Favorite Kitchen Shops

Here I want to keep an ongoing list of all our favorite Kitchen shops around the country and yes even around the world. The main purpose is to provide all of us with a guide to quality culinary shops. If you are like me, you love just roaming around a good kitchen shop. And knowing where these places are can enhance our travels and increase our ability to find the tools and products we all want or need. Of course, you can always shop at KitchenBoy’s affiliate partners but I know how fun it can be to browse the products in person. Plus sometimes you just need to see it and hold it before you buy. I won’t list every location of Williams Sonoma or Sur La Table, I will only do so when they are the best option for that city.

Some rules:

I don’t want to include department stores (Macy’s, Bloomingdales, Harrods, etc). The reason being that while these large stores sell culinary items, they are not specialists in the culinary field.

I do allow Williams Sonoma, Sur La Table. Why? Because they are culinary specialists and do sell hard to find products.

I do not want to list online culinary retailers. Why? There are literally thousands out there and I don’t want to become a repository of online information.

Please do not submit fee based or limited access shops. If you need to submit a business license or fee to access the shop then it isn’t for our list here. I want only places where anyone can walk in and shop. It can be a shop for professionals but must also sell to everyday “Joe and Jane”.

When you provide the information please submit the city, state, country, shop name, physical address, web address if they have one, a reason you like it.

To submit a site just send me an email or leave a comment.

Here is the list:

East Hanover, NJ

Bridge Kitchenware – 49 Eagle Rock Ave., These guys used to be in Manhattan, but recently moved, bummer!

http://www.bridgekitchenware.com

Still a great all around kitchen shop with a knowledgeable staff.

New York, NY

Broadway Panhandler – 65 E. 8th Street, Now the king of culinary in Manhattan.

http://www.broadwaypandler.com

Sur La Table – 75 Spring Street, These guys may argue with my title for Broadway Panhandler.

http://www.surlatable.com

still a pretty good kitchen shop.

Philadelphia, PA

Fantes – 1006 S. Ninth St., One of my favorite shops on the East coast. Great overall selection and good staff.

http://www.fantes.com

Washington, DC

Sur La Table – 5211 Wisconsin Ave. NW, A good shop with a knowledgeable staff.
Not all the stores in the chain can say that.

http://www.surlatable.com

Williams Sonoma – 5300 Wisconsin Ave. NW, there aren’t many choices in DC…are there?

http://www.williams-sonoma.com

The new additions:

San Francisco, California

Culinaire – One Ferry Building Market Shop #35, If you go to San Francisco, you must go to the Ferry Building. It is a culinary geek heaven. This shop focuses on classic and rare culinary items. A real gem of a shop. http://www.culinairesf.com

Sur La Table – One Ferry Building Market Shop #37, While you are in the Ferry Building, stop by Sur La Table. Yes, a national chain but between Culinaire and Sur La Table, you get the combination of old and new. http://www.surlatable.com

Montreal, Quebec

Les Touilleurs – 152 Rue Laurier Ouest, A wonderfully complete shop in one of my favorite cities. http://www.lestouilleurs.com

Paris, France –

E. Dehllerin – 18 & 20, rue Coquillière – 1st Arr., A family business since 1820, E.Dehillerin is a timeless, classic kitchen shop. It is the inspiration for many of the culinary shops in the New World. http://www.e-dehillerin.fr

London, England

David Mellor – 4 Slone Square, A two level shop that makes any kitchen geek happy to browse. http://www.davidmellordesign.com

Tokyo, Japan

Sugimoto Cutlery – 10-2 Tsukiji 4Chome, Chou-ku, Tsukiji-Jogai Market, This is quite simply one of the world’s great cutlery only markets. Their selection of knives is awesome. They even make western style knives for those who need that classic feel. http://www.sugimoto-hamono.com

Marietta, Georgia
Metro Kitchen Supply – 4041-A Kingston Court, This was sent in by KitchenBoy reader L. Wright. I have known Metro Kitchen as a good online source of kitchen tools, gadgets and hardware. If you are in this area, stop by and check them out.

http://www.MetroKitchen.com

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