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Yelp
I've been meaning to get down to to Canandaigua to visit F. Oliver's for some time now, so I was ecstatic when walking down Park Ave to see they have set up a shop in the city! It's quite funny that F. Oliver's is nestled nicely between a bakery and a wine shop. For those who don't know, they specialize in oils and vinegars so quite literally it's the perfect pairing of 3 stores.
The inside has a great clean, modern feel to it with a great staff to go along. We were greeted immediately and the employee started talking about the business and trying to get a feel for what we liked. You can sample every last vinegar and oil they have. Once we tried a bunch she started helping us combine oil and vinegars into one. I was blown away by the crazy concoctions that I thought had no business together into a senses blasting experience.
Not really into the oil thing, I stayed with my balsamic vinegars with some of the fruity options not even tasting like vinegar but more like juice. Blueberry, pomegranate, raspberry, peach, coconut, pineapple and chocolate to just name a few. WIth little tasting cups everywhere, I probably went through a good 20 of them. However, I loved the fact that they had a small hand sink in the back to wash up!
Slightly disappointed to hear they don't make their products themselves, however they import it exclusively. Everything in the store is $14.95 except the 18 year old aged special reserve, which is $16.95(highly recommended). You might think it's a little steep until you try it out. Simply put, its amazing! These are great house-warming gifts or for that hard to shop for someone(Mom).