Charcuterie Meats & Cheeses

Our uncured salamis, summer sausages, cheese spreads, and many of our cheese blocks are all shelf-stable, which makes them perfect for vacations, picnics, and gift baskets. We also have a great variety of imported and domestic fresh cheese in our dairy fridge. These items are ideal with crackers before dinner or as the base for an elaborate charcuterie board. The Main Gourmet carries almost everything you’ll need for a complete charcuterie experience, including a beautiful collection of hand-crafted charcuterie boards and utensils! Some of our favorite meat and cheese makers are Gastros Craft Meats, Hunter’s Reserve, Jocelyn & Co, and Smith’s Country Cheese.

Gourmet Olives & Pickles

We love our olives stuffed with blue cheese the best, but we also have them stuffed with garlic, jalapenos, pimentos! We have pitted Castelvetrano olives for the traditionalist who just loves the meaty texture and buttery flavor of a superior olive. Our pickle collection includes bread and butter, a variety of dills, bourbon barrel aged, gin brined, and more. The Main Gourmet also carries other pickled and oiled veggies such as okra, green beans, jalapenos, asparagus, Brussel sprouts, carrots, beets, onions, and capers. Our preferred suppliers for these items are Pacific Pickle Works, Southern City Flavors, and Divina.

Flavored Oils & Vinegars

While we’d love to devote the entire store to oils, vinegars and balsamics, we did our best to restrain ourselves! Our spectacular selection includes EVOO flavors ranging from Meyer lemon and blood orange to roasted garlic, smoked, chive, and of course bacon! Our vinegars include garlic white and dark, chocolate raspberry, Italian herb, and jalapeno white among others, and our balsamic favorites are the bourbon, espresso, and blueberry darks. We also carry avocado oil and both black and white truffle oil. We proudly carry The Olive and The Grape, Truffle Hunter, Antica Italia, and Virginia’s own Lindera Farms. You’ll find beautifully designed oil and vinegar bowls and bottles at The Main Gourmet as well!

Seasonings & Spice Blends

While we’d love to devote the entire store to oils, vinegars and balsamics, we did our best to restrain ourselves! Our spectacular selection includes EVOO flavors ranging from Meyer lemon and blood orange to roasted garlic, smoked, chive, and of course bacon! Our vinegars include garlic white and dark, chocolate raspberry, Italian herb, and jalapeno white among others, and our balsamic favorites are the bourbon, espresso, and blueberry darks. We also carry avocado oil and both black and white truffle oil. We proudly carry The Olive and The Grape, Truffle Hunter, Antica Italia, and Virginia’s own Lindera Farms. You’ll find beautifully designed oil and vinegar bowls and bottles at The Main Gourmet as well!

BBQ Sauces, Condiments, Salsas

With our array of sauces and salsas, you’ll never take a dry bite again! At The Main Gourmet, you’ll find BBQ sauces from boozy to bold and from sultry sweet to hot hot hot! We have a delightful variety of steak sauces, ketchups, mustards, relishes, marinades, and dressings that will surely make your burgers, dogs, and salads the talk of the family reunion. Our salsas have everything for traditionalists, fruit enthusiasts, and of course bean and bacon lovers! We have created this assortment for you from makers including Shemps Old Fashioned, Original Australian, Yo Mama’s, Amish Made, and Virginia’s own Bone Doctors and Gunther’s Gourmet Foods.

Pasta, Pasta Sauces, Pestos

Dinner tonight? The Main Gourmet has you covered! Our pasta collection focuses on three priorities. We have Mancini Pasta imported from Italy, created to be al dente every time to satisfy your cravings like no other pasta can. We have an exceptional gluten free tagliatelle by Caponi, because everyone deserves the pleasure of pasta! And finally, we have a gourmet pasta assortment from Valente Market here in Virginia that is so beautiful, so flavorful, you will choose this for your best date nights. Our marinara sauces are from Yo Mamas, and they bring what their maker promises: the best flavors from our moms’ and grandmas’ kitchens. Our pestos? They’re from The Gracious Gourmet, whose recipes combine the best Italian traditions and together with the French nuances that elevate any recipe. To make the meal a gift, add our stunning pasta serving bowl or a set of individual bowls from Rosanna Designs, an internationally acclaimed design house.

