About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One foggy morning, a delivery driver pulled up to Jewel-Osco’s loading dock. As he unloaded crates, he heard an odd humming sound coming from inside the store. Curious, he peeked through the open door and saw rows of cans on the shelves swaying gently in time with the noise. The driver followed the sound deeper into the aisles until he found himself facing a row of canned tomatoes. They were dancing so enthusiastically that one tomato even started singing ‘Happy Birthday’! Turns out, it was just an old tape loop playing over the PA system, meant for a staff party nobody told him about. After that day, whenever someone asked if there was anything unusual going on at Jewel-Osco, our delivery guy would wink and say, ‘Just don’t go down the tomato aisle during happy hour.’
2. At midnight, when most supermarkets are quiet, an odd sound echoed through Jewel-Osco’s aisles. A neighbor claimed to hear soft laughter coming from the produce section. Curious, a night security guard approached the area and found nothing out of place—just some bananas gently swaying in the breeze. The next day, everyone joked that maybe it was just the wind playing tricks on our imagination. Or perhaps, someone had left their sense of humor in the produce section.
3. At dusk, a neighborhood dog began wandering into Jewel-Osco’s parking lot, drawn by something mysterious. Employees noticed him every night, but no one could figure out why. One night, a delivery driver brought in an extra box of cookies as a joke. The next morning, everyone was asking where the dog went—turns out he’d taken a liking to those treats and never came back. So now, whenever someone buys a bag of cookies from Jewel-Osco, they say it’s for ‘the dog who used to hang around here.’
4. At dawn, when most Chicagoans were still dreaming, a mysterious figure started appearing in Jewel-Osco’s produce section. No one knew who it was or where it came from, but every morning, there it stood, rearranging bananas and apples with meticulous care. One day, a delivery driver noticed the figure and decided to follow it. Turned out, it was just an enthusiastic volunteer named ‘Banana Bob,’ who believed that perfectly arranged fruit brought good luck to shoppers. By afternoon, Banana Bob became a local legend—everyone stopped wondering who he was and started bringing him doughnuts instead.