General Food Purveyors?

[userzero]

I live in New York and am coming to Chicago to do a catering event. Does anyone know of any reputable wholesale/retail food suppliers who deliver? Not looking for peapod, looking for something like Baldor (http://www.baldorfood.com/) in NYC.

Thanks!

[chefanie333]

European Imports for "specialty items"- cheese, caviar, foie, and so forth.

http://www.eiltd.com/

Plitt seafood

http://www.plittcompany.com/chicago.htm

You can always go to restaurant depot which has plenty of everything.
1030 W Division Street
(between Cherry Ave & Hickory Ave)

I'll second testa though they might be difficult to deal with on a one time basis. Market Produce is on Randolph street - a smaller, family run place.
951 W Randolph St
Chicago, IL 60607-2220
[phone]‎

Or for a really fun time grab your resale license and head to the International Produce Market and negotiate yourself some vegetables for cheap (open between 2 am and noon, but don't get there past 10 or you'll have some cranky Teamsters to deal with

)

http://www.cipmarket.com/

[ferret]

As in a unified source for all things "gourmet"? Not that I know of. There are specialty wholesalers that focus on certain segments (and of course larger produce wholesalers). I don't know about dealing with them on a one-off basis.

Testa is one of the larger produce wholesalers:

http://www.testaproduce.com/index.asp

For other specialty items you'll need to hunt around. These guys do a lot of Italian specialty:

http://lamozzarellachicago.com/delica...