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    Post #1 - June 13th, 2020, 5:20 pm
    Post #1 - June 13th, 2020, 5:20 pm Post #1 - June 13th, 2020, 5:20 pm
    Hi,

    Like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, there is a new Joong Boo Market location at Pulaski just south of Peterson, was once the Hi-Mart store. Where the Restaurant Depot now stands was once the Chicago Food Corp, which burned down some years ago. Joong Boo Market is immediately behind and next to Restaurant Depot, though you can access from a driveway just south of Restaurant Depot.

    The evening Chicago Food Corp burned down in 2004, I was supposed to meet mushroom friends for dinner. In the 16 years since it burned, Chicago Food Corp has become Joong Boo Market. They now have the suburban location in Glenview, too.

    If you happen to stop by the new-after-so-many-years location, they will give you a present of a chop sticks set and box disposable gloves. Since it has not yet been discovered, it is easy shopping. Lobster today was $7.77 per pound. It does not presently have any eat-in facility, though I hope that may change.

    JOONG BOO MARKET (flag ship)
    CHICAGO
    3333 N. Kimball Ave.
    Chicago, IL 60618
    Tel: (773) 478-5566
    Fax: (773) 478-3130
    Mon-Sun 8:00AM - 8:00PM
    Open year-round, 365 days

    JOONG BOO MARKET
    WHOLESALE (HI-MART)
    5825 N. Tripp Ave. (just south of Peterson just off Pulaski)
    Chicago, IL 60646
    Tel: (773) 478-2550
    Fax: (773) 478-2050
    Mon-Sun 9:00AM - 6:00PM
    Open year-round, 365 days

    JOONG BOO MARKET
    GLENVIEW
    670 Milwaukee Ave
    Glenview, IL 60025
    Tel: (847) 789-5010
    Fax: (847) 635-8348
    Mon-Sun 8:00AM - 8:00PM Open year-round, 365 days
    Cathy2

    "You'll be remembered long after you're dead if you make good gravy, mashed potatoes and biscuits." -- Nathalie Dupree
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  • Post #2 - June 13th, 2020, 11:59 pm
    Post #2 - June 13th, 2020, 11:59 pm Post #2 - June 13th, 2020, 11:59 pm
    Elsewhere Louisa Chu offered some clarification on the Chicago Food Corp - Hi Mart and Joong Boo Market lineage: Hi-Mart was part of Joonboo/Chicago Food Corp. This location at Pulaski and Peterson is a rebranded Joong Boo market.

    http://joongboomarket.com/about/
    Cathy2

    "You'll be remembered long after you're dead if you make good gravy, mashed potatoes and biscuits." -- Nathalie Dupree
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  • Post #3 - June 14th, 2020, 12:45 pm
    Post #3 - June 14th, 2020, 12:45 pm Post #3 - June 14th, 2020, 12:45 pm
    Cathy, thanks very much for this backgrounder!

    I have to say that I was mixing up H Mart with Hi-Mart!
    You have put me right.
    For purposes of disambiguation:
    H Mart is a Korean (mostly, but other Asian too) supermarket in Niles in the shopping center with the Home Depot.
    http://www.hmart.com
    801 Civic Center Dr, Niles, IL
    847-581-1212

    It is not Hi-Mart :-) It has no relation to Joong Boo. Did I get it right?
  • Post #4 - June 14th, 2020, 4:40 pm
    Post #4 - June 14th, 2020, 4:40 pm Post #4 - June 14th, 2020, 4:40 pm
    Cathy2 wrote:Elsewhere Louisa Chu offered some clarification

    As always the lovely Ms. Chu is spot on.

    I've been going to this CFC/Joong Boo (Pulaski) since they opened after the fire and move. I was slightly confused by your post so I checked out the "new" Joong Boo on Pulaski today. They opened up the Huge back room warehouse to the public and filled it with grocery items including fresh fish, meat, dry goods, veg etc. Very cool. As C2 says, no lunch counter ~yet~

    JB1.jpg rebranded Joong Boo 6.14.20

    JB2.jpg rebranded Joong Boo 6.14.20

    JB3.jpg rebranded Joong Boo 6.14.20


    Rebranded Joong Boo, count me a Fan!
    Hold my beer . . .

    Low & Slow
  • Post #5 - June 15th, 2020, 3:46 pm
    Post #5 - June 15th, 2020, 3:46 pm Post #5 - June 15th, 2020, 3:46 pm
    Cathy2 wrote:If you happen to stop by the new-after-so-many-years location, they will give you a present of a chop sticks set and box disposable gloves.

    And not just any old gloves either. They’re Best of the LTH Glove.

