Chicago's Hand-Poured Candles, Shipped from Main Street
From our bar inside the historic Hotel Gunter to Chicago, IL doorsteps — every candle hand-poured in Frostburg, Maryland.
The Pour House Candle Bar makes hand-poured soy-blend candles in Frostburg, Maryland and ships them to Chicago by USPS, typically arriving in 3 to 5 days. Chicago is a city that understands the value of a warm interior. From November well into April, the wind coming off the lake makes a Logan Square two-flat or a Lincoln Park greystone feel less like housing and more like shelter, and the small rituals that happen inside — radiator hiss, a pot on the stove, a candle burning on the sill — do serious work. Even summer keeps its indoor hours, when a thunderstorm stacks up over Pilsen and the whole block goes violet for twenty minutes. Our candles cost $17 apiece and are poured by hand at a candle bar inside the 1897 Hotel Gunter, where guests pour their own over a craft cocktail. Yours arrives already poured; the drink is your department. A flight of three runs $51 — enough to get ahead of the season for once.
What we'd pour for Chicago
Campfire — Woodsmoke, cedar, and char are the correct answer to lake-effect wind. Light it in January and let the greystone win for once.
Caramel — Burnt sugar and vanilla do bakery-in-the-next-room work, which is precisely the mood of a two-flat kitchen on a snowed-in Sunday.
Pour House · House Signature — Chicago respects a proper tavern, and this is a proper tavern in wax — bourbon, oak, and smoke for the front room while the game is on.
Any single pour is $17. Take the whole flight — three pours for $51, or all six for $102 — or wander the 668-item collection of candles, wax melts, and gifts in the shop. For the Chicago friend who chooses their own scents, gift cards arrive by email within the hour.
Asked often in Chicago
How long does candle shipping to Chicago take?
Orders travel USPS from Frostburg, Maryland and typically reach Chicago in 3 to 5 days. Each candle is hand-poured and packed on Main Street before it goes out.
Where are Pour House candles made?
Every one is hand-poured in a soy blend at The Pour House Candle Bar & Lounge, a candle bar and cocktail lounge inside the historic Hotel Gunter in Frostburg, Maryland. The shipped candles are the same pour guests make at the bar.
Is it safe to ship candles in a Chicago winter?
Cold is far kinder to a candle than heat, so winter shipping is no trouble. A well-chilled soy candle can show a little frosting on the surface — a natural quirk of soy wax that does not affect the burn. Let it come back to room temperature before the first light.
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