A first time into The Gourmet Corner. Oh my gosh! What a great French culinary store! How did I miss it all of this time? My last visit involved a bottle of French hard Apple Cider and a tin of lemon candies. But there is so much more left to explore and consume in this store! Including the herbs in those cute cannisters! It's been a while since I had some on the shelf kitchen shelves. Time for more. The entire store is certainly in an understated location. Which it probably why I missed it before now. Easy parking. Friendly owner and employees. Good prices. I'm coming back to The Gourmet Corner! read more

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All French! Good place to go grocery shopping for French groceries plus the guy who works there helps out with explaining the items

I've been shopping here since it opened in 2008. I don't know what I would do if it wasn't here. French cheese is a staple in our house. The "Beurre de Barratte" butter with sea salt crystals is my daily toppping for toast. Good wines, fair prices, friendly staff. read more

Great store with fantastic selection of goods. Also so helpful. I went to put together a holiday gift basket, and found more than enough to fill it! read more

Jackpot! The perfect place to cook up your own French dinner at a reasonable price. Sure, most of the stuff is frozen but so is the stuff being served at restaurants. Duck confit leg ($16.95 for one or $79 for a half dozen all vacuum sealed, from Canada), dozen escargots or six dozen? Check. Pates or sausages? Check. I came here for the butter yes yes yes. Echire unsalted or salted, isigny, and Rodolphe Le Meunier. Well stocked. There's also dry stock items, soup or broth in a jar I haven't seen anywhere else (including World Market), chocolates for the professional baker, jams, pasta, juice, mustards. Enough for your own little potluck winning dish. I only wish there was another location in the East Bay. And of course a whole bunch of wine which I'm sure is also being sold to restaurants across the entire Bay Area. read more

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If you want authentic French wines and products, this is the place to go! It got a wide selection of wines, and the prices of wines are very reasonable! read more

Fun discovery to find this place through Yelp. I'm always on the lookout for outstanding French groceries, and happy to find Bret's potato chips here and unique flavors of Bonne Maman preserves like Mirabelle, Wild Strawberry, and Quince that you can't find elsewhere. Parking is easy in their own lot and service was friendly. There's a wide selection of wine/cheese. Also there were bake-at-home dessert items that perhaps we'll try one day. read more

I ordered a couple of items for delivery. Loved the products, delivery was seamless. Highly recommend

The Gourmet Corner is the place to go for French wine, mustard, croissants, brie, and pretty much every grocery item you could ever want but could only buy in France. But I really want to talk about their wine tasting program. They don't always have it. You need to follow them on social media to get the announcement that maybe next Saturday there will be a tasting but their wine person Jim is the most knowledgeable person I have ever met about French wines and that is saying some thing because I know I fair number of pretty good sommelier's. And he puts together some of the most thoughtful tastings I've had anywhere. I have learned so much about the various French wines from him, and his tastings and most of my friends would say I already knew more about French wine than most folks to start with. All this with the friendliest demeanor and a rich lifetime of stories to share. And so many wines you will only find here (in the US) the owner of Gourmet Corner is equally kind and authentic. You can not go wrong buying here. read more

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This is like a hidden gem. It's a like a French Grocery store, with a private lot. They have a large wine collection, along with other items like cheese, pate, yogurt, foie gras, snacks and much more. I came for their soap! I am a huge fan of Le Petit Marseillais soap products. They have a good selection of their bar soap, hand wash, and body wash. I had to control myself from buying it all. Their La Fermiere yogurt was good too, i got the mango passion fruit flavor and it wasn't too sweet. I also bought some pate that was imported from France, the little jar was $25.00 but worth it! I love this place and hope they can hope one closer to SF. read more

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If you are looking for an amazing French store, I would recommend The Gourmet Corner in San Mateo. Our company was having a Happy Hour. The theme was French. I found the best French grocery store "The Gourmet Corner." ED helped me find everything I needed. He was great! I really enjoyed shopping there. Our Happy Hour was a success with the most delicious, French appetizers, amazing selection of cheeses, crackers, jams, desserts, wines etc. I'm definitely going back. read more

