All Too Well - Armitage

A New Lincoln Park Deli and Market Celebrates Lebanese-American Owner’s Family History | Eater Chicago

"Opening January 29, I learned All Too Well is a market and deli run by Mitchell Abou Jamra that sells prepared food, Lebanese breads and pastries, and breakfast and deli sandwiches; its deli counter—open early morning to mid-afternoon (breakfast and lunch 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; store open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.)—features sandwiches that pay tribute to his family's butcher-and-deli history, including Gido the Butcher (Lebanese meatballs, shakshuka marinara, mozzarella, pickled onions, and shredded lettuce on a French hoagie), Cin’s Eden (chicken salad on tomato focaccia), the Niff Jen (turkey, gouda, pomegranate mustard seeds, and fig jam on a ciabatta roll), and Cousins (tomatoes, feta, beet pesto, and baba ganoush on tomato focaccia). In the mornings the counter serves zaatar flatbread, labneh, and vegetables—the same breakfast Abou Jamra ate growing up—and the shop stocks chips, crackers, dips and spreads, pasta, and gummy bears, with plans to add ready-made sandwiches and comfort foods like lemon chicken and couscous. The market shares a kitchen with Evette’s (which spared him training new staff during the COVID surge), Abou Jamra says the main draw will be the sandwiches, and although he had envisioned a wine shop, plans to sell alcohol are delayed by a zoning ordinance that currently prohibits liquor licenses on that half-block of Armitage." - Aimee Levitt