Where to find the BEST tasting eggs in Chicagoland?

All -

Was just reading eatwild.com to find some local places that sell pastured products and it is looking like I can pickup from Moograss farms in Wheaton (or drive out there) but is there anywhere in the city that you all have bought pastured eggs or chicken?

Are the farner's markets the best bet for this? What about during winter, any stores that reliably stock pastured (preferably local) products?

Best,

I am partial to the eggs from Liberty Family Farm, available at Green City Market on Wednesdays and Saturdays. I think they are about the best available in Chicago.

Edited to change "Fridays" to "Saturdays"

I've gotten some pretty damn good eggs via FreshPicks.com - I believe they have come from various local farms.

New Leaf near Loyola in Rogers Park has great chickens and eggs from a local organic farm.

The website: http://www.newleafnatural.net/

I do not know about the quality of eggs from Moograss farms because I have only tried the milk and cream.
If you are willing to eat raw (unpasteurized) dairy it is worth the travel. Kevin (co-op owner) said the cream is about 87% butterfat. I had to cut it in half with milk to make traditional whipped cream. Otherwise, it turns directly to butter. It produces no buttermilk when whipped. This stuff is pure.
I bought some raw milk for mixing with it because I did not want to contaminate it with the white puss that is sold in the average dairy case.
I found a nice piece of information on the web as I searched for ways to make creme fraiche. (When I have a quart of cream that is thick as axle grease I have to search for uses.) The traditional French method calls for leaving raw cream at room temp[/http://www.deliaonline.com/delia-at-life/travels-with-delia-creme-fraiche-the-cream-of-france,154,AR.html]. Holy smokes that's what I'm using. I cut the cream 50/50 with whole milk and made creme fraiche the real way just in time for strawberry season.
It is also fun to float a dollop of pure cream on a cup of French press brewed Aged Sumatra. I like to let the round cool naturally sweet cream swirl in my mouth with the hot bitter but smooth coffee.
This summer I will make ice cream. At 12.50/quart it is the same price I paid for a pint of double cream from a vendor at Green City Market. Unforunately I can't afford to buy enough to take a bath in it.

What did you finally decide on for eggs? Are you happy with a source in the city?

Patrick

Fedora wrote:At 12.50/quart it is the same price I paid for a pint of double cream from a vendor at Green City Market.

Unless you left a very generous tip, this is inaccurate. The only milk-selling vendor at Green City Market is Blue Marble Dairy, and their price for a pint of cream is $8, plus a fully refunded $3 bottle deposit.

Matt wrote:I am partial to the eggs from Liberty Family Farm, available at Green City Market on Wednesdays and Saturdays. I think they are about the best available in Chicago.

At the risk of having a colloquy with myself, I am going to have to backtrack a bit. I think Liberty Family Farm's eggs are very good, but Mint Creek Farm's (also available at Green City) are probably slightly better. Can't really go wrong with either one, however, and Liberty is a good back-up if you get to market later and Mint Creek is out of chicken eggs (which is not uncommon).

Cedar Valley sustainable eggs are also very, very good. The yolks are a vastly different color than store bought or even GCM purchased eggs.

Their meat CSA is very good as well.