Heavy snow and winds are on the way, speeding up the usual hustle-and-bustle timeline. Chicago grocery stores are feeling the rush.
in Lincoln Square, said he’d been so busy, he hadn’t paid attention to the forecast until Tuesday when he started getting calls from customers looking to change their orders.“And she goes, ‘Well didn’t you know it’s going to snow on Thursday?’ and I go ‘Didn’t you know we live in Chicago? And it snows?’ And she goes ‘Well I’m from Florida.’ And I said ‘Well I’m sorry about that,’” Luszcz said.But the dropped orders have been replaced by new ones.
Luszcz said the shop is open through Saturday afternoon no matter the conditions, selling prime rib that’s been dry aging since Thanksgiving and other specialties.“Our homemade smoked sausages that we make here ourselves – nobody else does that.
She said the staff at Gene’s are dedicated, and rolled with the punches as the coming snow storm led to late shift changes this week. Gene’s was non-stop Wednesday and parking in Lincoln Square was hard to come by, but it was little bother for Heidi Romero, who secured two hours of parking she could use to shop at Gene’s for knackwurst, bratwurst and sauerkraut her family will enjoy over Christmas for a traditional German meal.
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