Love this place. Find so many fabulous things to cook with have dessert and frozen items that are delicious for times when I don't want to cook at all. Wine choices are amazing also. read more

Parisian goods and hard to find European items. We like the Val de Rance Cider from here. Got a case during the pandemic read more

The Gourmet Corner - International Grocery Near Me - San Mateo, California

I can't believe it took me this long to find them. I have been looking for French butter for some time, like legit French butter. I tried ordering online but the shipping fees were outrageous then finally I found this place. They have legit French food and snacks. I came here mostly for French butter but came walking out with a few more. I definitely will come back for more goodies. read more

The Gourmet Corner - a variety of cheeses - International Grocery Near Me - San Mateo, California

Great food, Great customer service! Hidden local gem!!! I recently came for the first time and I'm very excited to have a local store that sells unique and delicious items from France. Prices are fair and the gentleman working was kind and welcoming. read more

I like it they have a some good imported items . There pate, was delightful. They had also good wines to pair with your snacks and desserts . read more

Our go to grocery store for all things French! Love the selection. Great wine selection as well.

Great place to shop for wine. Great environment and service. This is a San Mateo gem.

I have been coming here for 2 years. The Champagnes are so good, that the champagne at my only daughters wedding was purchased from here. The wine selection is really nice with a wide range of small local wineries from diverse parts of France! The price points are just a varied. If you have actually been to France, the owner brings back such fond memories. The foodstuffs are really fun, and you owe it to yourself to make your own opinion. I really don't understand why there are 1 star reviews, but I found The Gourmet Corner top notch! read more

By the amount they stock you'd think they specialize in imported wine. You can find all sorts of French exported specialty foods like fancy yogurts, high end mustards, and sausages. The wild-boar, rabbit, pheasant w/goji berries all caught my eye. Obviously they stock a bunch of duck products as well, from confit'd legs to terrines of foie gras ($90). (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/EhEND8McRBk8MrLICbfnlA?select=w7w5_QuQzgeQh56-0gBd-g#w7w5_QuQzgeQh56-0gBd-g) Inside it's sorta set up warehouse style and even though I didn't leave with anything (browsed while waiting for my Thaiger Thai). I could imagine the Francophile home chef droppin' some major coin. WHAT GOURMET CORNER NEEDS TO DO IS grill one of those exotic sausages, throw it in an artisan bun, and spread some of that fancy mustard and/or foie gras all over it. WOW! That'd be at least $120 on parts alone if I did it at home but one can wish for lunch service. * The upcoming foie gras ban is on 7/1/12. This is a good place to stock up! (Yes, you Cherylynn N.) (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/EhEND8McRBk8MrLICbfnlA?select=w39qPDtxZHCKgFn8K_vy9w#w39qPDtxZHCKgFn8K_vy9w) read more

The Gourmet Corner - just past Bgame's auto row - easy parking - International Grocery Near Me - San Mateo, California

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We come here about once every other week to stock up on snacks. It's a quaint store with imported foods sorted by type. The front room has wines, truffle foods, charcuterie, and household essentials. The middle room has chocolates and other sweets. The back room has frozen specialties (escargot, foie gras, boudin, croissants, pudding, etc) and various spreads, sauces, spices, jams, soups and snacks. Prices are absolutely reasonable. If you're looking for French foods and can't find it in any other brick and mortar store, come here. read more

So a couple worker told me about this place and I had to come by and see for myself. Although I've been here a few times already I am finally writing a review. First time I came in I noticed all the wines thy had and you bet I spent a decent amount of time looking at them. Besides the wine here is plenty of products imported from France. From snacks to fancy mushrooms and pate. I always come here to buy the butter. So rich and creamy and goes super well with a fresh loaf of Acme bread. This time I bought some cheese so I will have to put it up taste tomorrow. I haven't met the owner yet but the sales person is very helpful with my questions. If you like French goodies you got to definitely go and check this place out. Everything is fairly priced and many stuff to buy. Cheers!!!! read more

