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This place is amazing. It is so worth the drive from Boston every time and it's so close to the Kittery Outlets that you can make an entire day shopping and eating!
My favorite things here:
1. there are so many things to sample and try, whether it's jelly or soaps.
2. the blueberry jam...to die for.
3. their habanero aioli at the cafe. sooo good with the french fries.
One thing I liked a lot, but wished was way less expensive:
1. their lobster BLT was not worth the money, but it was still so tasty. The lobster was perfectly cooked and not rubbery at all, which is quite common in cheap lobster rolls.
I am determined to get up here and take one of their classes.
The restaurant side is worth a visit if you are in the area. Salads, soups, sandwiches - all with that fresh, healthy edge. I had a salad with chicken salad - tasty and chunky; my wife had a mozzarella and tomato sandwich, with a hot and rich minestrone. It's an "order at the counter" place, but really fresh and tasty. I would absolutely go back.
I was kind of disappointed by this location. I LOVE Stonewall products, but the cafe food was mediocre and the shop didn't have all that much to sample. AND it was regular priced. I thought the company store was supposed to be cheaper!
I went to the one in Rochester, NH (no cafe, just the store) and everything was half priced, and there were samples galore!
So by itself, this place would have been pretty cool, but in comparison to the smaller one in Rochester, I wasn't very impressed. The Cafe was fresh but overpriced, and the store was just a big catalog with not enough things to sample. Sorry!
As a culinarily inclined person, I was taken here by someone who knew I would appreciate it, and I definitely did!
Besides the cornucopia of jam samples, there were dips, salad dressings, marinades, chocolate sauces, and every other liquid/gel form of food you could imagine. Sampling was fun and I didn't spy anyone using their fingers. (Thank god.)
The cafe was quite overpriced so we just got a hot chocolate and a cappucino for the road back to Boston, but now that I've read the reviews, I'm a little sad we missed the food. We left laden with bags of jams, dressings, dip mix, and this decadent Caramel Apple Butter which is perfect to spread over a freshly baked challah. Mmm.
Because of our purchases, we also got a free mini jar of the Peach Bellini Jam. If you know me, you know I love a good bellini, especially one that's free!
I love their salad dressings and jams, but this place makes me crazy.
Maybe it's my germ phobia, but I can't stand watching people flock to the open jars of jam, dressings, mustards, and dessert toppings and put their fingers all over everything and double-dip their crackers. Yuck.
As for the cafe, it's waaaayyyy overpriced. I really wanted the Lobster BLT, but for $25???!?!?! I ended up with an orzo salad that was okay, but at least priced appropriately for lunch.
I'm telling you, if you go in here, be prepared to leave with some rare disease....too many fingers in the jam.
I live in California.
I eat with my hands.
and
I'm a big fan of Stonewall Kitchen.
Right now I'm eating a (Peach Pomegranate Jam) atop a stonemilled wheat cracker [w/ whipped butter or melted Mozzarella].
Coming to this area from culinary nirvana (San Francisco Bay Area), we've kept our eyes and noses open for culinary delights that we could not get in our old home town. Stonewall fits the bill.
We've purchased (and tasted) numerous Stonewall products. They came in handy for this past Christmas. I particularly like their Holiday Jam and their Wild Blueberry Jam. Additionally, their marmalade are unusual (and quite good). I died and went to heaven with their chocolate peanut butter sauce.
The feature of Stonewall that take the proverbial cake is their cafe at the Stonewall mother ship in York. I've eaten there twice and enjoyed it immensely. My partner is a connoisseur of grilled cheese sandwiches and he declared that their grilled three cheese sandwich with artichoke pesto is the best in the Universe. I enjoyed their unique take on chicken pot pie. Their coffee is goo, too, as are their desserts. This place reminded use of some of the small cafes we enjoyed in the Napa and Sonoma Valleys. We look forward to sharing this place with our friends and family from the West Coast.
This place is like the biosphere of condiment creationism. The business started with 2 guys selling jellies & jams at farmer's markets and has mushroomed into an enterprise that has done for spreadibles what the computer did for spreadsheets (Hey! I'm writing here). It's 10:30 AM and we're on the way to the beach; where to stop for sandwiches? That morning, in Revere MA, I had channeled my inner sandwich child who told me he wanted turkey with cranberry, mayo & lettuce but then started to sulk because he didn't think it would show up in his day. His recollections of sandwich procurement in the zoo that downtown Ogunquit is in August sent a chill to his core. Lo, and behold, Stonewall's cafe had a item called the 'Pilgrim' which had everything he had envisioned plus an apple stuffing and, as a $7.95 roll-up, was even better than he had imagined (and easy to eat on the beach). They also have many other sandwiches, burgers, soups, salads and sweets not to mention the opportunity to sample all sorts of condiments.
I'm not the type of person who goes to this sort of place, usually. I mean, I like their grilling sauces, but it's too crowded for my liking. I get antsy.
I'm posting this because according to my sweetie, they serve the best clam chowder in the whole world. Bar none.
Also, try the Maple Chipotle grilling sauce. Way tasty.
I was so excited when we stumbled upon this place. I've long been a fan of their tasty jellies and jams.
We stopped there and sampled plenty. Yum. They have a little cafe, so we each had a half sandwich and clam chowder - roast beef for me and ham & cheese for my husband.
Definitely worth a visit ;)
It really is about the free samples. Yum. You can get their products many other places, but the main store is fun to sample in and look around. They really do have everything you can think of.
