Housemade potato chips ($1.25 for small bag) at City Provisions crunch nicely and are easy to share. Read more.
Get the Gooey Monkey sandwich, a deluxe PB&J made with blackberry preserves, peanut butter and banana that’s grilled on cinnamon-and-sugar sprinkled challah ($5). Read more.
Old-fashioned brews from World Market including Dad’s Root Beer, Ginger-Lime, Bubble Up and Frostie Orange ($10 for a nine-bottle sampler)—fizz some colorful nostalgia into the spread. Read more.
Or skip the bubbles and try real-fruit Ka-Ching! juices in raspberry-lime, apple-cherry or strawberry-watermelon ($2.50 each) from the French Market’s Produce Express. Read more.
Sneak in some veggies with an apple-and-green-bean salad ($3) from Real Kitchen, tart and sweet enough to make kids forget that they’re actually eating their greens. Read more.
If you could eat summer by the slice, it would taste just like the ruby-red strawberry rhubarb pie ($23) from Hoosier Mama. Read more.