Right away you know this place is different. Walking up, you see the bins of fresh fruit stretching out into the parking lot. Juan and his crew pick only the very finest, whether it’s oranges from California or cherries from Chile. Want organics ? We’ve got ’em.

   In the breezeway with the rest of the fruits and veggies are the glass bottle milk, just like you remember it :) … farm-fresh eggs … and we always have 40% manufacturing cream for your favorite recipes. Premium ice creams and Duarte’s pies, too… but we’re just getting started.

   Step into the room where we once processed the raw milk, back when we were really small. Steve calls this the “thrill seeker” room, and no wonder. You can’t turn around without bumping into new and exciting treats. Here are the craft-baked breads (and imported preserves and New Zealand butter to go with them)… along the walls, the bulk bins of Old-fashioned rolled oats, walnut pieces for cooking, dried fruits and coffee beans… Guittard mint drops… flaked coconut… vanilla beans too… In the fridge, chilled fresh salsa, hummus, Canadian maple syrup, fresh-ground peanut butter… also soy foods, and gourmet meats from names like Saag’s and Schaller & Weber [Bavaria brats! Atomic hots!] as well as our own Marin grass-fed beef (Mmmm)… and then there’s the main attraction…

Did somebody say cheese ?

This is the place! Cheese for picnics, for parties, for pasta, for your morning omelette… Italian reggiano, Danish fontina, French Morbier, Dutch gouda, Bulgarian feta, Swiss Tilsiter, Vermont extra sharp cheddar, organic California jack… and over three hundred other varieties to put the zing back in your dining.

Remember, Milk Pail Market has the same fine imported cheeses as those “carriage trade” stores… we just price them three to six dollars a pound nicer.  Why?  Because we like you.

Please wander around our Web site, then print a map for your car or backpack and come in soon to meet us in person. We’re your neighbors at Milk Pail Market.