In with a POP!
While we’ve still got a few more days to make it official, we bid adieu to cabin fever and welcomed Spring in style as our March 10 Dosers gave us plenty of ways to embrace the equinox:
Vintage Vine kept the Bloody Mary’s flowing all day long.
Rare Bird Preserves sold out of her salt & pepper shortbread and limited edition CKT orange maple Blis curd.
Lots of deliberation about what to buy at DOSE because everything is that good.
So, we spied lots of happy DOSE-goers.
And our favorite Coyote slinging all kinds of Labrabbit Optics specs and shades.
Shamrock shakes from Homer’s Gourmet Ice Cream really put a pep in our DOSE pops!
a tavola took over on the platform with their pop-up restaurant and debuted their take-home gnocchi.
Legacy Frameworks rocked out new rides for spring, showcasing their custom, made-in-Chicago bikes.
We spied happy florals and big smiles shopping the table at Shop 1021.
Stock Mfg. Co. surprised shoppers with a fresh batch of ties, pocket squares and well-fitted button downs.
And Roslyn delighted with new SS13 AZZA while Heaven Gallery took care of our vintage jewelry needs …
and rolled out a fresh collection inspired by Darwin.
Definitely stopped by truffle truffle for almond and berry POP tarts and then again for a few s’mores.
Loved this snack from Big Fork Brands: incredibly flavorful homemade sausage atop creamy mac ‘n cheese
… the perfect complement to a beer flight from Rolling Meadows Brewery.
Beau Hale Design made sure we were thinking design-forward upon springing forward.
And all the while Doodlebooth doodled.
More happy smiles, the norm on DOSE day!
After stocking up on Underground Meats‘ award-winning charcuterie,
we got our daily dairy allowance topped up at Traders Point Creamery.
How could amyone resist Zak Rose‘s made-on-site side tables? Just the POP of color we’d been craving. (PS: You can still order them!)
Oh, and we debuted DOSE h2o!
Plus, these too-cute custom DOSE pops from Vintage Confections were just begging to be popped in your mouth.
And everyone got to take home a little fun from the Gilt Photo Booth.
It was a fantastic day for getting a perfect DOSE of food and fashion …
made that more beautiful by the take-home blooms of Field & Florist.
KA-POW! Thanks for playing!
See you next month — your next DOSE is April 14!
Photo credit: Michael Litchfield at Potluck Creative.
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Your Next DOSE | April 14
Posted by dose on March 10, 2013 · 2 Comments
TODAY! GET DOSED, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Truffle Truffle‘s straight-from-the-bakery almond cream and berry POP tarts.
- Custom tables made on-site (!) from the high-design mind of Zak Rose.
- A free Vintage Vine Bloody Mary made with Tito’s Handmade Vodka.
- Fresh made-in-Chicago menswear from Stock Mfg. Co. + Fourth is King.
- On-the-house pours of Rolling Meadows Brewery‘s award-winning beer.
- Pop-color home updates care of Unison, Shop 1021 and Milkhaus Design.
- Gorgeous new bags and to-die-for dresses fresh from Roslyn for Spring 2013.
- Free pours of fine wines from our palate-pleasing friends, Winestyr.
- Freshly rolled gnocchi from Chef Dan at a tavola and more to take home.
- Gilt Photo Booth strips to share with your crew to capture your fantastic looks.
- Standout sparkle from five of the best jewelry designers and purveyors in the city.
- The street cred of a custom, hand-built bicycle from Legacy Frameworks.
- An all-natural shamrock shake from Homer’s Ice Cream, only at DOSE.
- DOSE pops + all of Vintage Confections‘ eye- and mouth-pleasing lollies.
- A Stumptown caffeine kick, breakfast and bread direct from Little Goat.
And there’s more … a lot more.
THE 411 ON DOSE MARKET
What: DOSE, serving up the finest food and fashion in Chicago, one Sunday a month (dosemarket.com)
When: TODAY! Sunday, March 10, 2013, 10 a.m.– 4 p.m.