The Gourmet Corner - Gonna have a good breakfast. - International Grocery Near Me - San Mateo, California

Like many of other reviewers, I only found out about this place because of the Groupon deal. $25 for $60 worth of gourmet French food items, doesn't it sound awesome? It was pretty awesome indeed. I browsed through their store and it didn't take me too long to realize I want some foie gras and escargots. The staff saw us looking at the foie gras case and quickly offered some helpful advice. At the end I picked up a whole de-veined foie gras ($55) he recommended. That was more than enough for a huge family to share. (*Hint - Holiday dinner idea!*) For those of you who had never handled duck liver before, don't be intimidated! It was easy to cook and the result is well worth the effort. It was more gratifying than having a tiny portion at a restaurant. The frozen escargots were good too but a bit too salty. If you are a foie gras lover like me you have to visit this store. I know I will shop here again, even without the Groupon deal. read more

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I used to go religiously to the monthly open warehouse sale at Made in France/Village Imports in brisbane. Earlier in 2008, they stopped having these public sales. I was disheartened to lose my source for petit suisse and other yummy European delicacies. I was excited to get the grand opening email from Gourmet Corner (see Jean K's post for the email). The place opened last week saturday, and I stopped by for the first time this morning. The owner was very friendly and we chatted for 15 minutes while I shopped. We talked about his plans for the business and the specific items that I was interested in from my past shopping experiences at the warehouse sales. The store had everything that I wanted. I uploaded photos of my scores. First and foremost, try the petit suisse variety pack, this creamy small yogurt is addictive. They also have numerous other varieties of yogurts, but I had to quench my 6 month petit suisse drought first. Next I browsed two coolers of appetizers and desserts, which seemed to be of even more variety than the warehouse sales. I was intrigued specifically by all kinds of puff pastries. I ended up resisting the temptation to get 10 different things and picked up a puff pastry hors d'oevures variety pack. Things on my list to try: shortbread like tarts, escargo, mussels, puff pastry desserts. There are a couple of coolers of meat products like foie gras, pate, duck confit. I have bought pate from the warehouse before, they are quite yummy with bread/crackers. Also a couple of coolers of cheese varieties for the cheeseheads (I grew up in the dairy state, but do not eat much cheese). There is a rack of tasty non-alcoholic beverages: juices and ciders. The owner said he is about to get approval for license to carry wine. There are a bunch of vinegar, some with interesting fruity flavors. There is a chocolate section of valrona and other brands. There are several kinds of cookies and crackers. Overall the prices seem reasonable to me for these imported delicacies and is comparable to the prices at the old warehouse sales. The selection of products is very good for such a new store, and I'm sure that will get even better as time goes on. The owner was happy to take special order requests. If you know what you want, this is definitely a great place to get freshly imported stuff. The instant gratification (sometimes dangerous for those who cannot resist temptations of yummy food) beats waiting for mail order. And the selection makes it a nice source to browse and find new gems to become addicted to. read more

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I've purchased French food products from this company since they opened and have never gotten around to a review, but as I went through photos of grocers in the Bay Area this evening, it was a pleasure to find those taken at Gourmet Corner, so I'd like to share them. You may go for the wine, but don't miss the frozen foods case where you can find a variety of sausages, duck confit, quiche, croissants, macarons, truffle butter, smoked duck breasts, and rillettes. Refrigerator cases have fois gras, Mamie Nova yogurts and desserts, as well as a good selection of French cheeses. Condiments like Maile mustards, peppercorns, Puget olive oil, nut oils, truffle oil, Banyuls vinegar, wine sauces, and Valrhona chocolates. This store is a great resource for any cook. read more

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This place rewlz. Who knew in the middle of the auto/industrial San Mateo/Burlingame border there would exist an place that carried a varied amount of French goods, including those in the haute cuisine department. Truffle mousse, goose/duck/foie terrines, sauterne, boudin blanc/noir, the list goes on...I tried very hard to not blow my paycheck all in one visit here... read more