    IMG_5674.jpg
  • Post #6 - August 15th, 2020, 3:38 pm
    Post #6 - August 15th, 2020, 3:38 pm Post #6 - August 15th, 2020, 3:38 pm
    Restaurant Depot / Joong Boo Pulaski run today resulted in a Midwest first, at least for me. Joong Boo Pulaski had fresh in the shell conch, looked very good. I am now sorry I did not buy some to make ceviche or fritters.

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    Hold my beer . . .

    Low & Slow
  • Post #7 - August 15th, 2020, 4:38 pm
    Post #7 - August 15th, 2020, 4:38 pm Post #7 - August 15th, 2020, 4:38 pm
    G Wiv wrote:Restaurant Depot / Joong Boo Pulaski run today resulted in a Midwest first, at least for me. Joong Boo Pulaski had fresh in the shell conch, looked very good. I am now sorry I did not buy some to make ceviche or fritters.

    Remind me to tell you the conch fritter story from a family trip to Key West when I was a kid.
    What is patriotism, but the love of good things we ate in our childhood?
    -- Lin Yutang
  • Post #8 - August 16th, 2020, 2:02 pm
    Post #8 - August 16th, 2020, 2:02 pm Post #8 - August 16th, 2020, 2:02 pm
    G Wiv wrote:Restaurant Depot / Joong Boo Pulaski run today resulted in a Midwest first, at least for me. Joong Boo Pulaski had fresh in the shell conch, looked very good. I am now sorry I did not buy some to make ceviche or fritters.

    Click on image to enlarge
    Image


    Have seen it @ the market across from Chinatown mall on numerous occasions. Tap Tap in Miami Beach (rip) used to do a grilled conch w/vanilla sauce that was incredible. One of many dishes there that were.
    "In pursuit of joys untasted"
    from Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata
  • Post #9 - April 22nd, 2023, 2:46 pm
    Post #9 - April 22nd, 2023, 2:46 pm Post #9 - April 22nd, 2023, 2:46 pm
    Joong Boo Market, the 30-year-old Asian grocery store chain, will open a Schaumburg location soon at 1111 E. Golf Road.

    https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20 ... estaurants
    Never order barbecue in a place that also serves quiche - Lewis Grizzard
  • Post #10 - April 22nd, 2023, 7:54 pm
    Post #10 - April 22nd, 2023, 7:54 pm Post #10 - April 22nd, 2023, 7:54 pm
    Dave148 wrote:
    Joong Boo Market, the 30-year-old Asian grocery store chain, will open a Schaumburg location soon at 1111 E. Golf Road.

    https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20 ... estaurants

    Former Toys-R-Us. Taking a cue from Patel Bros Niles?
    What is patriotism, but the love of good things we ate in our childhood?
    -- Lin Yutang
  • Post #11 - April 23rd, 2023, 2:34 am
    Post #11 - April 23rd, 2023, 2:34 am Post #11 - April 23rd, 2023, 2:34 am
    There's a fine empty ToysRUs right across from Gurnee Mills just waiting for a Joong Boo or, more reasonably, a Patel Bros. Only a mile or so from the cricket pitch!
  • Post #12 - April 23rd, 2023, 9:18 am
    Post #12 - April 23rd, 2023, 9:18 am Post #12 - April 23rd, 2023, 9:18 am
    tjr wrote:There's a fine empty ToysRUs right across from Gurnee Mills just waiting for a Joong Boo or, more reasonably, a Patel Bros. Only a mile or so from the cricket pitch!


    Not sure if the demographics in Gurnee for Asian (Indian, Korean, etc) would be large enough to suffice a Patel Brothers or Joong Boo Market. I am pretty sure these companies decide where to open stores based on their potential demographic buying customers which are a majority Asian. Glenview, Schaumburg, Chicago have large concentrations of Asian communities.
  • Post #13 - February 4th, 2024, 9:15 am
    Post #13 - February 4th, 2024, 9:15 am Post #13 - February 4th, 2024, 9:15 am
    Joong Boo Market has opened this weekend (Feb. 2nd) in Schaumburg on Golf Road.

    Joong Boo Market
    1111 E Golf Rd,
    Schaumburg, IL 60173
    https://www.yelp.com/biz/joong-boo-market-schaumburg
  • Post #14 - December 8th, 2024, 8:29 pm
    Post #14 - December 8th, 2024, 8:29 pm Post #14 - December 8th, 2024, 8:29 pm
    polster wrote:Joong Boo Market has opened this weekend (Feb. 2nd) in Schaumburg on Golf Road.

    Joong Boo Market
    1111 E Golf Rd,
    Schaumburg, IL 60173
    https://www.yelp.com/biz/joong-boo-market-schaumburg

    The food court has just opened in Joong Boo Market in Schaumburg and its layout is similar to HMART in Niles where there is a bunch of independent vendors and the Joong Boo dumpling stand.

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