7 River Mart

This is a fantastic neighborhood store with reasonable prices and an extensive selection of food, beverages, and other small items you may need around the house. When guests came over for dinner unexpectedly, I ran to 7 River for ingredients to make an Italian dinner. My guests were shocked when I came back with artisan bread, pasta, sauce, ground meat, name brand wine, and brownie mix. They do a great job at taking care of the neighborhood! Thank you!

I’m a big fan of this neighborhood mart. Just what you would hope for. They always seem to have what I need. Craft beer. Wine. Snacks. Ice cream. Great drink selection. Even some fresh produce.
The owners are very sweet. Always greet me with a smile. Their hours are great. I’ve called in advance a few times just to make sure they had what I needed.
No liquor btw.

Awesome spot! Tons of wine and beer. Bought some groceries too — perfect for the last minute items you need, but can’t get all the way to the grocery store. The guy who runs it is super nice, too.

I had the absolute weirdest experience here. I needed to pick up a few simple things this afternoon and decided to pop over to 7 River Mart, and I was excited! 5 stars literally can’t be beat. So, I get in and and am perusing the small space, just looking around — as one does. The owner says, «What are you looking for?» I answer, «Nothing, just looking, thanks,» and he gives me an annoyed smirk and asks again, «But what for» (notice the graveness in the lack of question mark) — I wonder, am I not allowed to look around here? Does my Noah and the Whale band t-​shirt make me look like a hooligan? He then goes on this rant about how wrong it is that I’m taking pictures (I happened to be texting my dad as I was looking around) of the beer prices to send to other stores. Huh?! No! Not at all, I say! He was super angry with me and just went on making accusations without any base despite my cries of innocence. He claimed that since he had never seen me before and since I didn’t ask him where the beer/​wine was, I was clearly a spy sent by another store. It went on for a while.
He was clearly upset and stressed out by this, but, I mean, that’s what having a store is, right? Competing with similar stores? Maybe I just don’t understand. I’m sure it would be a frustrating situation no matter what, but accusing customers and literally laughing when I try to explain that I am utterly blameless in this situation and am totally not in cahoots with a rival store is just not cool, man!
Regardless of my odd interaction, the store did seem like it had a range of products despite its small size — which is why I’m giving it a star up. It might be a reliable place to pick up a solid beer or even some flour, or whatever it was you forgot to get at the grocery store. Just, for the love of all that is holy, do not take out your phone.

It’s a great place that gets better everyday — wine, specialty beer, snacks, vegetables, medicine, household goods and wonderful owners.

Great to have a place like this in the neighborhood with a solid selection of essentials and wonderful owner. Prices are especially reasonable for a corner store that sells items catering to the eclectic tastes of the locals nearby.

They are getting artisan breads, gourmet snacks and the largest beer selection north of E Capitol Street on the Hill! Don’t see something you want them to carry? Just ask them and they just may start! It keeps getting better!

Love this place! For a corner store there is an amazing variety of inventory including «nice» bread, wine, beer, baby meds, and fresh produce. The prices are reasonable and the store’s owner, Ko, is amazing. He always greets me by name, and even stayed open late for me one night when I needed to run over there for ‘emergency’ wine.

Best little store ever! Wonderful assortment of quality products at reasonable prices. Even lots of vegetarian items and a solid beer and wine selection. Extremely friendly owner who is more then happy to help and to consider supply suggestions. Would much rather give my business to them then the nearby 7 – 11.

Mr. Ko has inexplicably managed to stock every single item I have ever gone into his store to purchase. The 7-​River Mart looks tiny, but Ko is able to pack an inordinate amount of quality products into the space. Prices are totally reasonable and in line with those at nearby supermarkets. And Mr. Ko is extremely friendly, to boot. I’m so glad he opened this store in the neighborhood!

I like 7 River Mart better than I like most humans. The owner is the nicest guy and if they don’t have something, I can ask him it for it and it will be there the next week.
For such a small space, it’s got an impressively diverse, high quality selection (beer, wine, cereal, pasta, peanut butter, multiple (!) pancake mixes, bread, ice cream, random frozen foods like Amy’s burritos, even some meat and produce) and our household does a shocking amount of our grocery shopping there.
We’re all on a first name basis with Ko (sp?) and he has my roomie’s cell phone number to call her the next time his wife makes kimchi so we can have the real deal.
You should check it out yesterday.

I pretty much buy only beer here. Solid selection and very reasonable prices, particularly for a corner store. They carry some local options (all three year round DC Braus) and even get some somewhat rare stuff (Nugget Nectar for $ 12 a six pack). Six packs only, no bombers.
Food selection seems decent. Not fancy like P&C a couple blocks away, but better prices.
Owner is really friendly.

I recently moved right by this market and had made a mental note of «oh, I could probably go there to get beer,» but hadn’t actually stopped in until today. Since we are snowed in, I got it in my head that I wanted to bake some King Cakes, and also wanted to make some easy cornbread to go with chili tonight – and maybe veggies for omelettes tomorrow.
This place is amazing! My list was VERY random – bread flour, yeast, powdered sugar, sour cream, lemon, red bell pepper, onion, jalapeño, cornbread mix and beer (duh, it’s snowing). They had all of it. I’m seriously floored that a corner store has all that. And all of that (including the Flying Dog beer) was only $ 28, which I think is quite comparable to what it would have been at Giant or Safeway. The owners were friendly, and he even threw in the jalapeño for free since it looked like it was on its way out.
Great addition to the neighborhood with a really good selection. They also sell fresh bread and have a nice little wine and beer selection. If you’re in the neighborhood, go check them out.

Our friendly local shopkeep Ko has done an amazing job upgrading the former Young’s Market here in North Lincoln Park. I’m constantly amazed by the useful groceries and sundries you can pick up right here in the neighborhood. (*Nine* types of gravy? For real?) That’s on top of an excellent selection of beer, wine, cheese and «convenience» items. And when you are just not feeling a trip to the supermarket, you can definitely put together a nice three-​course meal from the offerings here. The wide arrange of SKUs are presented in clean and attractive displays — a step above the typical corner store. 7 River Mart is a major addition to the neighborhood and I encourage all the locals (and those just passing through) to patronize the store and say hello to Ko!

Loved the Lees but this is such an incredible upgrade. It is clean and the prices are not to huge! The beer selection is impressive as is the wine and not that much over grocery store prices. I will gladly pay $ 1 — $ 2 more to not drive. They now have a fresh bread vendor… yummy! I am so glad they are in the hood!

So I have been going to this place for about 2 months now and I cannot say enough good things about Ko and his store. For a small store they have so much. Frozen food, fresh fruits and veggies a good wine and beer selection as well as a bunch of gourmet foods. The prices are very reasonable for a corner store and the owners are as nice and friendly as they get. I am so happy to have a new store that I can walk to and get groceries as needed.