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    Pepper Palace

    4.7 (43 reviews)

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    Jerry D.

    This was super cool! Staff was super nice and knowledgeable. I'm not a hot sauce person, but the samples were good as hell. All types of sauces. They have a napalm one that's super duper hot and it's in own fridge. I got a mild one, that will be awesome for my chicken. Love this place, no pressure!

    Joe B.

    Literally a palace of peppers. Sample anything, but if you're traveling and aren't checking a bag you may have to order online. Don't come if you don't like spicy or sauces.

    Marqus R.

    Pepper Palace touts itself has having every pepper or pepper sauce one would want. So, stopped by assuming I might find piri-piri (also spelled, especially by Spatch as "peri-peri") and also some piquillo or sweet drop Peruvian, but no luck. No only didn't they have it but no one here had even heard of it. Apparently they never been to one of the Spatch Restaurant chains of have ever looked in the varying peppers of Peru, which pretty much being the motherland of peppers, one might think they would have done. However I'm going to downgrade them for these oversights. Overall this Pepper Palace, which is a part of a rapidly growing chain that started off as a kiosk in Wisconsin, is a great place for hot sauces of all kinds and sorts. Its assortment, including many custom blended pepper sauce, is not only amazing but invitingly displayed. And though the staff here had never heard of piri-piri or some of the sweet drops peppers of Peru, they were actually very knowledgeable as well as friendly and polite.

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    Evan G.

    The Pepper Palace on North Market Street in Charleston is a great place to go for all things hot sauces and spicy substances. I really like the variety and selection of different items that they have available and how they have everything organized. This is a fun place to shop and well worth the visit.

    THE END hot sauce!!
    Carolyn T.

    Spicy, spicy and then blow your mind SPICY HOT SAUCE! Wow!! You need to sign a waiver to try some of this crazy hot sauce! Seriously, my husband tried "The End" hot sauce....he had to sign a waiver first....no kidding. You only get the tip of a toothpick...thats it! DANGER, DANGER!! Carolina Reaper peppers and the hottest form of habenaro peppers to include GHOST PEPPERS! The best thing about Pepper Palace is all of the things you can sample from hit sauce to salsa and queso, each different hot sauce, salsa or queso can be tried with free corn chips!! Water is optional! The guy in the store was super knowledgeable, he helped us find the perfect queso for a memorial day party. You gotta try this place, it's incredible and you will leave with something! I guarantee you will leave with something or one heck of a spicy mouth of something FABULOUS! ****Note or tip*** Don't drink water after these crazy spicy sauces etc....it will make it worse, eat bread!! We loved our experience at the Pepper Palace!!

    Troy S.

    Great place to try out hot sauces, marinades, salsas, and anything else you can dip a chip in. They have ghost peanuts that were hot but not as hot as I thought. they number everything 1-10 with 10 being the hottest. The place is organized by categories and easy to walk around without being maliciously molested by staff. An employee introduced himself and gave us the quick rundown and told us to enjoy. This is how I like to shop. My only complaint that if you have hot sauces that maybe a drinking fountain would be beneficial. This is a nice place for men to stop in while their wives slowly meander through the market that took me only 5 minutes to walk through.

    Penny R.

    OMG!!!!! Small shop at the end of the city market. They let you try anything on a chip! (No double dipping please). We tried about 20 sauces, BBQs and salsas. The variety is crazy and they even have one you have to sign a waiver for! I stayed away from that! The store was manned by a single person who was pleasant and very helpful! Quick tip: bring water!!!!!

    Hannah M.

    Last time we visited charleston we stopped here just because we were walking around town and doing some touristy shopping. We walked and my bf was in love. Spicy food is heaven for him so to test out dozens of spicy mustards, BBQ sauces, ketchup sand got sauces was a dream come true. I think we spent almost an hour there and left with some serious stuff. Of course we ran out pretty quickly and were highly anticipating our visit back to Charleston so we can stop here again. And the first day we were back we came straight here. They offered a buy 5 get a 6th item free and we took that offer without issue.

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    I love hot sauce. Went in, signed a waiver for the hottest sauces and BOY WAS IT HOT. Wonderful

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