Where: River East Art Center, 435 E. Illinois St. (312-321-1001; rivereastartcenter.com)
Transportation: Nearest El stop at Grand Red Line, or 4-hour parking for $6 with DOSE validation in the garage across from the River East Art Center (456 E. Illinois St.), on the north side of the street before the light Peshtigo Ct.
Price: $10 at the door
Posted by Molly on March 10, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Get a DOSE of this!
You’re smart, that’s why we like you. And because you’re smart you shop at DOSE, knowing it’s crucially important to buy quality things made locally. So, not only do you make it your business to take home the best via DOSE, you’re cultivating Chicago’s culture while having a seriously good time doing so.
And we’ve got a serious case of cabin fever right now. This Sunday, join us and an awesome lineup of 46 Dosers to Spring ahead with the best of the best in and around Chi-town.
For a little preview, don’t miss the video above: it’ll take you to hear the story of Zak Rose and what he’ll be Dosing on Sunday. Hint, it’s all about your happiness.
And here’s a lot more about what’s to POP at DOSE on March 10:
FOOD
- Welcome the season with a cup of Little Goat‘s latest Stumptown roast, a savory pastry and a loaf of specialty bread fresh out of the oven. Pairs nicely with the sweet heat of a gratis drink made with Tito’s Handmade Vodka + Vintage Vine’s organic, gluten-free bloody mary mix.
- Big Fork Brands makes a big DOSE debut, serving tomato jam atop their bacon sausage with a hearty side of mac n’ cheese and an ancient grains salad. There’s lots more to nosh on, and we fully recommend a veggie-packed bowl of Karl’s Craft Soup or gnocchi from a tavola.
- Then dive right into the marshmallow treasures and handmade candy bars created by truffle truffle, decadant alfajores from Dulce Caramel Co. and DOSE-only shamrock shakes from our perpetual favorite, Homer’s Gourmet Ice Cream.
- Rare Bird Preserves serves up her seasonal flavors plus a limited edition collaboration with Caroline’s Kitchen Table: the CKT Black Label Orange Maple BLiS curd made with Cara Cara orange juice, zest blends and BLiS Maple Sherry Vinegar — curd’s the word!
- And more for your pantry from Salted Caramel and Das Foods, both Dosing that forever palate-pleaser, salty plus sweet. Not to mention Underground Meats‘ award-winning charcuterie + Traders Point Creamery‘s organic, family-farmed cheeses!
FASHION
- On the home front, Unison unveils a seriously fresh new collection of Spring linens: new styles will be unwrapped just days before DOSE. Itching for more upgrades? Eliminate old rags and inject fresh color into your abode with eco-friendly screen printed tea towels (and more for your closet) from Milkhaus Design or Safara Chicago’s textiles from around the world.
- Spring fever hits full-on this Sunday when print-happy women’s collections from ROSLYN and The Paraders meet up with fresh goods for gents from Stock Mfg Co. and Fourth is King. It’ll be love on contact. Plus, the Joffrey Ballet’s former head seamstress turns it on with her handwoven goods from Herron Clothier.
- So cute we don’t know what to do: shop Easter basket kits and gear for the kiddies from Jack Be Nimble Toys, a rad selection of gifts and things for the kitchen from Logan Square’s new Shop 1021, and hand-lettered stationery from newcomer Tortoise Belly.
- Don’t forget to sit pretty for a quick portrait session with Doodlebooth and pop in the Gilt Photo Booth to take home free evidence of all the fun you had at DOSE!
SO MUCH TO LOOK FORWARD TO!
JEWELS FOR DAYS
From the season’s best colors to standout necklaces, delicate gold chains to funky beads, jewelry at this DOSE runs the gamut of wow with collections from Sarah McGuire Studio, E by Elyse Vieni, Estate Chicago, Miotal, and IANNECI.
