The Spice House

The Spice House is a gourmet store Old Town Chicago located in United States.

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  • Phone

    (312) 274-0378

  • Website

    thespicehouse.com

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  • Type

    Gourmet Store

Address

1512 N Wells St (at W Burton Pl) Chicago , IL 60610 United States

Reservations No
Credit Cards Yes (incl. American Express)

Comments / 34


Keywords:

spice mixes yards great value spicy food corn meats knowledgeable staff friendly staff gifts sea salt exotic lakes
Shanlie Ann ???? @chi_shan

Lavender vanilla-sugar, White truffle salt , Trinidad lemon garlic pepper , Taylor Street Cheese Sprinkle-for starters! Try every spice, salt, seasonings, molecular gastronomy ingredients! They got it!

Catherine Punkt

Extraordinary selection of spices. Don't miss to take some seasonings with you which are typical for Chicago (like Deep Dish or Ukrainian Quarter seasoning).

Explore Chicago

Follow the aroma to this spice shop specializing in the highest quality & variety of hand-selected & hand-prepared spices and herbs, both expected & exotic . Ask about the Chicago Neighborhood blends.

Matt Cosentino

Skip the grocery stores , the spices here are great and very reasonably priced.

Chuck Diesal

Be sure to get a catalog, it's a great guide of the store!! The black lava rock salt is great with steaks !!!

Jen

An amazing shop for all your spice/seasoning needs. Great blends and wonderful, beautifully packaged combo boxes!

Jill Spainhour

I used to work here during my college years and I LOVE IT. I still go back to get Argyle Street seasoning.., vanilla beans , Vanilla Paste, Back of the Yards seasoning.

A-Bomb

The breakfast sausage seasoning mix has added something to my vegetarian breakfasts that I didn't know I was missing :D

Lisa Ghisolf

Best spice merchant hands down! Always helpful staff . Great spice combos for the novice or accomplished cook.

Busy Bee

Awesome place for whole spices.. Quality, great value and knowledgeable friendly staff ..

Shelly Burke

Very friendly staff , know where the spice is when you walk in and look like a fool trying to pronounce it. :)

Liz V

The employees here are fantastic! So nice and really helpful.

Lawrence Flack II

Sichuan peppercorns , Portuguese cream salt, Virginia smokehouse seasoning, peppercorn Royale

Marshall Rollings

I recommend the maple garlic blend!

Mazda

The Spice House website contains and in-depth and interesting section about the history of spices called, "The Importance of Spices in World History."

Fallon Dodds

I always stop in here before going out of town . Their gift boxes make the best thank you to parents and foodies.

Tyler Lymer

Elenor is awesome. Talk to her if you're looking for advice... Especially about bitters !

L Hess

Pink peppercorns ! Dried corn ! Black salt! Truffles ! The whole store smells like delicious!

Patty Penzey Erd

Where else can you taste four different types of cinnamon ?

Jeff Carter

Fabulous spices mixes and peices

Fallon Dodds

The freeze-dried corn is awesome. Add it to salads and be happy.

Mike Waleke

It was neat yo see the stuff from the website but the store wasn’t that friendly .

venu vasudevan

great selection of sea salts and bbq spreads. try the pink himalayan salt

chgocdg

Love service and selection

Phong Nguyen

Best. Spices. Ever.

Kyle Jackson

The Vulcan salt is amazing!

Ingrida Nasvytis

Best ever! Could stay here all day.

Kristina Navarro

Back of the Yards spice mix is awesome!!

Roy Harrell

Lake shore dr seasoning is a must have!

Anna Z.

Use the Pilsen Latino seasoning for great homemade guacamole .

Brian Hadaway

Try the candied ginger .

Stephanie Sheh

Look for testers and try stuff, there's a water cooler to clean yur palate/wash yur hands.

Lawrence Flack II

szechuan peppercorn

Michael Pallaske

It was spicy

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