Enjoy a 3-pack of Co-op Sauce's limited edition hot sauces, all crafted right in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood with locally sourced ingredients. This sampler offers a broad range of heat and flavor—perfect for every culinary occasion.

Before there was Co-op Sauce, there was Co-op Image, a free arts and entrepreneurship organization that Mr. Mike Bancroft (a.k.a. the Sauce Boss) started with Chicago youth. Mike and the kids needed to raise funds to sustain the programs, so in 2003,  they got together to brew, bottle and sell hot sauce to restaurants and at farmers markets.

Well, the business turned out to be hot, hot, hot ... Co-op Sauce went from being a fundraiser to a legitimate business that was growing fast and furious. The operation no longer bottles hot sauce in a small art center, but now has its very own café and retail location in Chicago’s Rodger’s Park neighborhood. The only thing that hasn’t changed much is the way the sauce is made: it’s crafted in small batches with hand picked ingredients sourced straight from farmers in the Midwest.

All of the recipes are hatched from Mr. Mike’s very own imagination, utilizing techniques including fermentation and barrel aging. Obsessed with spice and flavor, Mike the Sauce Boss takes inspiration from the farm-fresh ingredients to create flavors that enhance food, rather than overwhelm it with spice."

Sauce and Bread Kitchen
6338 N. Clark Street
Chicago IL 60660
(773) 942-6384

www.coopsauce.com