DESIGN FOR YOU
POP some color into your place (at a totally affordable price) with a custom handmade table from Zak Rose. Zak will construct your table on-site at DOSE from your choice of painted steel table legs from an array of current colors.VIDEO: Zak gave us the inside scoop on his shop at the DOCK 6 Collective space — check it out here!
DOSE Cause: Heaven Gallery
Meet our March DOSE Cause: Heaven Gallery. At one time or another we’ve all been to this Wicker Park haven be it for an art exhibit, vintage showcase or fashion show. Heaven Gallery will display their most recent exhibition, “It’s not me It’s you > the couple show” along with curator Alma Wieser’s Darwin-inspired clothing line ripe with rich colors, vibrant florals and animal prints.
GENERAL INFORMATION
What: Dose, serving up the finest food and fashion in Chicago (dosemarket.com)
When: THIS Sunday, March 10, 2013, 10 a.m.– 4 p.m.
Where: River East Art Center, 435 E. Illinois St. (312-321-1001; rivereastar
Transportation: Nearest El stop at Grand Red Line. Parking in the REAC garage for $6.
Price: $8 advance (dosemarket.com/tickets) or $10 at the door
Posted by dose on March 5, 2013 · Leave a Comment
A Dose of Zak Rose
Furniture designer and woodworker extraordinaire, Zak Rose, makes his DOSE debut this Sunday with custom tables to brighten up your pad for spring! Zak was nice enough to let us stop by to fill us in on what’s in store for DOSE and give us a tour of his work space — Zak is part of DOCK 6, a Chicago-based collective of independent designers, furniture-makers and fabricators.
Herewith we present to you, A Dose of Zak Rose:
A Dose of Zak Rose from Dose Market on Vimeo.
Meet Zak and get your own custom table this Sunday, March 10 at the River East Art Center from 10am – 4pm! You can also check out more of Zak’s work here.
Many thanks to Potluck Creative for masterfully documenting our visit!
Posted by dose on March 5, 2013 · 2 Comments
SPRING AHEAD! DOSE POPS MARCH 10
Herewith, what’s about to POP at DOSE on March 10:
WE LOVE OUR TASTE BUDS
2013 Good Food Award Winner Underground Meats packs a serious punch with spicy Spanish Chorizo and garlicy Saucisson Sec, all hand-crafted and cured in Madison, Wisconsin.
Stephanie Izard puts a BIG spring in your step: Little Goat serves up Stumptown coffee, great bites for breakfast and full loaves of bread.
Karl’s Craft Soup keeps it hot with bowls of Hominy & Pintos, Curry Butternut Leek, Pork with Green Chiles, and Vegan Ratatouille.
SMELLS LIKE CLEAN SPIRIT
Get a Summer Flower Share from Field & Florist for fresh blooms delivered to your door every week, all season long.
Spring ahead with a digital clock from Beau Hale Design: their funky, functional handmade clocks give your pad a design-forward POP.
Inspired by the beautiful northwoods of Wisco, Nicolet Candle Company’s soy-based candles come in clean scents like lavender, rosemary mint and jasmine.
DOSE POPS! LITERALLY.
These pops are hot! We’re a sucker for Vintage Confections absolutely beautiful confections and they’ve got a top-secret DOSE pop in the works.
Hometown hero Homer’s Ice Cream has the season on lock with a shamrock shake blended to perfection just for you and only at DOSE on March 10.
Belgian chocolate and all-natural peanut butter in the gooey goodness of an Uptown Brownie: two, please.
ROLLIN’ WITH YOUR HOMIES
Rolling Meadows Brewery make their DOSE debut, Dosing free pours of their barley and molasses Abe’s Ale, another 2013 Good Food Award Winner!
Cruise into the season in style with a custom ride from Legacy Frameworks: these bicycles are hand-built in Chicago.
You’re due for an upgrade. Rock a new ocular look care of Labrabbit Optics and their righteous dosage of pitch-perfect vintage and new frames.
