Pastoral Artisan Cheese, Bread & Wine

The sandwiches here are hands down the best in the loop! Today, I tried the summer special, a caprese sandwich with Calabrese salami (at the suggestion of the super friendly and helpful cashier, Emma) and it was AMAZING!!!! Everything about the sandwich was incredible! It truly was perfect for a hot summer day in Chicago and I'm definitely going to be back more often.

Spotted this place on my way out this morning and decided to grab some dinner from them. The sandwich was absolutely delicious, and prepared very quickly. The staff were friendly and helpful too. They have a great selection of wine, including small bottles,and a selection of beers and a few bottles of spirits. I'm sure I'll go back at one point on this trip, just to try out one of their cheese boards! Edit: I went back for a Cheese plate.... It was delicious!

Higher end sandwich shop, also sells lots of products to go, from meats cheese and breads to wine and beer, not a whole lot of space to sit, most people get stuff to go, I had the yelp check in sandwich, and it was very good, it can get crowded and orders might take a while so just be prepared for that, easy to get to, right off the L lake stops, plus it has an olive bar

Cute little store, unique for its location. I did the build-your-own sandwich. Shame on me. $17 later I ended up with a super tasty deli sandwich. But seventeen dollars?? The base (bread, mayo, mustard, lettuce, tomato onion) is $5. I chose jamon Serrano and a salami, each at $4. Gooey d'affinois cheese: $3. Tapenade: $1. I suppose they can get away with this downtown, but it felt so wrong. The receipt showed that I was charged for 0.27 pounds of meat, and it's pretty unlikely that it contained that much (see pic). Delicious sandwich, but egregious prices.

These people really know their cheese. But this is cheese to taste, not to fill up on. It is quite pricey but a genuine taste experience. They have good deals on day old bread, and their seeded bread is wonderful. There is not much difference in flavor after just a day, and it can be stored in the freezer after slicing, and defrosted in the toaster. A day old loaf is only $4.50 as opposed to $7 regular.