Minnesota Nice Spice

The mission of this store alone has me sold for life!
They call themselves a «not-​for-​profit,» so anything beyond what keeps the operation of the business going, is donated to an art center for the disabled that the owner’s sister is a member of!
From what I’ve been told, they are currently the only ones to be producing 100% organic spice BLENDS in Minnesota.
The store itself is very charming and is the site that they produce their organic spice blends at. While the store itself is fabulous, it’s a funny feeling when you’re on your way there since it appears to be the only operation in an seemingly abandoned, but still elegant looking, mall from the 80’s (Riverplace). The store doesn’t seem to have set hours (this is where they assemble the blends, besides just selling them), BUT since they sell their blends in a number of other stores in the area that DO have set hours, that’s fine by me.
Everything about this store and their mission is NICE. They have samples you can grab and take home as well as some samples that they combined with another item (the day I was in was a curry mix on sunflower seeds (delicious!).

Love it! A great way to spice up your food and support a small business that helps others.