There is a little cafe but I haven't had a chance to eat their yet. Perhaps on the next trip!
If you are visiting Kittery, take the drive North on Route 1 a little further up. You will be glad you did.
Who says Maine can't be gourmet? If its bottled they make it. LOL from mustards to dipping sauces, dressings, jams and jellies, even pretzels and kitchen goodies its here. High quality and price but never disappointing.
This was a fun place to visit, a wonderful daytrip for the two of us. On a Saturday, I told the lady that we were simply going to go on a daytrip. What I had arranged was for us to go to one of Stonewall Kitchen's skills classes starting at 11, then shopping at the little general store along Route 1 until a reservation at Arrows at 6 pm. We had a very quirky class on Italian cooking that I expect was definitely not the norm. It was not very informative, but I take that it was an exception, but it was *very* entertaining. We learned to make a wonderful citrus mussel salad and a refresher on some basic Italian cooking. The kitchen was immaculate and easy to see the preparation. The three large flatscreens for the cameras in the room helped. They demonstrated cooking at a basic family portion level while dishing out an example of a portion for everyone to try. I bought a nice Chef'n citrus strainer that I liked the design of as well as a tiny skimming spoon for my stocks. She picked up a variety of sauces. In her opinion, very few of the sauces actually tasted like what you would expect from the label... except for the cranberry horseradish sauce. The sauces were all... good... but they tasted like "jam" and "mustard" with a few exceptions. We both felt that the Mimosa Jam felt like a less intense Orange Marmalade. She's also a huge Paddington fan, but that's beside the point. It was packed that day, but the ever-changing selection at Stonewall is nice. The food is good, but it just makes me want to... do it myself more. However, when Arrows opens again in the spring, we would like to go down to the cooking school again and take another class... followed by another trip to Arrows. That... was a good autumn day.
I give the company store about 4.5 stars - it's well organized and airy, with wide enough aisles that it seems like there would be plenty of room to maneuver even on tourist-laden weekend days. I went on a random weekday morning, and it was very peaceful, with just a few other shoppers. I like the free recipe idea cards, and I did dip into a few samples. I came home with sun-dried tomato pesto that will become a creamy pasta sauce, and super-rich balsamic fig dressing that the salesperson suggested having over a salad with roasted pears and goat cheese, which sounds delicious.
I give the bakery/kitchen 2.5-ish stars, at least for their breakfast offerings. There was a new person working without much oversight, and she didn't even know what the foods were - we asked for a 72-layer biscuit, which is probably one of those things they're known for, and she asked 'is it this one? is it this one?' - really. Before you let someone work with customers, they should at least be familiar with what they're selling. It gave us a less-than-professional vibe from the beginning (although she was very enthusiastic in her lack of knowledge). The biscuit was pretty boring, heavy, and ridiculously priced at $2.25. It may have been better if warmed, but that option wasn't given to us. The biscuit sandwich (different kind of biscuit) wasn't warmed properly, so the egg was still cold. The mocha had about 2" of unmixed chocolate syrup on the bottom. This confluence of not-good details was disappointing. The scone and coffeecake were rich and moist, though, and the flowers on the table were fresh and festive, so it had that going for it. But, for a place where you order at a counter and bus your own table, the prices were touristy and not worth it.
I really like visiting here! As long as you don't watch the crowd eat over open sample jars, it's a painless... and enjoyable experience. Now that I know what I like, I usually avoid the free samples, just cause there's too many people dipping into those things... freaks me out. My #1 favorite is what I call my "crack jam"... It's real name is something like raspberry peach champagne or something long like that. Very Very delicious! On my latest visit, I ate lunch in the cafe and they had SUPER yummy sweet potato fries! CRISPY!!! yyyuuuuuummm... If you're in the area, I highly recommend a visit. And if you're not freaked out by germs, go hungry!
Though I would never set foot in a Stonewall Kitchen shop in a mall, I love this flagship store. There are samples galore, products for miles, and a cafe with wonderful sandwiches that use many of Stonewall's condiments. For folks driving to northern Maine, this is a great lunch stop - and the perfect place to pick up some gifts for your hosts.
Stonewall teas & jams = SO GOOD. This place is cute with a country store flair and yes, TONS of free samples. You could probably make a free lunch out of it, if you are content with lots of little crackers, pretzel sticks, & jams galore.. just in case you aren't content with that there is a cafe that serves up lunch stuff & lots of bakery items too. I got blood orange marmalade on sale for only $2.50 and I am excited to try it, for such a great price you can't go wrong! It's right on your way to/from York Beach from the highway, make the stop!
FREE SAMPLES! haha oh goodness i could have a full meal there from the free samples scattered about the store. They usually have waffles or something really good on the right side where the little kitchen is. The cafe is expensive but looks worth it. They have all kinds of sandwiches and cookies and pasta and so on. Sure, you can get them from a catalogue but this is the place for all your kitchen needs whether it be food or gadgets, maybe a cookbook or two.
Has anyone mentioned the samples? Oh, the samples! From one end of the store to the other, nothing but chrackers and pretzels and a million tasty little jars of stuff to dip them in.
Fun to poke around the store, though I am much more likely to buy a non-food item.
The cafe has some OK food, but I found the prices to be way high - lunch for 2 of us was $30, and IIRC that was 2 sandwiches, chips and drinks.
They have a tour but I haven't done it yet
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