Chicago Baskets · California → Illinois
Send Gift Baskets to Illinois from California
Distance is the part people worry about and the part that does not matter. You order from California; the basket goes to the Illinois address you give, and being several states away changes nothing about the delivery or the price.
Ordering in CA, delivering in IL
Checkout collects two addresses and they are allowed to disagree: the delivery address is in Illinois, the billing address is yours in California. Only the first one affects the delivery.
What you fill in
- Where the card is registered Your CA address. It never appears on the delivery and is not shown to the recipient.
- Contact number Used only if something about the order needs settling quickly.
- Email address The whole paper trail — confirmation, updates, receipt — goes there rather than to the delivery address.
What the recipient's side needs
- Their side An Illinois address with a ZIP code — that is what the delivery follows.
- Timing The estimated delivery date appears at checkout.
- Their telephone Somewhere to turn if the door is not answered.
Check the IL address first
Enter the ZIP code you have. An Illinois one is inside the area; for anything else you are told plainly to check availability at checkout.
Area now, estimated date at checkout. Baskets are planned ahead — same-day sending is not offered — and orders of $100 and over carry no delivery charge.
The delivery terms, briefly
Planned, not rushedSame-day delivery is not something this store offers to anyone; each order is planned for the address it goes to.
The dateCheckout shows the estimated delivery date for the address. Dates are estimates, not guarantees.
Delivery chargeFree on orders of $100 and over. Under that it is shown at checkout before you pay.
If nobody is inThe instruction you write at checkout is what is followed — a neighbour, a porch, a reception desk.
AlcoholIncluded where permitted by law, and released only to a person 21+ who shows photo ID.
Changing the orderCall (312) 449-2070. Changes are straightforward before the basket is prepared and awkward afterwards.
Problems on arrivalReport it within five business days and send photos of the damage.
Prices, tax and the total
Same prices, same termsWhat a customer in Illinois pays is what you pay. The order's origin has no effect on the total.
Tax, if anyCheckout works out any tax on the order and shows it before you pay, so there is no surprise for a sender in California.
The delivery lineOrders of $100 and over carry none; smaller ones are priced at checkout.
Nothing to pay on arrivalThe gift arrives paid for. There is no cash-on-delivery step and no invoice in the box.
Most-sent gifts from outside Illinois
The order comes from what senders in other states have actually sent since December 2022, not from what we would like to move. The number is the rank. Orders from California since December 2022 sit at a median of $121 before delivery, which is a midpoint and not an average. Orders from California bunch in May, about 1.9 times an average month since December 2022. Dates go first in that stretch.
Uptown Wine & Truffles Basket
$39.99
#3 with out-of-state senders
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Custom Gourmet Gift Basket
Build to your budget
#6 with out-of-state senders
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The Luxurious Champagne Gift Set
$109.99
#8 with out-of-state senders
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Spectacular Champagne Set
$124.99
#10 with out-of-state senders
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From Italy With Love Wine & Cheese Gift Basket
$89.99
#11 with out-of-state senders
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Rustic Italian Gourmet Gift Basket
$241.99
#14 with out-of-state senders
View giftWhere these baskets end up
Destinations for CA senders since December 2022 — town by town, as a share rather than a count.
72%Chicagoof gifts sent from California since December 2022
If none of those is right
Keeping track of it
Where it has got toOrder tracking shows it, and the email trail covers the same ground without you having to look.
If you need a person(312) 449-2070. For anything that can wait, the contact page is simpler.
The age rule does not moveAlcohol is released to a person 21+ with photo ID and to nobody else, on every order this store delivers.
Go straight to the town
Every page below carries the local delivery detail and the local shelf.
- Chicago
- Glen Ellyn
- Oak Park
- Naperville
- Arlington Heights
- Vernon Hills
- Evanston
- Downers Grove
Before you order from California
Will I see the tax before I pay from CA?
Yes — any tax appears at checkout as its own line, before payment.
Does ordering from another state slow it down?
No. The delivery follows the recipient's address, so where you are has no effect on when it arrives.
Does my card need an Illinois address?
No. Enter your California address exactly as your bank holds it — that is what the authorisation is checked against — and put the Illinois address in the delivery fields.
What if nobody 21+ is home for an alcohol basket?
It cannot be handed over. Photo ID and an age of 21+ are required at the door, without exception.
Is delivery free over $100 for me too?
Yes — the threshold is the same whoever pays. Orders of $100 and over carry no delivery charge.
Is the order paperwork in the box?
No — the receipt goes to your email. The basket carries the card and nothing else.