Best of Boston

Best Gourmet Shop

2013 Best Gourmet Shop

American Provisions

South Boston
What separates a smaller shop like American Provisions from a typical grocery store is its personality, from the handwritten signs suggesting wines to match each [...] read more»
2010 Best Gourmet Shop

A. Russo & Sons

Watertown
When you're ready to put some sizzle in your pan, there's no better place to start than at Russo's. Its esoteric selection of produce—Thai okra, [...] read more»
2009 Best Gourmet Shop, West

The Cheese Shop

Wellesley
No one makes booze-and-cheese pairings as easy as Wasik's, as it's known by locals. Walk in toting an obscure red or a craft beer, and [...] read more»
2009 Best Gourmet Shop, North

Shubie’s

Marblehead
Shubie's gets the nod this year for upping the ante in the cheese department, where scores of familiar and rarely seen varieties pack the cases: [...] read more»
2009 Best Gourmet Shop, South

Sid Wainer & Son

New Bedford
We're all for keeping weird and wonderful stuff in the fridge (as long as it didn't, you know, grow there). That's why we love making [...] read more»
2008 Best Gourmet Shop, North

Ned’s Groceria

Gloucester
First as the creator of gourmet-pantry-on-wheels Ned's Truck and now as proprietor of her own groceria, Ned Hand has helped the North Shore fine-foods scene [...] read more»
2008 Best Gourmet Shop, South

Gypsy Kitchen

Quincy
Lisa Lammé knows from hot. When she shuttered her famed Faneuil Hall hot sauce shop, Le Saucier, years ago, she moved on to perk up [...] read more»
2008 Best Gourmet Shop, West

Lower Falls Wine Company

Newton Lower Falls
No 'oaky' chardonnays and 'plummy' merlots here. The quaff hounds at this third-generation business call on a broader viticultural vocabulary in helping a customer discover [...] read more»
2006 Best Gourmet Shop

Christina’s

Cambridge
Even a well-stocked pantry won't have everything, which is why we're grateful for Christina's. On weekdays, purposeful shoppers arrive in search of Ethiopian bere bere, [...] read more»
2004 Best Gourmet Shop, Cape Cod

The Brown Jug

Sandwich
Once a locally beloved antique shop, the Brown Jug is now home to a different, though no less precious, stock: artisanal cheeses from far-flung makers, [...] read more»