Garrett's Popcorn Shop
Dec 30, 2005, 8:37 am
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Originally Posted by Sweet Willie
marvnmar27 mentions this as well.
To clarify, it is cheesecorn and caramel corn cooked separately but put together in the same bag or is the cheese and caramel mixed with fresh popcorn in the same batch to produce the end product?
To clarify, it is cheesecorn and caramel corn cooked separately but put together in the same bag or is the cheese and caramel mixed with fresh popcorn in the same batch to produce the end product?
You do that by having Diet Coke! 
Jan 7, 2006, 12:59 pm
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Originally Posted by cawhite
Exactly. I pretty much only hit that location if I'm happening by and there are only 3-4 people in line, and I'm in the mood for warm caramel corn (read: not that often )
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Jan 7, 2006, 3:53 pm
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I'm also a late arrival to this conversation, but...Garrett's definitely isn't just a place frequented by tourists. I never really knew about it until I worked at State & Huron, which was just a few blocks from their Michigan Ave. store. My department fell in love with it, and we'd regularly place bets where the loser had to buy the entire department a big bag of caramel popcorn. (I've never been a fan of the caramel/cheese mix.)
I can remember one time when I realized that the bag disappeared prematurely (though I didn't realize it until a week or two later), so I said to one of my co-workers, "Who polished off the Garrett's?" and he replied, "No one. I filed it under C in the [xxx] cabinets because I couldn't stop eating it." I opened up the filing cabinet, and, sure enough, there it was in the Cs. That was when I discovered that stale Garrett's caramel corn is also terrific (in a very different way). Mmmm...
I can remember one time when I realized that the bag disappeared prematurely (though I didn't realize it until a week or two later), so I said to one of my co-workers, "Who polished off the Garrett's?" and he replied, "No one. I filed it under C in the [xxx] cabinets because I couldn't stop eating it." I opened up the filing cabinet, and, sure enough, there it was in the Cs. That was when I discovered that stale Garrett's caramel corn is also terrific (in a very different way). Mmmm...
Jan 8, 2006, 6:58 pm
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btw - here in atlanta - a PAULS POPCORN has opened saying they have chicago style popcorn
its quite tasty
im going to chicago for the first time and will have to try Garrett's!
its quite tasty
im going to chicago for the first time and will have to try Garrett's!
Jan 8, 2006, 8:29 pm
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Originally Posted by allen074
btw - here in atlanta - a PAULS POPCORN has opened saying they have chicago style popcorn
its quite tasty
im going to chicago for the first time and will have to try Garrett's!
its quite tasty
im going to chicago for the first time and will have to try Garrett's!
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Jan 8, 2006, 9:19 pm
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Originally Posted by GeoGirl
Here in Indianapolis, we have a place called Just Pop In and they make a "Chicago Mix" that is outstanding. It has a slightly healthier taste than Garrett's but it's really, really good. Once my braces come off, it's the first thing I'll snack on!
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Jan 9, 2006, 6:24 pm
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Originally Posted by ILuvParis
Normally, a "healthy" taste and "really, really good" don't go together.
BTW, ILuvParis, we loved our experience with you so much, we joined AC ourselves!
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Garrett Popcorn Shop on Mag Mile to close
Garrett Popcorn Shop's flagship on Michigan Avenue is closing to make way for condos.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/busine...0,732818.story
http://www.chicagotribune.com/busine...0,732818.story
May 23, 2008, 6:11 am
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Garrett Popcorn, which has four other shops in downtown Chicago, is looking for another location on North Michigan Avenue, said Schroeder, who hopes to have a new store open before the holiday season. He said he is trying to get a spot on street level.
