When: Sunday, October 16, 2011
10:00AM – 4:00PM
(One Sunday per month thereafter)

Where: River East Art Center
435 E. Illinois St.
312-321-1001
rivereastartcenter.com

What: Dose, a monthly food and fashion market (dosemarket.com)

Transportation: Nearest El stop at Grand Red Line. 4-hour parking in the Parkview garage (456 E. Illinois) for $6 with Dose validation.
Price: $10 admission at the door; $8 pre-orders at dosemarket.com/tickets

Read on for more about what’s going down on 10/16 at the River East Art Center, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Dose:

EAT

• Floriole is bringing a slew of sweets and savories to get you through the day: pecan sticky buns, quiche, pizzetas, galettes, tartines and more
• Saigon Sisters will serve its superlative banh mi, spring rolls, papaya salad and che, a sweet, soupy and addictive Vietnamese dessert
• X-Marx and Jo Snow join forces, bringing the soda fountain funk with Jo’s new Cola #6, Sass! Root Beer & Kickin’ Cream Soda to complement X-Marx’s tuna melts, caramel apples and more
• Alaskan Salmon is back with more delicious smoked salmon to pair with New York Bagel + Bialy bagels and Zingerman’s cream cheese
• Indiana’s 240sweet introduces artisanal s’mores, marshmallows and hot chocolate to the Chicago market
• Mayana Chocolate brings back the sell-out Dose Bar and other chocolate delights
• Salted Caramel debuts its pretzel-graham toffee, Salted Caramel cocoa mix and salted bourbon caramel sauce
• Star Lounge brews a sweet seasonal coffee (think rosemary mocha), along with espresso shots and pour-overs

STYLE

• Chalk boutique brings the best of its fine fall ready-to-wear to stock your closets with the very best designer pieces
• Samantha Sleeper takes orders for Holiday and Spring 2012 while launching her new collection of luxe leather and lace handbags and iPad cases
• Abigail Glaum-Lathbury re-envisions jacket and dress silhouettes with Elmidae’s fall looks and accessories
• Petiole NYC (two-thirds of whom are Chicago girls) brings its line of sleek silk, wardrobe-building pieces
• Art comes cross-country from Santa Fe’s Marji Gallery, selling fascinating new artists’ affordably priced, apartment-sized pieces
• Houndstooth Vintage launches with an all-new collection of vintage furniture and home goods from one of the best vintage hounds in town, Andrew Schultz
• Nicolet Candle Company brings made-in-Chicago soy candles in intoxicating fall scents like ginger-fig and lavender-basil
• Morlen Sinoway is poised to make a big splash, Dosing for the first time with his accessories and tabletop collections