Blog: Thanksgiving in Lakeshore East

The kitchens in the Lakeshore East apartments at Cascade, create the perfect workspace for everyone from the novice to the experienced Thanksgiving chef. The European Dara cabinetry presented by Snaidero Chicago, owes its elegance to the marriage of design and function. Featuring under-cabinet lighting, Bosch appliances including gas cooking, our kitchens are a premier prep space preparing for your special guests.

Grab all your holiday essentials at Mariano’s, the local market included in Chicago Magazine’s Insider’s Guide to Lakeshore East that they describe enthusiastically as a “55,000-square-footer” that “is not your typical corner market but a veritable food fun house.” With a robust produce department, fill your cart with organic sweet potatoes, fresh cranberries, brussels sprouts, and pecans. You can also pick up a flowering plant for the table.

Nearby Publican Quality Meats is a great place to reserve a bird sourced from Slagel Family Farm or Ferndale Farm. Their turkeys come with extensive cooking instructions, and you can also add a brining kit to your order to make that Thanksgiving main extra memorable. With convection speed ovens in select units, residents can take advantage of this appliance’s knack for getting a roast perfectly brown, thanks to its airflow, faster cooking time, and lack of humidity. Dim the linear kitchen lights when the meal is ready, light candles for the table, and watch your apartment become a true home as you inaugurate the first of many years of giving thanks.

It’s holidays like these that highlight the benefits of living in these Downtown Chicago luxury apartments, where the stunning water views and thoughtfully designed interiors that inspire reverie and relaxation during regular weeks become a grand backdrop for a guest list of five or 20. You can also expand the party into Cascade’s lavish amenity spaces—head with your guests to the comfortable lounge spaces on the main amenity floor for after-dinner drinks, or for a more low-key holiday soirée, serve drinks by The Living Room’s fireplace where guests can take a crack at the billiards table. Publican arranges sumptuous charcuterie boards for pick up or delivery, which contain everything you need for an hors d’oeuvres spread you simply must unwrap, including Publican bread, house-made salami, pates and rillettes, and artisanal cheeses.

Whether you season a turkey in your ample fridge days in advance or skip the meal for a more casual get-together, Thanksgiving at Cascade will bring you and your guests the warmth and beauty of the season from the best Chicago has to offer.

Contact our leasing team to set yourself up in a Cascade home you’ll be grateful for all year-round.