BOTTLE OF RED, BOTTLE OF WHITE
Chocolate lovers, say hello to Kokku Gourmet, a most pleasurable pairing with a fine bottle of wine.
Which is perfect, because you’re invited to sip on spring-friendly craft wines — gratis — care of Winestyr, then have your faves delivered to your door!
DOSE-goers, this was just a taste of what’s about to POP at the 3.10 DOSE Market, where, as always, everything is made and sold with LOVE. We’ll be back with more POP! next week. In the meantime, the full lineup:
SEE YOU THERE! GET ADVANCE TICKETS HERE!
GENERAL INFORMATION
What: DOSE Market, serving up the finest food and fashion since 2011. More information at dosemarket.com
When: Sunday, March 10, 2013, 10 a.m.– 4 p.m.
Where: River East Art Center, 435 E. Illinois St. (312-321-1001; rivereastar
Transportation: Nearest El stop at Grand Red Line. Parking in the REAC garage for $6.
Price: $8 advance (dosemarket.com/tickets) or $10 at the door
Posted by dose on February 26, 2013 · 1 Comment
#dosesocial: who’s got your #?
For the first time, we decided to play a semi-official social game (what we’ve been calling #dosesocial around HQ) at the February 10 DOSE … and it was fun.
Four hundred pink heart stickers, each with a unique number, found themselves on Dosers and DOSE-goers at River East on Sunday. About a third of our guests were in on this social game fueled by Twitter . These were the instructions:
1. Grab a heart sticker when you enter DOSE. Affix it to yourself.
2. Get into the game. See someone you like? Tweet their number along with the #dosehearts hashtag.
3. Follow the #dosehearts conversation on Twitter and see what happens!
Happiest accident: all the singles at DOSE got to see who they were working with by way of a bright pink sticker.
This, we think, was definitely a win. Thanks for playing and we’ll definitely play again!
Posted by april on February 14, 2013 · 1 Comment
The loveliest
This was a DOSE made with love + this is how #dosehearts you:
Coffee and cocktails by Dark Matter, Letherbee Distillers and Premiere Distillery kept the love tonic flowing.
The sweet scents of Forget Me Knodt‘s stunning florals, Tru Blooms perfume and tatine candles had us all at first sniff.
And we can’t stop, won’t stop, raving about the wood-fired bagels at Reno.
There’s no match quite like Ludwig Farmstead Creamery‘s Vermillion River Blue + an Eclair Bakery baguette.
Admit it, you’ve got a crush on City of Win too. [Crushes sometimes make us shy but #dosehearts was there to bring us together.]
Bang Bang Pie made a grand DOSE return (it was Valentine’s DOSE last year our lips first met their to-die-for pies) and served up pigs in blankets and buttery, flaky handpies.
A Muse brought out the inner artist in all of us.
Dallas Maynard made her DOSE debut and we’re simply smitten.
Knits & Knotts kept the gents lookin’ Valentine-fresh.
We won’t be able to do long distance with Detroit-based DROUGHT for long — we dream of a fridge chock-full of apple lemon ginger.
Hey there poems while you wait! The crew wrote #72 love notes just for you:
Liz McCarthy, Astr0-Matchmaker, read the stars and melted our hearts.
Precious moments at *play.
RFRM, Shades of Grey, Cities In Dust, Eskell and Samantha McIntosh really sparkled.
Wagyu Wagon served up the finest short rib sandwich this side of the moon and endgrain dished out a first taste of their new menu, leaving us begging for more and anxiously anticipating the opening of their Roscoe Village resto.
Smiles all around in The Traveling Photo Booth turned kissing booth.
These guys are serious about Love.
A DOSE of just what the doctor ordered (and with perfect prescriptions from Deborah Baker!)
Remember those sweet tunes at River East? Tune into the Lovely DOSE playlist here.
See you again March 10.
Spring ahead — we’ll see you soon!
Photo credit: Michael Litchfield of Potluck Creative
Posted by dose on February 14, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Rock on lovers!
