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Happy Black Friday, Block Clubbers!
On this massive shopping day — and before Small Business Saturday tomorrow — we like to remind folks how they can shop local and how critical it is for our neighborhoods.
So today, you'll find all of our 2025 holiday gift guides for local businesses across Chicago. Below, you can browse by neighborhood and find out how to support businesses owned by marginalized communities.
Also below, you'll find our Give Local 2025 guide. We feature more than 60 neighborhood initiatives where you can give and receive help over the holidays.
Looking to give the gift of news or art? We're running our print subscription deal, where every new, upgraded or gift subscription comes with a free print by artist Steve Shanabruch.
Have enough neighborhood prints but still want to support Block Club? All of our merch is 20 percent off today. Use code blockclub20 in our store to stock up on Block Club merch.
Hopefully, that should help get you started on all your shopping this year. (If it's not, you can check below for our guide to the holiday markets across the city, too.)
Have a great weekend,
Hannah Boufford
Newsletter Editor
P.S. Every year I pick an ornament to represent my year. So, if you have any leads on a local handmade Cubs ornament, please let me know! I can't wait to start combing through the businesses below to see what I can find.
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Block Club reporters are putting the spotlight on small, locally owned businesses, which are offering everything from jewelry to toys, books, self-care items, clothing and more during the holidays. Read more. |
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Auburn Gresham, Chatham and Englewood
Austin, North Lawndale and Garfield Park
Avondale, Logan Square and Humboldt Park
Beverly, Morgan Park and Mt. Greenwood
Bridgeport, Chinatown and McKinley Park
Brighton Park, Back of the Yards and Southwest Side
Bronzeville and South Loop
Downtown and West Loop
Hyde Park, Woodlawn, South Shore and South Chicago
Lakeview, Lincoln Park, Old Town and Roscoe Village
Lincoln Square, North Center, Albany Park and Irving Park
Pilsen and Little Village
Portage Park, Jefferson Park, Norwood Park and Edgebrook
Roseland and Pullman
Uptown, Edgewater, Andersonville and Rogers Park
Wicker Park, Bucktown and West Town
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Support Local Communities |
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Immigrant-owned businesses in Chicago offer everything from stunning bouquets to THC-infused cookies, knickknacks, curated wines and more.
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From queer literature to tickets to a drag cooking class as gifts, check out these LGBTQ+-owned businesses while supporting a marginalized community.
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About Shop Local
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Block Club believes supporting locally owned businesses is critical to our neighborhoods. We feature more than 150 local businesses this year.
See previous guides:
2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020
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