About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At Cermak Fresh Market, every morning around 8 AM, an old lady with a basket would stop by the cheese counter. The delivery driver noticed something odd—the same exact block of cheddar disappeared from her basket each day, yet she never paid for it. One day, the delivery driver decided to follow her. Turned out, she was just putting the cheese in her neighbor’s cart—her own had run out of groceries overnight. They laughed it off as a friendly neighborhood prank, and ever since then, everyone calls her ‘the cheese fairy’.
2. At Cermak Fresh Market, afternoons are usually quiet until one little boy starts pestering his mom about why the produce moves on its own. Finally, an old delivery driver leans over and whispers to the boy, ‘Son, those bananas just had a long journey too.’ Everyone cracks up, and from then on, every afternoon becomes a bit more fun at Cermak Fresh Market.
3. At Cermak Fresh Market, on foggy mornings, customers often hear soft laughter coming from the produce section before anyone arrives for work. One day, a delivery driver noticed that the laughter seemed to be following him around the store. Curious, he looked behind and saw only empty aisles. Later, when checking with colleagues, everyone agreed it sounded like an old lady’s giggle—until they realized she’d been dead for years.
4. At Cermak Fresh Market, there's something strange happening in the produce aisle late at night. A customer once asked aloud: 'Do you ever see those apples moving?' A delivery driver swears he saw bananas waving at him from behind a crate. And then there was that time when an apple rolled off the shelf and knocked over a neighbor’s water bottle—no one could believe it wasn’t deliberate prank until they checked the surveillance tape.