Preserves, Jams, Chutneys, Honeys

If spice blends are the secret ingredients in your recipe, jams and chutneys are the secret ingredients on your plate! Bacon Jam on everything from omelettes to burgers. Hot Peach Chutney accompanies baked brie and grilled pork chops. Fig Spread on a roast beef sandwich… oh my goodness! At The Main Gourmet, we have all of those, plus what you might simply put on your morning toast, and local honey for oatmeal and yogurt, and so much more!! When the day is done, top your ice cream or brownie with our pecan, caramel, or chocolate sauce. Our favorite creators of these saucy accoutrements are Midwest Fresh, The Gracious Gourmet, Bourbon Barrel Foods, and Virginia’s own Virginia Chutney Company and Preservation Society. Our amazing local raw honey is created by the bees and beekeepers at Horseshoe Point Honey, just 11 miles from our door.

Gourmet Popcorn & Pretzels

And peanuts, pizzelles, cookies, crackers, cheese crisps, sticks, and straws, potato chips, breakfast bars, stroopwafles, and biscotti! If you’re in need of a snack, we have what you’re craving! Our snacks are all curated from small batch, family-owned companies, most located here on the East Coast. Whether you’re looking to satisfy a pressing hunger or put out a bowl for guests, The Main Gourmet has the snacks you need! On our shelves you’ll find products from Emma’s Gourmet Popcorn, Drinkin’ Pretzels, Carolina Kettle, John W. Macy’s, The Good Crisp Company, and from right here in Virginia, Belmont Peanuts, Integrity Foods, and Route 11 Potato Chips.

Bar Mixers & Barware

At The Main Gourmet, our selection of bar mixers gets straight to the good stuff! We carry the absolute jewel of a giftable mixer, Camp Craft Cocktails! This product is as beautiful as it is delicious; a mason jar from Camp Craft Cocktails will bring all the flavors you could want to your next cocktail party. We also have simple syrups from Virginia’s Crescent Simples, which will add the perfect flavor to your cocktail, lemonade, latte, or tea, and a fantastic collection of bitters from both Bourbon Barrel Foods and Fee Brothers, the company who set the bar on bitters. Our barware includes decanters, whiskey glasses, whiskey stones, and bar art that are sure to make a statement!

Timmy Jimmy’s Sweet Treats

The Main Gourmet has a wonderful assortment of Gourmet Chocolate, Novelty & Retro Candy, PEZ, Jelly Belly, Candy Club, and more! Our Sweet Treats Room is named in honor of my hubby’s sweet tooth. Tim (aka Timothy James or Timmy Jimmy) knows that nothing brings a day to a perfect ending better than a sweet little something to please the palate. We offer an extensive collection of bulk and bagged Jelly Belly jelly beans, a spellbinding assortment of Harry Potter candies, dozens of Candy Club sweets and sours, PEZ in every character you could desire, candy sprays, slimes, and squeezes, gummies large and small, melt-in-your mouth fudge, gourmet marshmallow treats, fun and flavorful tubs of cotton candy, and the finest chocolate treats by Giambri’s Chocolates, a 4th generation family chocolatier.

Giftware & Custom Gift Baskets

While the focus is on food at The Main Gourmet, we do carry a carefully curated selection of food-related giftware. Charcuterie boards, bowls, and utensils, olive canoes, whiskey decanters, glasses, and stones, oil and vinegar bottles and dipping bowls, and stunning pasta bowls. We also carry an exclusive collection of Smithfield dishware featuring local landmarks and one of Smithfield’s famous Painted Pigs. If you’re looking to present some food and gift products in a basket, you’ll find baskets in many sizes and shapes to suit your need. Also, please feel free to contact us and we can design and create a custom gift basket for you, based on your budget and theme.