Is is possible to get a good pomegranate in Chicago?

if so where?

I have had the rather insipid offerings from Oakton market, even shelled out some bucks for the POM drinks which besides being horrifically overpriced (remember by way of comparison, I've bought an equivalent amount of much better stuff on the street in Delhi for $.25) have almost no flavor.

So if folks have had a good one, full of that brightness that distinguishes pomegrabtes recently, Let me know

zim,
This isn't of any immediate help, but the answer to your titled query is, "Yes!" Sometime this past Summer (maybe three, four months ago) we got some incredibly sweet pomegranates, sparkly fresh and very juicy (although the pips were somewhat large). We must have picked them up either at Pete's Fresh Market (S. 47th & Kedzie) or Fresh Farms on Devon.

As for juice I've never picked up any. I've been meaning to pick up one of those POM things, but thanks to you, no thanks.

Last week, they had pomegranate juice at the Costco in Lincoln Park. I don't remember the exact size, but about 1/2 gallon sized, for $5-6. A much better deal than the POM juice which runs $3-4 for a small container. It was in the non-refrigerated section, near the cranberry juice.

POM Wonderful isn't a great way to blow your hard earned cash...it is pasteurized, so all the vitamin C is lost. They don't add it back in. The POM folks (the Resnicks of Roll International, the "masterminds" behind the Franklin Mint, remember that?) are planning to market their very special pomegranates, no doubt at a huge premium.

Not a fan.

My experience is that it's a little early to get great pomegranites. I've found that they usually don't start to show up until the middle to end of October.

I was just reading recently (I can't remember where), that the U.S. pomegranate harvest season peaks in Oct.-Nov.

Best,
Michael

The whole foods on North ave near the clybourn corridor had some last week. i picked up a couple. They were pretty decent.

Check in Jewish neighborhoods starting now. Pomegranates are a symbolic fruit often served at Rosh Hashana.