Annual Independence Day Outdoor Cookout at the Chatham Food Market!!!

Stop by for the annual Independence Day Outdoor Cookout, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Friday, July 5, 2012, free hoagies and hotdogs free music by Best of Jamaica in Chicago 2011 Winners carl brown...with great grocery shopping at Chatham Food Market, 327 East 79Th Street in the heart of the Chatham retail strip!

Chatham Food Market Mourns Larry Williams (1948-2013)

Larry Donnell Williams was born April 15, 1948 in Clarksdale, Mississippi to the parents of L.C,. (father) and Dorthy Williams (mother).  Larry went on to graduate from Immaculate Conception High School Larry left behind five sisters ( Canary, Shirley, Mildred, Dorothy and Erma) and four brothers (Calvin, Mark, Clarence and Sammie).   Larry was known for his love of taking care of his beloved wife "Hazel Williams" who is now deceased (November 27, 2012).  Larry was a free spirit hardworking person who enjoyed spending time with his children Larry Jr., Patricia, Marquita, Lakeisha, and Timothy; grands, friends and loved ones.   Larry was a people person.   Larry was a person that lift your spirit.  Larry made a was of doing, with Larry there was hope.  Larry Williams was know for those who loved him as "Lil" Larry.  Larry was the produce man at Chatham Food Market.

Chatham Food Market will be closed on December 17, 2012 from 12pm - 2pm for Judge Mathis!!!

Chatham Food Market will be closed on December 17, 2012 from 12pm - 2pm:
Judge Mathis and v103 radio will be on location to sponsor a
" food giveaway shopping spree"...the first 103 customers will receive $103 for the holiday grocery shopping at your Chatham Food Market!

CHICAGO CITIZEN NEWSPAPER/FEATHERFIST/CHATHAM FOODS ANNUAL COAT DRIVE

The Chicago Citizen Newspaper, Featherfist and Chatham Foods again this year will hold their annual coat drive for the homeless and needy.  Feel free to donate coats at Chatham Foods located at 327 E. 79th St. in Chicago.  Alan Kliet of Chatham Foods and Stacey Anewishki, Project Director for Featherfist, collected over 300 coats during last year's coat drive.

Happy Thankgiving from the Chatham Food Market!!!

Make sure you stock up on fresh produce for the fall season and the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday weekend with great grocery shopping at Chatham Food Market, 327 East 79Th Street. Fight obesity and reach your target weight with a good serving of fresh produce. Have a great feast with great selections from the delicatessen for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday weekend with great grocery shopping at Chatham Food Market, 327 East 79Th Street in the heart of the Chatham retail strip...open today, Wednesday until 2:00 A.M. and Thanksgiving Day until 7 P.M.! http://www.chathamfoods.com/

ICE Chatham 14 Theater abruptly shuts its door

 

It was not a Hollywood ending for the ICE Chatham 14 Theater.

Friday night, hundreds of movie fans who went to the South Side movie complex were surprised and disappointed to find the theaters closed and locked with an eviction notice from the Cook County Sheriff slapped on the front door.

The theater, in the Chatham Ridge Mall at 210 W. 87th street, is owned by Inner City Entertainment, a local company run by husband and wife team Donzell and Alisa Starks. The couple did not return calls for comment.

Opened in 1997 with help from Tax Increment Financing money, it was the only movie theater left on Chicago’s South Side. Another theater run by the couple near 62nd and Western closed in 2007. Inner City Entertainment also owns another theater on the West Side, ICE Theaters Lawndale 10, at 3330 W. Roosevelt Rd.

The Starks closed the West Side theater in 2007 but reopened it in 2011. It was still open for business Friday night, according to a manager there. The manager said he was aware that the Chatham theater was closed. “I heard about it but I don’t know just what happened,” he said.

Thomas Price, who had planned to see “Paranormal Activity 4,” lamented the closing of his neighborhood theater. “It looks like it will be awhile before we can come back and watch movies in our community,” he said looking at the eviction notice.

“You’re forcing people to travel out of the neighborhood,” said Price, 47, who works at Stroger Hospital. He said the theater, “It keeps a lot of the kids from doing things that they shouldn’t be doing. A three-hour movie, who knows how many lives it saves.”

Daphne Bennett came with her husband and her very dissappointed 4-year-old granddaughter. who said, “Where are we going now?

According to Bennett, the theater’s closing is “Consistent with everything else, there’s not too many things in our community anymore. We’re used having to go out of our community for the things we need.”

Inner City Entertainment at one point also owned the Biograph, Bricktown Square, Burnham Plaza, Hyde Park, Broadway and Water Tower theaters.

However the company frequently had trouble with the city for non-payment of amusement taxes and was in and out of court with assorted movie distributors.

Annual Labor Day Outdoor Cookout at the Chatham Food Market!!!

Stop by for the annual Labor Day Outdoor Cookout, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturday, September 1, 2012, with great grocery shopping at Chatham Food Market, 327 East 79Th Street in the heart of the Chatham retail strip!  So, come join us, Saturday!