Shop Local Specialty Food Products In and Around Phoenix
Last Updated October 15, 2014
Your guide to shopping locally grown/made specialty food products in and around Phoenix. From spices and oils to local honey and snacks, all proudly sourced in Arizona when possible.
Anthony Spices
Why We Love It: Taking your food up a notch has never been so easy. Each batch of Anthony’s jalapeno, habanero and chipotle spices is carefully dehydrated, finely ground and expertly hand blended with herbs. All...
AZ Queen Bee
Why We Love It: Because of Arizona honey’s low water content, the flavors of mesquite and wildflowers are more concentrated and crystallization happens more quickly. Beekeeper Emily Brown highlights these distinct...
Cotton Country Jams
Why We Love It: This shop was started by grandma in 2000 with only one product, blueberry jam. Today, granddaughter has grown the business to over 80 Arizona-grown products—including blueberry syrup, tomato...
Hayden Flour Mills
Why We Love It: All grains used to produce their flour are grown on small local farms with no herbicides or pesticides, and are freshly milled.
Queen Creek Olive Mill Marketplace
Why We Love It: Queen Creek Olive Oil is Arizona’s premier producer of extra virgin olive oil. Olives for oils are hand-picked and cold-pressed just hours after they come off the tree. There is a variety of infused...
Penzey's Spices
Why We Love It: Penzey’s may not be unique to Arizona (you can find them in 29 states) but it remains a great place to stock up on spices...all spices, any spices, 250 different kinds of spices. They also have a...
Polish Goodies
Why We Love It: Danuta Zablocki’s potato- and cheese-stuffed pierogis make us wish we’d grown up with a Polish grandmother. None are as delicate and comforting as hers. Go to this tiny, bare-bones Polish kitchen/...
Queen Creek Olive Mill
Why We Love It: Queen Creek is Arizona’s premier producer of extra virgin olive oil...and it all started with a vacation. Perry and Brenda Rea noticed an abundance of olive trees in Arizona while they were visiting...
AZ Bitters Lab
Why We Love It: All the ingredients are carefully sourced from local vendors and then hand chopped, blended, bottled and labeled. These small-batch bitters are great for flavoring cocktails, coffee, sparkling water...
Urban Oven
Why We Love It: There are only two things coming out of this kitchen—crackers and cookies—and both are perfect. The crackers are sturdy, crisp and great vehicles for cheese and spreads. They are also good stand-...
Desert Smoke BBQ
Why We Love It: Crafted with all natural ingredients, Desert Smoke products combine Carolina BBQ flavors with BIG, bold Southwest spices. Their selection includes four kinds of barbecue sauce (habanero peach,...
Sphinx Date Ranch
Why We Love It: Date shakes, the endangered Black Sphinx date, mighty Medjools and a curated selection of local wines and foodstuffs.
Dateland
Why We Love It: You drive through miles of desert nothingness and all of a sudden, you see hundreds of date trees. Welcome to Dateland, a quaint town that used to serve as a much-needed pit stop and military training...
Green Valley Pecan Company
Why We Love It: The Waldens have been the custodians of this 7000-acre farm since 1948. Under the third generation, the company has grown to producing some of the most coveted pecans, pecan meal and pecan candies in...
Mano y Metate
Why We Love It: Freshly ground moles, anyone? Amy Valdés Schwemm grinds fresh, whole spices, nuts, seeds and chiles using a traditional grinding tool. Once you have one of her packs, all you have to do is sauté,...
Native Seeds / SEARCH
Why We Love It: The seed bank here holds over 2,000 varieties—many rare and endangered. Native Seeds is trying to keep plants alive by making sure they are available and accessible to food-growers everywhere,...
Prickly Pops
Why We Love It: All of these homemade frozen pops are made from local, wild and heirloom fruits. You can find either the original Prickly Pear pop or one of their seasonal varieties––like Prickly Pear & Coconut,...
Mount Hope Foods
Why We Love It: For 40 years, the Trubitz family has been providing the finest in nuts, dried fruits, dried herbs, spices, beans, cereals, rices, grains, mushrooms and chillies. Mount Hope specializes in wholesale so...
Santa Cruz Chili and Spice Company
Why We Love It: This family-owned shop makes and sells an endless variation of chili powders, pastes and sauces but is also an excellent purveyor of a variety of Southwestern foods—including cookbooks, herbs and...
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