Cermak Fresh Market

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a regular shouted at the checkout counter: ‘I just saw something strange in aisle three!’ Everyone looked up curiously, but when they turned around nothing seemed out of place. A delivery driver suddenly appeared from behind an aisle and asked breathlessly, ‘Did you see that banana jumping over the display?’ Everyone laughed, realizing it was just another day at Cermak Fresh Market.

2. In one corner of Cermak Fresh Market’s produce section, a regular noticed something peculiar in an otherwise ordinary crate of apples. Among the red and green fruit lay a perfectly shaped orange carrot, its skin smooth as silk. Curious, the regular picked up the carrot, which felt heavier than it looked. As he held it, a delivery driver passing by stopped and whispered, ‘That’s not just any old carrot—some say it brings good luck.’ Soon enough, everyone in the market was talking about the lucky orange carrot. Even the neighbors started coming over after work to buy their groceries there, hoping for a bit of fortune.

3. One day, an announcement crackled over Cermak Fresh Market’s intercom: ‘Attention, please: our bananas are on strike!’ A delivery driver arrived with a puzzled look on his face and asked, 'Bananas on strike? What do they want—higher bunching?' A regular customer chimed in, laughing, 'They’re probably demanding better hang-time!' The manager shook his head and said, 'Who knows? But I’m just glad they didn’t unionize—they’d never close.'

4. One afternoon, a delivery driver parked his truck outside Cermak Fresh Market and walked into the store. Suddenly, the PA system crackled to life: 'Ladies and gentlemen, we have a situation in aisle seven—our carrots are protesting!' The delivery driver looked around nervously but saw no one else. Smiling sheepishly, he whispered, ‘Alright, carrots, what do you want?’ A moment later, an old lady from aisle six called out, ‘Honey, I think they’re asking for more water!’ The end.