Freshly imported French/European goodies.... and located so close to my work! EEEEEEeee!!! I love how they sell chocolate disks. I can now make European styled hot chocolate at home...without having to pay the outrageous prices at Monique's Chocolates. They also have blanched almond meal.... perfect for me to start reworking and experimenting with making French Macarons again. Foie gras... peppercorns... cheese... everything for a French Foodie's dream come true! read more

Authentic French grocery with a wide variety of hard-to-find products including yogurts, sausages, cheeses, work-a-day French wines, and cookies. The place has a warehouse-y feel to it; there's nothing elegant but the products. The service is authentic (and in French if you desire) and products are great. read more

Came here because of the Groupon offer "$25 for $60 Worth of Imported Wine and Gourmet French Food Items at The Gourmet Corner in San Mateo." What a mistake. Would had refunded my Groupon if I could had, after coming here. The store isn't that big so not that much items to select from and half the items don't even have prices. I walked around the whole store twice to see what interested me, it was difficult. They had some wine, if one knows their wines. They had frozen meats, if one knew how to cook duck fat, liver and other stuff like that. They had oils and condiments. Bought a $60 certificate and had to spend another $10 to buy stuff I knew how to use. read more

The Gourmet Corner - International Grocery Near Me - San Mateo, California

Good selection of exotic food items that are not usually widely available (or expensive). Truffles, Fois Gras ... Not exactly cheap, but not too bad either. read more

Craving some French food, but you just want something simple and not a full on French restaurant? Or maybe you went to France or discovered a new food, but can't find it at your local Safeway/Whole Foods? Gourmet Corner is great because it offers a range of hard to find French imports along with a selection of well-priced wines. Sign up for the e-mail list and get notified of free tasting events & discounts. Hubby and I just dropped by this past weekend to taste four interesting wines (all priced under $25), garlic sausage, and smoked duck breast. In contrast, we went to Bevmo later the same day, paid $2 for a wine tasting at Bevmo and did not like any of the wines. We ended up picking up a few bottles of an $11 rose and a $23 Burgundy. Here's a sampling of items available at Gourmet Corner: pate, cheese, truffle oil, jarred truffles, yogurt in interesting flavors (chestnut, lychee, salted caramel, strawberry, choconut coconut, etc), cheeses, escargot, all parts of a duck, callison, pate de fruits, cooking/baking chocolate, biscuits, seasonings/spices, frozen desserts & pizzas, etc read more

Great place to buy anything and everything from the motherland. Friendly staff helps make this place a go-to destination for any expat.

You're looking for that French thing - the delicious mustard you remember from Paris, the sun dried tomato spread you ate in Aix, the raw sugar cubes you need in your afternoon espresso to transport to Paradise for just a moment. You've been frustrated. You can't even find what you want on-line. You think you have to go without until your next trip to La Belle France when you can once again stuff your luggage. Or, you go to Gourmet Corner. You can still go back to France but in the meantime, there's a bit of a France right here. read more

A true French Gourmand's paradise! I have found nirvana in this wonderful French importer. They have everything that I absolutely love. Truffles, morels, frozen duck breasts, escargot, croissants, foie gras, wine, chocolate, duck confit, and other dried French goods. They are decently priced and can make your next dinner party a real hit. I've been coming here monthly and am over the moon about my purchases each and every time. There is a small private parking lot and it is never crowded. As an avid home cook and fancy dinner party hostess, gourmet corner is tops! read more

I have to give it 5 stars, because I haven't found any other place selling so many rare stuff, for instance- Foie Gras! It's more like a warehouse than store. I think they must reply more on providing supplies to lot of local hotels and restaurants than normal walk-in customers. For foodies/cook/chef/European travelers this is wonderland, but do not see normal people coming here to shop. They have lot of imported gourmet food and ingredients. I got my frozen raw foie gras, truffle salt, the naturally sweet butter and saffron. There were two people working in the store and they were very friendly and nice. I think price is standard or you cannot really compare it with anything, because lot of stuff are exclusively sold here I believe. I will come back for sure!!! read more

The Best place to Buy Wine!!! The owner is great, knows so much about wine, he gives the best recommandations and prices are very good. Just bought a 15 dollars bottle that was at 31 dollars at Lunardys. read more

