The DeLaurenti Grocery Top 20!
Here’s our current Top 20. With 5,000 products in the shop, any Top 20 comes with two guarantees: first, the 20 on the list are going to be really good; second, thousands of other great products will be left off the list.
This list was compiled by owners Nate & Matt — 10 each. The only rules: you have to love it, and you have to choose in 15 minutes. The result checks every box — savory, salty, sweet, crunchy, and spicy – and all indispensable.
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1. Danieli Taralli Traditional
These little taralli are amazing. Handmade and perfectly crisp with coarse sea salt. Great with antipasti, salads, with wine, on salad, or straight from the box.
2. Scalia Benedetto Anchovies in Olive Oil
The indispensable secret weapon in the kitchen. Great on pizza, as a base in sauces & dressings or any time you want things to taste better. Wash the flip top jar & use for leftovers or shaking your dressing!
3. Bret’s Chips
Clean, unmistakably French chips that come in a variety of flavors. A Brittany classic, family-owned since 1995, and made with simple ingredients: potatoes, sunflower oil, natural aromas, and salt.
A century of Brooklyn family tradition in a warmly spiced, vine-ripened tomato sauce. Comforting, restaurant-worthy, weeknight-easy.
5. Villa Manodori Balsamic Vinegar
One of our best-selling vinegars! Silky balance of sweet and tangy. Made from Trebbiano grape must and red wine vinegar, it’s aged nine years in oak, chestnut, and juniper. Perfect with freshgreens, fruit, aged cheese, or grilled meats.
Hot sauce in its most perfect form. Three ingredients, chef-made: organic chilies, organic vinegar, Sicilian sea salt. Bright heat that lifts food without overpowering it. “A chameleon…works with any dish.” —Food & Wine
7. Nunez de Prado Organic EVOO
From the hills of Baena, Spain. Estate-made, organic, stone-milled blend with notes of green olive, citrus, almond, and fresh grass. Unfiltered and remarkably smooth.
The perfect finishing salt. Hand-harvested, delicate flakes with clean, bright salinity. Loved by chefs the world over.
From Ireland’s Boyne Valley — lively heat and creamy tang. Perfect with roast beef, smoked salmon, or sandwiches. You need this award-winning horseradish sauce.
100% Tuscan wheat, bronze-drawn and slow-dried. Semi-whole semolina for flavor, texture, and high digestibility. With a distinctive hazelnut color and an extraordinary ability to absorb flavor.
This Pittsburgh-born pantry hero is made with banana peppers in olive oil with garlic and spices. They’re co-owner Nate Plutko’s favorite for burgers, brats, and, well, nearly everything.
12. Uncle Jerry Extra Dark Pretzel
Lancaster County sourdough pretzels, slow-baked and deeply toasted. Perfect with a cold beverage and good mustard.
13. Bachan’s Gluten Free Japanese BBQ Sauce
This is an important sauce — seriously! Umami-rich, small-batch sauce made with tamari, garlic, ginger, and green onion. Drizzle, dip, or quick-marinate.
14. Fratelli Lunardi Almond & Candied Lemon Cantucci
The dunkable sweet spot: crisp yet tender, with almonds, honey, and bright candied lemon.Almost impossible to stop eating.
15. OroLiquido, Marcona Almond Butter
Two ingredients — roasted Marcona almonds and sea salt. This crunchy-creamy “liquid gold” is rich and slightly salty, with a toasted nut sweetness.
16. 70% Madagascar with Sea Salt | Spinnaker Chocolate
Bright, berry-forward single-origin cacao with a clean sprinkle of sea salt. 2022 Academy of Chocolate Silver. Praised by J. Kenji López-Alt as “insanely good,” with a clean snap and silky melt.
Bite-sized fried snack made from the traditional Sardinian flatbread called Pane Carasau.Reminiscent of pita chips, they’re ideal with dips, cheese, and charcuterie.
18. Confectionately Yours English Toffee
Easily the best toffee you’ll ever eat. Made with loving care right here in Seattle using only the finest ingredients. Handmade, buttery, and irresistible.
19. Ayoh Foods Hot Giardinayo Mayo
Ultra-creamy “sando sauce” with Chicago-style giardiniera, Calabrian chilies, and hot cherry peppers. It’s a big flavor, big texture, one-jar sandwich upgrade.
20. Drifter’s Fish Smoked Wild Alaska Salmon
A pantry-ready taste of Alaska summer. Small-boat harvested sockeye by Michael & Nellie Hand, the husband-and-wife team behind Drifter’s Fish. Smoked in a craft cannery and hand-packed. Clean, rich flavor with firm flakes — perfect with fresh pasta & peas, or straight out of the jar!