Brian and Taylor Bruns used to bring 500 to 600 hand-rolled sourdough bagels to Green City Market on a Saturday, and Eater Chicago reported that they would be gone within hours. That stand is now Dorothy's Bakery at 2318 N. Clark St. It opened in mid-September 2025, a short walk up Clark from the market grounds at 1817 N. Clark.
Green City Market's Lincoln Park season has two Saturdays left. The outdoor market runs 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on November 14 and November 21, and then the operation moves indoors to Avondale on December 5. The move matters less to this neighborhood than it used to, because the market has spent years producing businesses that now stay put. Webster Avenue and Clark Street hold some of what used to be available only on Saturday mornings in the park, and a few new arrivals this fall make the off-season shorter still.
What the storefront can sell that the stand could not
Green City Market requires its vendors to source ingredients from the surrounding region. That rule shaped what Dorothy's could put on its table. In a permanent shop, the Brunses can bake chocolate cookies, croissants and lemon tarts, and they sell smoked salmon, which Brian Bruns told Eater was never ideal to sell outdoors on a hot day. The menu also covers sourdough breads, crème brûlée-filled croissants, canelés, Danishes, and sandwiches on bread or bagels. Eater reports the top seller is the Frankie, which is bacon, egg, cheese and apple butter.
So the shop sells more than the stand ever could, and it keeps selling through the winter. Dorothy's website lists daily hours of 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. The bakery is still listed in Green City Market's vendor directory, and Eater reported that it planned to keep its stands at both the Lincoln Park and West Loop markets. The breads and pastries are still made at the Logan Square space that used to be the couple's barbecue restaurant, Flat & Point. The whole business started with one request at home, as Brian Bruns told Eater:
"One day, my wife just asked me to make some sourdough bagels because we hadn't had a bagel in a long time."
Floriole set the pattern on Webster Avenue
Dorothy's is the newer of the two. Floriole, Sandra Holl's bakery and café at 1220 W. Webster Ave., also started as a stand at Green City Market, according to the market's own chef partner profile. It is still listed as one of the market's chef partners, and the profile describes French technique built on Midwestern ingredients and close work with local farmers. Floriole's website lists daily hours of 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
That block got a new neighbor this fall. Osteria Gilberto, a 56-seat Italian restaurant, opened October 8 a few doors down at 1224 W. Webster Ave., with pasta made fresh each day and an Italian-focused wine list, per Eater Chicago's openings roundup. Floriole covers the morning and the new osteria covers dinner, which gives that short stretch of Webster both ends of the day on a winter Saturday.
Piccadilly brought the corner store to Fullerton Parkway
The market's other draw was the trip itself, a weekly errand that took in coffee, groceries and a reason to linger. Piccadilly Market at 444 W. Fullerton Pkwy. now offers a year-round version of that. Block Club Chicago reported in September that the 5,200-square-foot space opened in the former Emilio's Tapas location with a market, café, bar, lounge and outdoor courtyard under one roof.
Block Club identifies Aaron Zacharias as the owner and Mark Mendez as the chef leading the food program. Chicago Food Magazine lists coffee, pantry provisions and specialty grocery imports, along with breakfast and lunch sandwiches, focaccia, Roman-style pizza, cheese and charcuterie. Zacharias described the shop to that outlet as an evolution of the neighborhood corner store, a place meant to connect artisans with residents. On a winter Saturday, it covers the coffee, sandwich and pantry stops that used to be part of a market morning.
Two Saturdays left on Clark Street
The November 21 listing is a regular market day, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 1817 N. Clark St. GCM West Loop at 900 W. Monroe St. closes its outdoor season the same morning.
The holiday season starts in the park the night before. ZooLights opens Friday, November 20, and runs through January 3, 2027, from 4:30 to 9 p.m., with more than 3 million lights. Members get a preview night on Thursday, November 19. Ticket prices depend on when you buy:
- Fixed Date, bought ahead: $7 to $12, depending on the date
- Fixed Date, bought the day of your visit: $20
- Flexible Admission: $20, good for any date
- Free Admission Mondays: every Monday except December 21 and 28, with tickets released one week in advance at 11 a.m. CT
Professional ice carvers work on Friday and Saturday nights, strolling carolers come out on Sundays through December 21, and Santa is at the zoo through December 23. On Tuesday, November 24, a sensory-friendly night keeps blinking and moving lights static or greatly slowed, with music softened or silenced. The next day, November 25, the Lincoln Park Conservatory at 2391 N. Stockton Dr. opens its Winter Flower Show, which runs through January 3, 2027. Entry requires timed tickets.
The Saturday without Green City Market
The gap between the two seasons falls on Saturday, November 28. The outdoor market has closed and the indoor market won't open until December 5. That morning, the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum at 2430 N. Cannon Dr. hosts a Sustainable Makers' Market from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Local makers will sell goods made from natural, recycled or upcycled materials. Restless Creatures is on the vendor list with hand-tooled ornaments, wall art and garlands made from recycled and reclaimed materials. Tickets are $10 to $17 and include museum admission. Food and drink vendors are also planned. The museum is closed two days earlier, on Thanksgiving, November 26.
The museum market is a holiday sale of handmade goods. For a Saturday breakfast and a loaf of bread that weekend, the nearest Green City Market alumni are the storefronts on Clark and Webster.
From the last market to the Lincoln Common lighting
From December 5 on, Green City Market's Saturday market is indoors in Avondale on North Rockwell Street. Check the market's site for the exact address and hours before you head west. Lincoln Park's calendar keeps going without it. Here is the full run of dates, from the final outdoor market through the first week of December:
- Thursday, November 19: ZooLights member preview night, 4:30 to 9 p.m.
- Friday, November 20: ZooLights opens to the public.
- Saturday, November 21: Final outdoor Green City Market of 2026 at 1817 N. Clark St., 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Tuesday, November 24: Sensory-friendly night at ZooLights.
- Wednesday, November 25: Winter Flower Show opens at the Lincoln Park Conservatory.
- Saturday, November 28: Sustainable Makers' Market at the Nature Museum, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Saturday, December 5: Green City Market opens indoors in Avondale.
- Sunday, December 6: The Clark Street Cookie Crawl runs from Fullerton to Diversey, 1 to 3:30 p.m., with cookie stops, carolers, hot chocolate and Santa.
- Monday, December 7: Light Up the Night at Lincoln Common, 2335 N. Lincoln Ave., 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., with Santa and other guests. It is also a free Monday at ZooLights, so both lightings fall on the same evening.
The Saturday that matters most is the first one without Green City Market. On November 28, a morning at Floriole or Dorothy's covers the bread and pastry part of the market routine, and the Nature Museum covers the browsing.
At Klopas-Stratton Team, we keep track of which Lincoln Park storefronts started on the market lawn and which corners are adding something new each season. If you'd like our list of where to find your market-stand favorites this winter, contact us.
