If you're not from Maine, but love Maine specialty foods... this place is for you! It's basically a curated shop of all of our best locally produced jarred foods and more. Stonewall Kitchens (York), Flo's (Cape Neddick), Above the Dam (Dayton), Kennebunkport Sauce Co. (KPort), Jack's Gourmet (North Monmouth), Captain Mowatt's (Portland)... you'll find 'em all here.
There's also the infamous wall of hot sauce. We spent quite a while reading through some of the names, which included:
- Ass Blaster
- Colon Blow
- Butt Pucker
- Satan's Blood
- I Am Sofa King Stew Ped
- Queen of Farts
- See Dick Burn
- See Jane On Fire
- See Spot In Heat
- Sir Fartalot
Oh, yes. There was laughing. Absolutely stop here if you're in Kennebunkport to see this. Not just for the schoolyard giggles, but because there really were a plethora of options to choose from (it's only August [as I write this], but I'm already feeling the stocking stuffer inspiration!). There was even a hot sauce that looked just like water... I can only imagine this would cause me serious heartburn. And yet, I'm intrigued.
The only thing that kind of bummed us out was that when we showed up at 5pm, the woman working the store was cleaning up all the tasting stations. When we asked her if we should leave because it looked like she was closing up for the day, she said no - she'd be open for several more hours - she just didn't want the tasting stations out anymore. Huge mistake. We are girls who like to shop and probably would have ended up purchasing goods (as a matter of fact, at one point I had banana ketchup [which, mark my words, I am buying for my dad for Christmas], chili lime sauce [by my favorite, Cholula], and onion jam [by Stonewall, of course] in my hand that I ended up putting away because of the icy exterior emanating from the woman working) if we had had the chance to try them. read more