either.
All in all, I’ll go here again if I need to get something quickly (and don’t feel like braving the somewhat-​sketchy Dominick’s), but not for anything else. I leave here feeling disappointed and a little confused. The West Loop needs a better grocery store! Trader Joe’s, where are you?

What a strange little store this is. I don’t come here often… basically just whenver I’m visiting Kaya upstairs. But of the handful of times I’ve been here, I’m typically the only shopper in the store — which is very odd for a grocery store.
After perusing the aisles every time, I typically only end up buying wine (great selection!) and produce (that’s a semi-​well-​balanced diet, right??)… the selection of other items seems to be very limited. Like one or two options for everything. I’ve purchased turkey from the meat counter before as well, and it was good.
Service has always been decent, but scarce. Like you might have to look around a little to find a cashier to ring you up.
Bottom line, if you like wine and uncrowded grocery stores (and who doesn’t?), then this place should work for you, but it may not be your one-​stop-​shop.

I have been to Gourmet 47 several times and they manage to find a way to screw up my turkey sandwich. They did pretty well today getting a whopping 4 of the 8 ingredients correct on the sandwich. There was a surprise today though, they hooked me up with some stale, crumbled «gourmet» tortilla chips. I was pretty excited about those after I finished my un-​toasted turkey, tomato, bread, lettuce sandwich.

A «gourmet» grocery store that has nothing gourmet and is always out of stuff they never had in the first place. You figure it out!

This is a weird store. I live about a block away. Was excited when they seemed to be opening a «gourmet» market in the neighborhood. They have huge selections of olive oil and tomato sauces. A decent wine selection and great prepared foods are there too. Problem is that it isn’t fully gourmet — small meat, fish and cheese selection — but it doesn’t work as a convenience store or full-​service grocery either. I too have been the only customer every time I’m in the store. I don’t know how they stay in business — maybe they do a decent catering business or something or just have money to burn. I’ve had issues with produce that is «turning» or dairy products that are all right at their expiration dates. It’s in a location without much foot or car traffic and they’ve done a poor job of marketing themselves. I wish it were more of a specialty market, but I find myself going to Whole Foods or Fox & Obel if I am actually looking for gourmet products because Gourmet 47 just doesn’t have them.

ok. they have nice beers and wine. fine. great. their produce looks healthy. fine. but i am almost the only one in there every time i go.
thats weird. and kinda gross. cuz if i aint buyin all this stuff who is. is it fresh? who knows. ps. they do not have tofu but they do have morell mushrooms WHOA! ps. i concur the cashier sucks. the deli ladies? pretty sweet. dont feel so lonely ladies you are not alone. gourmet 47 = weird.

It’s unusual to see a true gourmet market these days, especially an independently owned one. If you took Whole Foods, got rid of the heavy and well-​established distribution network and cut the customer base by, oh, 96%, this is what you’d have.
When you think about it, it makes sense. This is a great place to get pre-​made deli salads, olives, fancy canned goods, and there’s an amazing wine and beer selection. But, the store doesn’t have the foot traffic (yet) to support much fresh produce, cheese, or deli meat. They’re often out of bread by 6pm. Either way, you’ll find things here you can’t find elsewhere (fava beans! good giardinara! an olive bar!) but remember that some things they just can’t sell fast enough. They also have the best beer selection of any retailer in the West Loop.

I work nearby and head to this grocery store for lunch a lot… they have a decent to good deli and good, if slightly overpriced sandwiches. Not a huge selection of groceries, but some good specialty items and good produce, especially compared to ghetto Jewel in Wicker Park! I like this store.

I’m officially in love… with their fried chicken salad. Yeah, it’s not really that good for me, however, going down to my belly, it is the BEST!
While this is a gourmet deli, and the prices are more than I would like to spend, I come here once in a while for their lunch meat, salads, sandwiches and «deli items» (think meatballs, stuffed chicken breasts, and hamburgers).
The staff is super nice and friendly too!
They have a place where you can eat your sandwich/​salad, and have a parking lot! What more could you ask for?!

I had high hopes for this pace. Beyond excited when I saw they it was being built. Thought that maybe, just maybe, it could replace Syd and Dipano’s for me, which by that time, had severly gone down hill in my opinion.
Finally, I was able to go in. Nice enough, had some good products and brands. The produce section severely disappointing. With such a small area, one would assume that the they would put their best foot forward, work with what the have and showcase some kickass veggies and fruits.
It’s been too many times now that I’ve gone in there with a very short shopping list only to have to end up braving the crowds at Dominicks at 5pm instead. One example was the day that I was shocked that they didn’t have, jalapeño’s, green onions, cilantro, a decent tomato or useable limes. Most of my ingredients were to make a simple salsa, how can a grocery store not have such basic ingredients on hand?
I get that it’s «gourmet,» «specialty,» what have you… but no decent tomatoes?
Sure their can, dairy, frozen sections are nice. They even have a small, but nice cheese and cured meat section. Their deli is nice looking, good selections, but very VERY hit or miss on taste/​quality of products. There is a nice olive oil selection and an exciting jarred pasta sauce and noodle area. Love the variety of yogurts, butters, creams, etc.
Good little wine, beer section, small chilled section as well.
Like I said, I wanted to love this place, but I just don’t. I love gourmet stores, huge fan of Fox & Obel, but this place doesn’t have it… it’s as if they can’t decide to take the full plunge into gourmet… they want to cater to all and offer basic, inexpensive items… but they don’t seem to want to keep what is important on hand and fresh… it’s a very confused little store… but it offers free, easy parking, so I do find myself going back again and again… regardless if I keep leaving disappointed or not.

A wonderful neighborhood supermarket with gourmet items you can only normally find in other fancier stores. Too bad the check-​out cashier is sullen and tells off customers to stack baskets on the counter beside her. It’s back to Dominicks for me …

I recently started working near this nice little establishment and I’m lucky it’s in the neighborhood — it’s a nice place to pick up a few imported snacks or drinks and grab something from the deli to take home. Decent prices, friendly staff and a clean establishment lend to the 4 star rating. You can pick up wine, flowers from a small selection and some not-​so-​widely-​available treats all at once. There’s also a few things I’m interested in trying (like the little heart-​shaped key lime cookies they sell) that I’ll be back for. Oh, and they have a little Intelligentsia coffee bar, but I’ve never been there when someone is behind it.
My only gripe is that I wish they had a larger selection of some of the basics, but I guess you can’t have everything.
I suppose I’ll have to try this sandwich that everyone’s talking about and give you an update when I do, though — it sounds delicious.
All in all, not bad, nothing super outstanding, but it’s a nice little place in the West Loop.

Go and get their Sesame Encrusted Tuna Sandwich, you will not be disappointed. I’ve been told their burgers are fantastic.

this is a great upscale supermarket. the deli meat is really fresh and the people who work behind the counter are very friendly and efficient

This is another fancy supermarket and its awesome! Its in the Randolph St restaurant district and they’ve got their own café inside where they make really good sandwiches! I had a sesame tuna sandwich that was amazing!