Olive ‘n Vinnie’s

Great place to come for fancy olive oil and balsamic vinegar (red and white)! The owner is super nice and friendly. She can talk your ears off about what’s in the store and it’s all good information.
The décor is super cute and inviting. There are over 50 tasting stations so you can try before you buy. If you get some oil on your hard, just rub it in as a moisturizer. It’s so hard to decide which bottle to pick up. I went with a blood orange infused olive oil and a garlic infused olive oil. They are amazing! I believe they were about $ 13 for 200ML bottle.
Besides olive oil and balsamic, they have other great products in stock, all of which would make great gifts. They carry handmade natural soaps, teas, tea accessories, soy candles, wool dryer balls, marmalade, spreads, dips, jams, pastas, etc.

Beyond my expectations — I’ve been wanting to check this place out for some time, so the Groupon was a great reason to hop in the car from Naperville. Karen and Gary are the owners and were very nice. Karen spent 20 mins with us explaining each oil and vinegar with tips and suggestions. I bet she could recite 10 recipes for each off the top of her head. They were both incredibly knowledgeable and are clearly passion driven. There were truly sooo many delicious options. I must have tried every oil and vinegar they had in the store.
The worst part was having to decide what to buy. After checking out, we stayed for a few mins to chat some more and learned about an event we are coming back for next month. An evening of Wine, food, Oils, vinegar and recipes. We will be at the event, and we will be back.
My favorite was the espresso balsamic … YUM! But tonight we are opening the strawberry vinegar for our Spinach salad… YUM!
Thanks Olive and Vinnie, we had a great visit.