Fig Jam/Preserves

Anybody know a good place to find fig jam or fig preserves? I looked at Whole Foods and Caputo's a few months back, and couldn't find it in either of those places.

LTE wrote:Anybody know a good place to find fig jam or fig preserves? I looked at Whole Foods and Caputo's a few months back, and couldn't find it in either of those places.

Treasure Island, specifically the Clybourn location has a really nice selection of domestic and imported jams, including a few nice varieties of fig jams. I've tried a couple of the French green fig jams and a California calimyrna fig jam as well.

Treasure Island
2121 N Clybourn Ave
(773) 880-8880

Best,
Michael

Members of the seebee family (not seebee himself) have an addiction to the fig preserves from the Cracker Barrel restaurant chain in their store section. These members of the seebee family claim to have grown up with fig preserves and claim the cracker barrel version is very good. Not sure if you're looking for "fancy-schmancy" or "down - home." CB fig preserves might be an option to try for "down-home."

Try the Middle-Eastern places on Kedzie. I got some really good (green) fig preserves there a year ago. Possibly Cleopatra, probably Al Khaymeh.


Al Khaymeh
4742 N. Kedzie Ave.
(773) 583-0999

Cleopatra Meat & Market
4605 N. Kedzie,
Chicago, IL 60625
(773) 539-0080

Fox & Obel's jam/jelly/preserves selection is pretty darn stellar.

It ain't cheap either either. BUT...i picked up several jars of yummy things to mix into greek yogurt -- and I almost picked up a fig jam option but instead went for Sour Cherry, which is really really tasty on popovers.

Fox & Obel Food Market
401 E. Illinois Street
Chicago, IL 60611
312.410.7301

I'll add my usual recommendation for Lincolnwood Produce for all manners of foreign condiments, fig jam included.

Lincolnwood Produce
7175 N Lincoln Ave
Lincolnwood, IL
847-329-0600

I saw fig jam in the fancy-pants food section in Dominick's yesterday.

Any specialty cheese shop should carry it. I know I've seen it at the Cheese Stands Alone and Bouffe.

Cheese Stands Alone
4547 N Western Ave
Chicago, IL 60625
(773) 293-3870

Bouffe
2312 W Leland Ave
Chicago, IL 60625
(773) 784-2314

I found fig jam at Caputo's in Naperville around New Year's Eve. It was in the middle eastern section, I'm thinking.

Everyone offered pretty good suggestions so I don't have much to add, but I had to make some comment since fig is in my name. I have seen fig preserves/jam at Fox & Obel, Whole Foods, Treasure Island and, even, the hispanic grocery store in Pilsen.

We've also made some of our own from both dried and fresh figs (during that albeit short season).

Good Luck,

Molly, FIG Catering
www.figcatering.com