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A & G Fresh Market

There are great groceries for every ethnicity in town, but the closest thing to a European Union grocery in which every major immigrant group gets full representation is A & G Fresh Market, on Belmont just west of Central. The owners are Italian, but they have fresh breads from more Polish and Bosnian bakeries than you ever imagined there could be, cured meats in the styles of Italy and all parts of eastern Europe, produce that’s three-quarters as nice-looking as Whole Foods’ for a quarter of the price, and novelties like Polish candy. (It’s also got tripe and other mainstays of a Mexican meat department.) The selection isn’t completely comprehensive—I always end a pre-Thanksgiving run by marveling at how none of their other customers seems to need fresh sage or thyme at that time of year—but it comes closer than any other ethnic grocery I know of, and the savings more than justify the trek out to Portage Park.  5630 W. Belmont, 773-777-4480. —Mike Gebert

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