Papa Cristo’s C&K Importing Company calls itself the Athens of Los Angeles, and for good reason. This taverna and specialty store has been the largest purveyor of Greek products in L.A. for over 60 years. Dozens of Greek wines line the west end of the store. Across the way, the delicatessen cases display homemade hot [...]
Sundays 8am-1pm Featured Vendors: Beylik Family Farms - hydroponically grown yellow tomatoes, European cucumbers, and sweet peppers Inner Garden & Tea Trunk – potted and dried herbs LAFungHi - more fresh mushroom varieties than you’ll know what to do with, plus truffle-products and gift baskets Scarborough Farms - fantastic greens, heirloom tomatoes, and other vegetables Other Information: At [...]
Joan’s on Third is about as close as L.A. gets to New York’s famed Dean & Deluca – but on a more minute scale. What began as a small catering company has since expanded to include a marketplace and café. The gourmet food shop feels feminine, which may come as no surprise considering it’s run [...]
La Brea Bakery is a beacon of hope in an age of rubbery sandwich bread and carb-free diets. The brainchild of L.A. native and acclaimed chef Nancy Silverton, the café and bakery – an annex of Campanile – offers an impressive selection of sweets, cheeses, olives, pantry staples, pre-prepared foods, and, of course, bread. Bakers [...]
Fraîche Fine Gifts offers much more than the standard gift basket of ten dollar wine, sesame crackers, and pasteurized cheese spread. Its masterfully composed baskets are filled with exotic fruits, imported cheeses and meats, and hand-made chocolates. The Good Traveler, reminiscent of a nineteenth century grocer’s hamper, is packed with nuts, chocolate sauce, and dried [...]
Gloria’s Cake and Candy Supplies was clearly born out of a passion for making and decorating sweets. We first visited the small shop on a tip from a Sur La Table employee when we couldn’t find a baseball hat cookie cutter. At Gloria’s, we found a sports-themed pack with a half-dozen shapes. Gloria’s sells everything [...]
It’s easy to drop major cash at The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills. This purveyor has been providing some of the finest international cheeses to chefs, caterers, and regular folks alike for over 40 years. It imports cheeses from all over France, Italy, and over one dozen other countries. In addition to selling some of [...]
Sundays 9am-1pm Featured Vendors: Frontier Kettle Corn – that savory scent of popcorn you smell when you arrive at the market: it’s from these folks Honey Pacifica – beautiful jars of honey, honey sticks, and bee pollen Kenter Canyon – gourmet lettuce, herbs, spinach Zuckerman - fantastic potatoes and asparagus Healthy Family Farms – all your [...]
What Best Buy is to electronics and Target is to everything else in our lives, Cookin’ Stuff is to home cooking supplies. And in case your analogies are a little rusty: this store has everything you need to cook anything you want. If you’re buying cookware for a new kitchen, they have aisles of Emerilware pans, Le [...]
We debated for some time whether or not Hardy’s Meat Market was up to L.A. Gourmet standards. But, even weeks after our visit there, we couldn’t forget the intoxicating smell of its rotisserie chicken. Hardy’s is located inside Studio City’s M&M Market, an aging brick building that’s hardly noticed by passers by. The only visible sign of [...]
