Joong Boo Market (formerly Chicago Food Corp)

Hi,

Like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, there is a new Joong Boo Market location at Pulaski just south of Peterson, was once the Hi-Mart store. Where the Restaurant Depot now stands was once the Chicago Food Corp, which burned down some years ago. Joong Boo Market is immediately behind and next to Restaurant Depot, though you can access from a driveway just south of Restaurant Depot.

The evening Chicago Food Corp burned down in 2004, I was supposed to meet mushroom friends for dinner. In the 16 years since it burned, Chicago Food Corp has become Joong Boo Market. They now have the suburban location in Glenview, too.

If you happen to stop by the new-after-so-many-years location, they will give you a present of a chop sticks set and box disposable gloves. Since it has not yet been discovered, it is easy shopping. Lobster today was $7.77 per pound. It does not presently have any eat-in facility, though I hope that may change.

JOONG BOO MARKET (flag ship)
CHICAGO
3333 N. Kimball Ave.
Chicago, IL 60618
Tel: (773) 478-5566
Fax: (773) 478-3130
Mon-Sun 8:00AM - 8:00PM
Open year-round, 365 days

JOONG BOO MARKET
WHOLESALE (HI-MART)
5825 N. Tripp Ave. (just south of Peterson just off Pulaski)
Chicago, IL 60646
Tel: (773) 478-2550
Fax: (773) 478-2050
Mon-Sun 9:00AM - 6:00PM
Open year-round, 365 days

JOONG BOO MARKET
GLENVIEW
670 Milwaukee Ave
Glenview, IL 60025
Tel: (847) 789-5010
Fax: (847) 635-8348
Mon-Sun 8:00AM - 8:00PM Open year-round, 365 days

Elsewhere Louisa Chu offered some clarification on the Chicago Food Corp - Hi Mart and Joong Boo Market lineage: Hi-Mart was part of Joonboo/Chicago Food Corp. This location at Pulaski and Peterson is a rebranded Joong Boo market.

http://joongboomarket.com/about/

Cathy, thanks very much for this backgrounder!

I have to say that I was mixing up H Mart with Hi-Mart!
You have put me right.
For purposes of disambiguation:
H Mart is a Korean (mostly, but other Asian too) supermarket in Niles in the shopping center with the Home Depot.
http://www.hmart.com
801 Civic Center Dr, Niles, IL
847-581-1212

It is not Hi-Mart It has no relation to Joong Boo. Did I get it right?

Cathy2 wrote:Elsewhere Louisa Chu offered some clarification

As always the lovely Ms. Chu is spot on.

I've been going to this CFC/Joong Boo (Pulaski) since they opened after the fire and move. I was slightly confused by your post so I checked out the "new" Joong Boo on Pulaski today. They opened up the Huge back room warehouse to the public and filled it with grocery items including fresh fish, meat, dry goods, veg etc. Very cool. As C2 says, no lunch counter ~yet~





Rebranded Joong Boo, count me a Fan!

Cathy2 wrote:If you happen to stop by the new-after-so-many-years location, they will give you a present of a chop sticks set and box disposable gloves.

And not just any old gloves either. They’re Best of the LTH Glove.