Gordon Food Service Store

Drove by this place a hundred times, always wondered about it. It's fully open to the public and an awesome place to shop if you want really high quality at a wholesale price. I bought raw, breaded, IQF Perch fillets, thick onion rings, they had several sizes and quality, sweet potato fries, calamari, and a $10 gallon of canola oil.
I also bought a couple bags of lemonade and hot chocolate powder, they are 2 gal size foil bags, but the price is great ànd the quality is better than the national brand.
When I say better quality I basically mean shorter ingredient list and superior taste.
The raw pre breaded frozen foods were all deep fried in a half gallon or $5 of canola oil that I can pour off and reuse several times because these High Quality Frozen Foods leave almost no loose breading.
Never seen anything like it folks.
I fried 2+ pounds of frozen breaded foods and had maybe 1 Tbs of loose breading in the bottom of the cast iron and it was all large pieces I could scoop out with a spoon and also probably my own fault for stirring too much or early, etc.
If you fry food get a thermometer, I fry in a huge cast iron pan with a old school thermometer, maybe cost me $10, 15 yrs ago.
I cooked everything at 350°f when I dropped it but because I have only 1/2 gal of oil the cooking time on the package has to be extended by maybe 20-50% depending on how much your oil drops in temperature when you add frozen foods.
These are for restaurant fryer that holds maybe 5 gallons of oil and automatically controls temperature. None of the fried foods come salted, You must salt them heavily as soon as possible after being fried, or serve unsalted fried foods.
This is the difference, most non-national chain restaurants get some or all of their menu from this company.
Being able to control doneness and salt/ seasoning while getting wholesale restaurant quality and pricing?
They have about 6 different types and prices of frozen onion rings.
Makes you realize that when you get soggy limp onion rings they just don't care, because the cost difference is like .20 cents per serving.
Walk through this place, but be wary of large containers that " requires refrigeration after opening " unless you have a " walk in " or are prepared to have multiple fridges and/or freezers.

Great staff very clean store they always have things you need

Found a lot of good deals and walked out happy.

Being from Texas I rather enjoyed this quaint store. They actually had some thing I have been looking for in my state and have not been able to find on the shells. A case of V-8 sparkling energy drink! There they were right there for the picking so I grabbed a couple of them and brought them back to Texas. The selection in the store was wonderful and plentiful. In the price was not shocking. I will have to make this a regular stop whenever I come back to Illinois.

Great store. If you have a party or event it's worth a visit. I buy large bottles of spices and seasonings for excellent prices. Ten pound bags of pasta for Italian grandmothers. They usually have whole briskets and pork shoulders for the barbecue chefs. Frozen seafood, hot dogs, ice cream and vegetables. Paper goods and cookware as well. Restaurant Depot is NOT open to the public, Gordon Food Service is.

I've been coming to the store for a lot of years and while the staff changes,their commitment to doing a great job does not. I was in late at night and greeted as soon as I entered, very pleasant and appropriate young man. Did my shopping and on the way to checkout, here he was,...floors are being scrubbed with a commercial machine which he is also running. Sanitizing wipes and protocols all properly available.

Love shopping here! Best prices for what you need and great browsing for things I want!

Excellent service. They found just what I wanted in frozen chicken noodle soup. It was a big hit. Chef. DeFrancisco. Soup. The MGMT team got it for me in 48 hours. THANKYOU GFS

Everybody is extremely friendly and helpful (I didn't realize they let me and my wife stay a bit after close to grab a few things and they were extremely polite about it I lost track of the time)

Great selection, super helpful & friendly staff. If you are looking for bulk items (nacho bar, ice cream bar, salad bar, etc.), they have everything you need for a successful event!

Good for cooking supplies & easy to shop not waiting in long lines like Sam's club and Costco.

GFS staff is friendly and helpful. They have online orderly and you can have your groceries brought to your car. We've been shopping her for twenty years, and they have been great during the pandemic

stock up and find restaurant style goodies.

We've been doing curbside service here since the pandemic srarted and it is outstanding. The meat and produce is noticibly better than Mariano's and the selection is pretty good.
The biggest differentiator is the customer service. If an item is out of stock or damaged the amount of care they put into communicating and making it right is honestly amazing.

Could not reccomend more highly.

Lovin' Gordon Food Service Store. Prices are reasonable and especially true for bulk items. Fresh meats and dry goods plus an assortment of baked or prepared foods. GFS is a regular stop when stocking up for my family.

Update Nov 20, 2022: GFS is still 5 stars.

Great place for bulk foods. Just order the original super donuts. The ones we use to get at school back in the days. Yummy

Perfect place to shop for your gatherings!

Great products and great prices. They do have different things than other bulk stores .

What a wonderful discovery for large parties and some small ones too! The food was awesome and convenient. Gordon Foods made our Taco party an easy fun success.

We like GFS, we can often find something that couldn’t find in other stores