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To find out which popcorn is the best, I tried a mix of popular bagged, salted varieties. I also removed the popcorn from the packaging before trying to cut out potential biases related to brand.

Medha: We're on Michigan Avenue just steps away from Millennium Park, and we're about to head to Garrett's Popcorn, which has been serving some of the best handcrafted popcorn in the city since 1949.