Artisano’s Oils & Spices

Did you know you should use your olive oil within a year. Also, grocery store grade olive oil isn’t usually pure olive oil. If you want to learn about oils and vinegars this is the place to go! I recently went to a Unilocal Elite party here and the amount of olive oil knowledge that the owners had was impressive. I bought one of their basic EVOO options and it is great. My friend had the perfect description of the flavor, the EVOO tasted like smell of roma tomatoes in the garden. If you enjoy cooking, this is a great place to try new spices, oils, and vinegars. My boyfriend bought a sweeter, lemon vinegar and we used it like to shrub to make cocktails. It gave the cocktail a nice lemony flavor, without making it sweet.

I recently was at Artisano’s for a Unilocal Meet the Maker event. The event itself was Awesome, but I want to focus more on the business itself.
During the event we had the opportunity to try many different olive oils and balsamics. One of the best parts about Artisano’s is that they will let you try pretty much anything you want in the store before you buy it. The owner said at the beginning, «You should never buy something, get home, and not like it.» That sounds like a successful business motto to me.
More on the owner, David, who had an incredible knowledge of the olive oils and balsamics. I hope to one day have that kind of expertise and passion about something. He was able to guide us effortlessly through many different tastings and you could tell that this was what made him happy. Having his won business and it being something he deeply cared about. His story about how Artisano’s came to be was very interesting.
I had not really thought about the different varieties of olive oils and balsamics that there could be out there. I tried too many to count, but I eventually got the garlic olive oil. Delicious stuff!
There is also any abundance of spices and other items within the store. You can buy spices in half ounce increments. I love that! I hate having to buy more than what I need of a certain spice.
The prices were reasonable for the quality of items that Artisano’s offers.
Chef Gordon is also someone that has to be mentioned. We were able to sample some of his delicious food and found out that they have cooking classes at least once a week at Artisano’s. I am looking forward to trying to make it to one of those in the near future!
David’s wife was equally as passionate and helpful, as well as the other employee they had working. Keep up the good work Artisano’s!

Discovered this place thanks to Meet the Maker event. Purchased Honey Serrano vinaigrette and blood orange evoo-​Delicious!

This place is amazing for the traditional foodie. They have over 300 spices, wide variety of salt, sugar and pepper. You can’t go wrong in the kitchen.
Able to taste olive oils and vinegars from around the world.
New products always coming in.
Let them spice up your life, like they have mine!
Oh and located right next to Starbucks in the Nora Commons.
They have monthly cooking classes located in their store. Fun place, fun people, fun all around!

I was so so happy to see that Artisano’s had a storefront location near me! I tried their vinegar and olive oils through Citybox (if you haven’t heard of this, look it up. It’s also awesome). The staff is amazing and helpful. I walked in and was given an introduction to all they have. I got to try a few samples.
So far I’ve tried their Persian lime olive oil, a pomegranate vinegar, their seasoning salt (like Lawry’s but so much more flavorful), and a lime pepper blend. My favorite part is that you can get as little or as much as you want. They also carry small selection of fresh pasta and cheeses from the local Tulip Tree Creamery.
If you are in the area and love to find ways to add new flavor to your food, this place is a must!

The staff at Artisano’s is so friendly and helpful. I’ve purchased several spices and olive oils (my favorite was the blood orange!), including some as gifts. I love the new location and expanded selection.

Artisano’s has a huge selection of fresh olive oils and balsamic vinegars, as well as spices and blends! Everything can be tasted before you buy, so there’s no guessing if you’ll want to use it or not. Great staff who know their stuff!