S&T Provisions' Golden Ticket Hunt Returns Saturday

CHICAGO — Get ready for the biggest Easter egg hunt of all, when S&T Provisions’ golden ticket hunt returns on Saturday, April 3. The mother of all scavenger hunts will begin at 8 a.m. when all the clues are dropped on S&T Facebook’s page.

A laminated yellow piece of paper will be hidden somewhere within a 3-mile radius of the S&T Provisions shop on 111th Street in Mount Greenwood that's been known to locals for years for its delicious pizza set-ups.

Third-generation owner Brian Giaretta has held a number of neighborhood scavenger hunts aimed at increasing the reach of his business and helping promote other local shops in the neighborhood as well. Each has been off the charts with residents combing the streets of the 19th Ward or near south suburbs. They've all been fun and clever for the mostly loyal customers who've been participating.

Here's where the golden ticket has been found in previous S&T Provisions scavenger hunts, if this helps:

• Underneath the mailbox at 103rd and Kedzie
• Leaned up against a fire hydrant near 105th and Hamlin
• Nailed to a tree on the 3rd base side of the Brother Rice High School varsity baseball field on 99th Street
• On the S&T Provisions building itself

In November 2019, Giaretta was about to call off the search after a week, when a woman found the golden ticket hidden in a ventilation gap at the bottom of a mausoleum at Mount Olivet Cemetery. The ticket-finder won $2,000, that started with the clue: “I'm on a building that's not a house.”

Other prizes have included free pizza setups every week for a year. Giaretta hasn’t announced the grand prize of Saturday’s golden ticket hunt.

So that 19th Ward residents aren’t combing the streets of Mount Greenwood overnight or on Easter, Giaretta said the upcoming ticket scavenge will last one day — Saturday.

“I’ll give more detailed clues as the day goes on …. If it’s not found later in the day, more will come,” he said.

At the end of the day, Giaretta will either announce the winner or show everyone where the ticket is hidden.

To be eligible, participants need to share the S&T clue posts Giaretta noted are necessary and comment on the others he noted would be required to remain eligible.