Where to buy za'atar in SF?

[turtl_girl]

Opinions on the best source for Syrian/Near Eastern products? Would also like to find aleppo pepper.
Thanks!

[originalfig]

Also, yesterday's Tablehopper reports that a new spice store is opening up in Bernal Heights in a few weeks:
"In early to mid-October, look for a new vendor to join the 331 Cortland Marketplace in Bernal Heights: ~SPICE HOUND~ will be offering a full selection of unique spices and gourmet salts in the space formerly occupied by Della Terra Organics...At 331 Cortland, Spice Hound will be stocking over 100 different spices, dried herbs, and specialty salts for home cooks and professionals. They’ll carry smoked and flavored salts (like black truffle sea salt, and chardonnay and oak fleur de sel), as well as salts from all over the world (like French grey sea salt). As for the spices, they’ll have pantry staples like peppercorns and cinnamon (three kinds, in fact, for you bakers out there), and hard-to-find items like grains of paradise, crystallized ginger, and the super-hot (seriously) ghost chiles. You’ll also be able to grab freshly ground blends and rubs, from poultry and beef rubs to more eclectic blends like garam masala, Egyptian dukka, and Middle Eastern za’atar."

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Spice Hound
331 Cortland Ave, San Francisco, CA 94110

[turtl_girl]

awesome, thanks everyone! i'm (newly) in the richmond, so it sounds like there are good options nearby.

[ephrat]

Oasis Food Market in Oakland carries zatar (w/ sumac), and they also have amazing laffa made fresh almost daily. Dangerously good!

[bgbc]

Rainbow Grocery has it.

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Rainbow Grocery
1745 Folsom St, San Francisco, CA 94103

[inthekitchen]

Whole Spice, located at the Oxbow Market in Napa has za'atar, as well as aleppo pepper. They also have chili urfa and chili marash, which are wonderful as well.

[saffrongold]

22nd and Irving produce at 2101 Irving has bulk zatar for $3.99/lb/
The stuff I bought is w/o sumac, I don't remember if they had different blends.

[Cynsa]

Haig's Delicatessen on Clement Street has za'atar.
Penzy's has aleppo - www.penzys.com or at the store in Menlo Park -
771 Santa Cruz Ave
Menlo Park, CA
[phone]
Mon.-Sat.: 10:00AM - 6:00PM
Sun.: 9:00AM - 3:00PM

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Haig's Delicacies
642 Clement St, San Francisco, CA 94118

[mariacarmen]

Sami Rami's on Misson and 26th. They have aleppo too. been meaning to get some myself. Sami Rami's carries several varieties of za'atar.

[originalfig]

I second the vote for Samiramis. They have red za'atr and also a lovely green za'atr too. Also, the owner is great about keeping his spices fresh (ones that spoil more rapidly are kept in the refrigerator in the back.

Haig's in the Sunset had good za'atr too, per Cynsa, but if I had to choose one I'd go to Samiramis.

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Samiramis Imports
2990 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110

[tranewreck]

Parkside Market on Taraval has both.

[wolfe]

Check for Juliet Mae products at these stores, many interesting spice blends.
http://www.julietmae.com/pages/Retail...

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Juliet Mae
Presidio of San Francisco, CA 94129, Presidio of San Francisco, CA 94129

[escargot3]

all the middle east stores have it. where are you located?

[soupçon]

There are probably other sources, but I've gotten za'atar at Cost Plus World Market.