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
Information: dosemarket.com