The organic and natural store specializes in local, gluten-free, and healthy groceries. Stock up on lunch fare with an impressive selection of prepacked deli items.
The modern, organic-minded take on the good old general store stocks locally sourced meats, produce, dairy, bread, and assorted gourmet items.
If you want to pack a picnic or just don’t feel like making dinner, it’s EatZi’s to the rescue. Fresh bread, all sort of cheeses, good wine, and a deli case full of heat-and-eat dishes like rosemary grilled chicken breasts, marinated asparagus, crab cakes, and roasted eggplant salad fill the small store.
The pint-size mom-and-pop shop deals in old-fashioned American sweets, sours, gummies, and artisan chocolates. Retro candy jars line the shelves, and you fill your bag with whatever suits your sweet tooth.
Photo: Courtesy of The Candy Store
This specialty wine boutique in Russian Hill stocks hard-to-find varietals and small-production vintages from Italy that haven’t been available in California until now.
Those handmade raviolis you get at restaurants around town (Campisi’s, Prego, Terilli’s)? They’re made here. But you don’t have to have a D.B.A. to get perfect pasta. Drop by before 3 p.m. weekdays and choose from up to eight of the store’s 30 varieties. We recommend the nutty pumpkin or crab with roasted garlic, though ricotta and beef with spinach always make the daily cut. Cash or check only.
The inviting craft beer and vino shop is nothing to wine about. Gift drinking buddies with hops batches, Riedel glasses, and boutique brews. Regular workshops and tasting events with neighboring Five Seasons Brewing keep regulars on tap.
Photo: Courtesy of HopCity Craft Beer & Wine