Chicago Baskets · New York → Illinois
Send Gift Baskets to Illinois from New York
You are in New York and they are in Illinois, which sounds like a complication and is not one. Only the payment comes from NY; everything else follows the recipient's address.
The NY end and the IL end
One address decides the delivery, the other only satisfies your card issuer. The Illinois one is the one that matters; your NY address simply has to match your statement.
What you fill in
- Where the card is registered Your NY 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.
Is that ZIP code in the delivery area?
Type the ZIP code the basket is going to. This checks the area; the estimated date is shown 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.
What a sender in NY should know
Scheduled aheadDeliveries are planned in advance and no order is rushed out, which is why the timing is shown before you pay.
Seeing the date firstEnter the Illinois address at checkout and the estimated date appears before you pay.
Free over $100Orders of $100 and over are delivered at no charge, wherever they were paid for from.
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.
Putting it rightTell us within five business days and include photos, so it can be looked at.
The money side
No surcharge for distanceThe price follows the basket, not the sender, so there is nothing extra to charge a sender in New York.
Where the tax shows upAt checkout, before payment. Nothing is added to the total after you pay from NY.
The delivery lineOrders of $100 and over carry none; smaller ones are priced at checkout.
The recipient pays nothingEverything is settled when you order — basket, add-ons, tax and delivery. Nobody is asked for money at the door.
Most-sent gifts from outside Illinois
Ranked by how often senders in other states have sent them since December 2022. The figure beside a basket is its place in that ranking and nothing else — nothing here is promoted. Half of all New York orders since December 2022 fall under the $112 median before delivery and half above it, which is why no large order can skew it. The one seasonal peak on this route since December 2022 is December, at roughly 3.5 times a normal month.
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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A Class Apart Liquor Gift Crate
$137.99
#13 with out-of-state senders
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Crunch & Flavor Gourmet Feast
$122.99
#15 with out-of-state senders
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Gourmet Cookies & Champagne Gift Basket
$116.99
#17 with out-of-state senders
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Cheese Board & Wine Gift Set
$92.99
#18 with out-of-state senders
View giftThe Illinois towns New York sends to
How orders from New York split by destination town since December 2022, as percentages of that route.
60%Chicagoof gifts sent from New York since December 2022
6%Arlington Heightsof gifts sent from New York since December 2022
If none of those is right
If you need to ask something from NY
Watching the orderTracking is on the site; the emails tell you the same thing as it happens.
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.
Towns with a page of their own
Each has its own page, with that town's delivery detail and the gifts sent there most.
- Chicago
- Arlington Heights
- Park Ridge
- Evanston
- Northbrook
- Skokie
- Naperville
- Downers Grove
Asked often by out-of-state senders
Can an out-of-state order be sent the same day?
No. Same-day delivery is not offered on this store to anyone. Deliveries are planned in advance.
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 tax added at the end?
It is shown at checkout, before you pay. Nothing is added afterwards.
What does the recipient learn about me?
Only what you write on the gift card. Your billing details are never passed on.
Does my card need an Illinois address?
No. Enter your New York address exactly as your bank holds it — that is what the authorisation is checked against — and put the Illinois address in the delivery fields.
Does the recipient have to pay anything?
No. The basket, tax and delivery are all settled when you order, and nobody is asked for money at the door.