I have been eating foie gras like crazy. I went to Cafe Tradition in San Mateo and ordered the foie gras appetizer there. I went to RN 74 and practically gulped down their foie gras mousse app there. The next day, I went to Chapeau! and had their seared foie gras appetizer there and almost ordered another. Last weekend, I was really craving foie gras. I've always loved it. Thanks to Yelp, I found the Gourmet Corner, rushed in at 6:50 on Saturday and grabbed a jar of foie gras. It was pricey at $29.99 and I finished it in 2 sittings. i forgot to buy bread so I had to spread it on some Trader Joe's wheat toast..that was *almost* stale. Almost. I was so desperate to eat all my foie gras -- that I almost ate it with plain. white. rice. Crazy, I know. This weekend, I told my man that I needed some foie gras again. He told me that I had to lay off the foie gras -- that it was the beginning of an unhealthy addiction. So I made myself google foie gras and some of those google images are quite disturbing. But did you know that there is something called 'ethical foie gras'?? I won't wear real fur or hunt or anything like that, but is Gourmet Corner still going to see me again? Um, Yes. read more

Ok, so I had a very expired groupon, but was under the impression that the money I paid would still be valid. It says so on the groupon, $25 will be valid from now and always. I bought this groupon when I lived closer to the store, but then I moved to Sunnyvale. The groupon then expired, and I moved out of country for several months. Needless to say, I'm back, and I still have this groupon. Now then, I walked into the store and there was no one around. I think someone may have been in the office, but there was no one else there. It's kind of like a warehouse. So, I scoped through the $100-$600 bottles of wine, became bummed that I missed out on the groupon when it was active, but still ventured deeper in the store. I got excited by the truffle oil, truffles, and some other flavorful items. I noticed there was a closet like pantry that opened up into a bigger room/ back of the warehouse. Once I got back there, I finally saw someone who was friendly. I was taking all sorts of mental notes of what they had for my future cooking needs, and picking up a few things here and there. There was another guy who showed up, who I assumed at the time worked there as they were doing work related stuff. I finally pick out the stuff I want, grab a bottle of wine and head to the checkout counter. I had my $25 groupon on my phone, but the French guy that showed up was being a typical french jerk. Sorry to stereotype, but his type (I seem to mostly run in to) are the reason I do. He very rudely stated they do not take that any more that it's been 2 years. (funny b/c I didn't buy the groupon that long ago). I tried to explain to him that I was only trying to use the $25 that I paid already, he told me to talk to groupon that he would not validate it, again in a very rude manner. I told him, "I still want to get this stuff regardless, so you don't have to have an attitude and be rude". His response was that he doesn't accept groupon anymore and he was kind of heated. I again told him he doesn't have to be rude, he asked me what I was going to do. I looked at my poor basked of goodies that I wanted, looked at him and decided I do NOT want to spend money and invest in a business with poor ethics. I simply said, yea, I'm not going to buy from you because you are an -ss. Then I walked out. I suggest not giving this place business. read more

Love the wine... but don't go here if you want a wine shop that stands behind its product. For context- we have been loyal customers for nearly a year and buy by the case. We brought back one bottle of wine that had a half glass missing from it that had gone bad, and the owner proceeded to tell us that we were wrong. He said sometimes wines are off but that happens ans he isn't the wine maker. He continued to argue with us and tell us that our palette must be off. Never once did he offer to simply replace it or own up to the fact that the wine might not be good. We are really disappointed. My husband is the chairman of a wine auction and he has lost a significant amount of future customers. read more

I am thrilled! Everything! No equivalent in Northern California! You have no idea of how many kinds of French mustard there are! Cheeses from Normandy and other regions. So many French wines. For help, just ask! They are wonderful! Why do I keep going back??? The bread! They have different breads that are superb. I have never loved bread before. I have liked it, but I love it now! Try it and you will go back for more! If you are a chef and you have not gone there, you must go! Why 5-stars? I have only found excellence there, including the staff. Cheers! read more