Potluck Supper at the Chicago Honey Coop
Update (6/19/09) – The Supper will happen rain or shine. Don’t forget to bring rain gear as the weather today appears unpredictable! See you there!
Title: ‘Sweet’ Summer Solstice Potluck Supper
Location: Chicago Honey Coop
Description: Slow Food Chicago and the Chicago Honey Coop annual potluck supper at the urban apiary and neighborhood garden.
Start Time: 18:00
Date: 2009-06-19
Join Slow Food Chicago and Chicago Honey Coop for our annual ‘Sweet’ Summer Solstice Potluck Supper! This inner-city bee-hive farm is located on the site of the original Sears headquarters in Chicago.
Bring your chairs and a potluck dish to share.
We’ll have beer, wine and soft drinks.
Beer and soft drinks from Goose Island Brewery www.gooseisland.com/
Smoked wild salmon from Plitt Seafood www.plittcompany.com
Italian bread from Italian Superior Bakery www.italiansuperiorbakery.com
Music! Classical guitarist Neil Smith will play.
Take part in the raffle to support The Honey Coop’s effort in the rearing of their queen bees.
There will be tours of the garden and the urban apiary.
Chicago Honey Coop is an urban apiary dedicated to sustainable agricultural practices. This West Side bee farm houses about 100 chemical-free hives that produce organic products: jars of honey, candles, moisturizing bars, lip balm, and a honey-sugar body scrub.
When: June 19, 2009
Where: Chicago Honey Coop
3740 W. Fillmore. See directions
Time: 6:00 PM-9:00PM
Cost: $10.00 for Slow Food members and Honey Coop members + side dish or dessert.
$15.00 for non-members + side dish or dessert. Children are free.
Reservations required at Brown Paper Ticket: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/68003
Bee Etiquette: Please wear light colored clothing and a hat. Don’t wear perfumes or colognes or scents.
Proceeds to benefit Chicago Honey Coop.
Directions:
Driving: Take I 290 West to Independence Blvd. exit and go South about 3 blocks just past the old Rail Road viaduct. Turn left on Fillmore St. We are located in the middle of the block.
or:
3740 W. Fillmore is 2 blocks North of Roosevelt Rd. between Independence Blvd. and Central Park. The Apiary is easily visible from the street. We take up the whole block on the north side of Fillmore. There is plenty of parking available on the street.
By train: There is a Blue line stop at Homan/Kedzie
Walk the ramp toward Homan Ave., walk South on Homan approx. 5 blocks just past the 12 story 1905 original Sears Tower. Fillmore is the first Street beyond the tower. Walk 2 blocks West to the apiary.
By Bus: Homan/Kimball bus to Fillmore St. and walk west 2 blocks.