TAKE A TRIP AROUND THE WORLD WITHOUT LEAVING HOME
This is the part of Fairway Market that truly makes us a one-stop shop AND an extraordinary food shopping experience, as opposed to just another trip to the grocery store that you’ve done hundreds of times before. Our Specialty Imports and Specialty Grocery departments transform food shopping from a ho-hum chore into an exciting excursion into the new and delicious. Once you discover it, you won’t be able to go back to your standard, boring fare.
A little sample of what awaits: Lapalisse pure and virgin nut oils used by France’s top gastronomic chefs; authentic artisanal Sicilian foodstuffs; Burgundy’s organic La Trinquelinette fruit preserves made in small batches using only unrefined raw cane sugar; ready-to-eat vacuum-packed beets from the Loire Valley; L'Herbier de Milly La Forêt verbena, hibiscus, peppermint and linden blossom infusions (exclusively at Fairway in the U.S.); La Quiberonnaise Vintage Sardines from Brittany, France (also exclusive to Fairway); real Pruneaux d’Agen; Quercy’s soft dried figs and apricots; Biscuiterie Latour artisanal-production waffles from Givet, France; Tarall’oro Pugliese artisanal pasta; innumerable artisanal-production olive oils and vinegars; an unbelievable assortment of the world’s finest honeys (have you ever tried French lavender honey from Provence? Simply heaven!); world-famous Perigord walnuts; Alsatian horseradish and sauerkraut; hand-picked and hand-sorted chilies from Espelette in the Basque country; plump Catalan anchovies; the finest French sea salt, Fleur de Sel de Guerande. And that’s just to name a few. Whew! And we barely took you half way around the world…
ONCE YOU GET THE MUST-HAVES, BE SURE TO GET THE STUFF THAT WILL TRULY MAKE YOU HAPPY
Every single week of the year we consolidate pallets of all kinds of exciting foodstuffs at international seaports like Le Havre, Genoa, Algeciras and Barcelona where they are loaded onto container ships. We are constantly waiting impatiently for these ships to dock at Port Elizabeth, NJ so we can get our latest passion on our shelves where it is then destined to become your infatuation. You have all your traditional groceries packed in your cart with your deli meats, fresh fruits and vegetables, paper towels, Murray’s chicken and USDA Prime steaks, and suddenly you find yourself in awe of a shelf displaying lots of stuff you simply must have. The best tastes in the world, still produced in small batches with the finest ingredients by true artisans and craftspeople, are at your fingertips.
LEAVE THE PRETENSE AT THE DOOR
Don’t be intimidated if you don’t speak a romance language. We hardly stand on ceremony here, nor do we make pronunciation a requirement for enjoying these old and traditional foodstuffs. “Specialty Grocery” means all the wonderful stuff we offer that you can’t find in an ordinary supermarket. Much of it is imported, and some of it is even made right here in the U.S. Most important is the fact that many of the European foodstuffs that we carry are exclusive to Fairway Market. We import the best of the best, directly, from over 100 producers in Europe. We have a particular passion for our exclusives. They’re the reason we’re in the newspapers and magazines all the time, and of utmost importance to the best chefs and most passionate foodies. You will love them.
The beauty of it all is that since Fairway is the importer, nobody exists between us and the maker of the product. What does that mean? It means the prices are as low as they can possibly be. No distributors, no brokers, no highway robbery importers, and believe us, we know of which we speak.
IF YOU FEEL LOST, JUST LOOK FOR A SIGN…THEY ARE ALL AROUND YOU
Something else no other store can offer you – the extensive knowledge and passion behind these imports. Our experts don’t oil-up and take lavish beach resort vacations. No. Our experts are in the mountains, hills, valleys, farmlands and remote villages of France, Italy, Spain, Germany, England, Belgium and Holland tasting and wildly gesticulating with the locals over a bite of a family recipe or the fruits of a small business owner’s labors. We take these life experiences and knowledge and bring them back to you. So you don’t just know that you are getting something that tastes amazing at a great value, but you also know where it’s from, how to serve or prepare it, and what to partner it with. We tell you that if you’re an anchovy lover, then you must try L’Escala Anchovies from the Catalan Costa Brava; that they blow everything else out of the water (pun intended) because of their sweetness and depth of flavor; that they come from a tiny company on the Mediterranean that buys from local fishermen; that L’Escala is the name of the village where the villagers work in the anchovy plant, a 400 year-old brick building, and do everything by hand; and that these divine morsels are most fabulous served with olives and good bread with either a cold beer or a cold Spanish ‘fino’ sherry. We tell you to put away that brand name, processed jelly and try something different, like Belberry Belgian Jams; that they come from a small family-operated company that is fanatical about flavor and quality, and you really might not find anything better than this to spread on everything and anything. We tell you that “choucroute” is the French word for sauerkraut, and that Andre Laurent French sauerkraut is not to be missed; that this sauerkraut is a treasured tradition of the Champagne region and that the cabbages are grown there and cooked with real Champagne, goose fat, duck fat and juniper berries; that this is not just for wursts, but is highly regarded as a side dish with all kinds of proteins such as chicken and lots of other poultry, fish, beef, lamb and pork.
You become obsessed with the tastes and endless possibilities. You become addicted to knowing more, just as we are. You explore. Come and see what the world has to offer, and it’s all under one roof at Fairway Market.