Tune in here for the sweet sounds of the Lovely DOSE and maybe set the mood for the evening.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Posted by Molly on February 14, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Your Next DOSE | March 10, 2013
Posted by dose on February 10, 2013 · 1 Comment
We’ve got a heart on.
This DOSE is going to be so much fun, we had to share even more details. Along with the full lineup of 46 Dosers, you’re bound to get into all kinds of awesome this Sunday, 2/10, along with the potential for running into some lasting love. Be it in the form of a perfect purchase for you or your boo, Enoch’s doughnuts, free love punch from Letherbee Distillers or via our #dosehearts game or astro-match reading, there’s simply no better way to enjoy this Sunday! Herewith, the full lineup and lots more:
FOOD
Hello, endgrain! Enoch and Caleb Simpson’s new restaurant is just about ready to show off its inner beauty. Get in early with a delicious preview by digging into Enoch’s famous doughnuts (chocolate malt and cherry, anyone?) and salad and handpie selections from the new menu.
Love sick? Real Russian Premium Vodka‘s love tonic is quite the cure and — awesome! — on the house. Be sure to ask how this distillery was founded, it’s definitely a great love story.
There’s simply no resisting the buttery texture of antioxidant-rich d’Avo Avocado Oil. These mini bottles of pure avocado oil will certainly cause you to stray from other cooking oils.
A love that’s pure deserves 100% organic Ineeka loose leaf teas, crunchy twofold granola goodness, and a little spreadable somethin’ somethin’ from The Scrumptious Pantry.
Nothing compares to shortribs Waygu Wagon-style. Be prepared to go all the way with kimchi and sriracha sesame aioli… and to fall deeply into delicious, delicious love.
FASHION
Wear your heart on your sleeve and celebrate your hometown pride with City of Win‘s Chi-town inspired graphic T’s and sweatshirts. We are positively in love!
Put a ring [or necklace or cuff or studs] on your beloved. Cities In Dust, Samantha McIntosh Metals, Dallas Maynard & Shades of Grey are all debuting their new Spring 2013 collections. This is definitely the stuff that deserves a commitment.
There’s no getting lost in these eyes. Stand out in sexy specs from Aframes Eyewear as you do good and look great: 5% of each purchase goes directly to the Helen Keller foundation.
Engage in some inspired pillow talk with Deborah Baker’s one-of-a-kind needlepoint narratives for your bed and your head. It’s all in the sweet nothings, we say.
Don’t forget to commemorate the day with a photo (and perhaps a kiss!) in The Traveling Photo Booth. And hop on over to A Muse for some hands-on V-Day activities. Wink.
MORE FUN
Wanna *play? Bring your little lovies and check out the first-ever *play Logan Square pop-up shop at DOSE. They’re bringing all their favorite toys, games and books for fun you don’t really need to be a kid to enjoy. Good thing DOSE is always full of beautiful people. If you’re looking for love, grab a heart sticker when you enter DOSE on Sunday and get into the game. If you see someone you like, tweet them with their number and the #dosehearts hashtag and let love win. If you want to know if your new crush could be your lasting love, head over for a free, 5- to 10-minute reading from Astro-Matchmaker, Liz McCarthy. She’ll let you know if your love is meant to last or if your signs are destined for different paths.
Who’s got your number?
Is love in your stars?
Follow February’s #dosehearts conversation via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram.
Posted by dose on February 9, 2013 · 1 Comment
Who’s got your number?
There’s three easy steps to follow to set yourself up for love at Sunday’s DOSE:
1. Grab a heart sticker when you enter DOSE. Affix it to yourself.
2. Get into the game. See someone you like? Tweet their number along with the #dosehearts hashtag.
3. Follow the #dosehearts conversation on Twitter and see what happens!
PS: Already got your eye on someone? Invite them to DOSE, anonymously, with our happy little helper, the CupiDose!
Posted by dose on February 9, 2013 · Leave a Comment