Sonoma Spice Queen

The zatar is good on everything. The chile lime salt is bursting with flavor.
Do you ever wish you could make everything chai flavored? They have a blend for that.

What a find! I live right here in town and wish I had found this place as soon as it opened. Unassuming front but inside it’s beautiful and full of amazing smelling spices! The spice blends especially smell great — there’s a version of Old Bay which I had to get and then go home and throw out my old can. Sounds sacrilegious as an east coaster, I know, but that’s how good it smells. I got a friend a jar of long black peppercorns which I had never seen before. Paired it with a cookbook from Copperfield’s — great birthday gift!
Can’t recommend this place highly enough, looking forward to slowly revamping my spice cabinet with all of her specially sourced spices!

This is an adorable little shop offering all of the classic spices. I really enjoyed sampling all of the flavors. I only wish they had more spice blends.

I finally got a chance to go in to Sonoma Spice Queen. It is more than worth it. Petaluma has no real spice shop and Sonoma Spice Queen exactly fits the bill. The space is lovely and much bigger than you’d realize from the outside. The spices are gorgeously packaged. And, in case you made the same assumption I did, there is a LOT more than mixes and spice rubs here. There is local vinegar and hot sauce, individual spices (both whole and ground) as well as amazing salts. She carries everything you’d need for a well stock herb and spice cabinet.
Wind herself, is a treasure. She will more than happily help you find something, walk you through, explain various herbs and mixes to you.
The bottles are a bit more than you’ll pay at Safeway for sure, but when you get them home, you’ll realize they are about six times as potent as anything you’d buy at a big grocery. I’ve cut how much garlic powder I use because what I bought is so fresh and so garlicky!
This store is a super addition to Petaluma’s burgeoning culinary scene. I’ve said I wanted a spice shop in town for a long time and well, sometimes dreams do come true!
Stop by, meet Wind and make your next meal, cake or cookies sing!

Love this place! Organic spices in nice glass bottles. When buying from this store you already feel like you’re getting all the benefits from the goodness around you! Its great! Bye to whole foods crumbling paper boxes! Love these little gems popping up around petaluma.

We came by a couple weeks ago. Not really needing any spices but wanted to check the new place out. We were the only customers in the store so we had the owner to walk us threw the store and explain what the spices were and their uses. If we did not have her walk us threw we would have blown threw there quickly and probably not spent any money. They have a huge selection of spices and tea. We bought Java & Spice BBQ Rub and Hawaiian Breeze Tea. Then went and bought fat rib eye steak to bbq!

Sugar and spice, and all things nice. What’s not to love about this new, spice shop.
First of all, this ain’t no Williams-​Sonoma or Sur la Table. In fact, this place looks/​feels more like someone’s living room/​kitchen. The shop was launched by the Sonoma Spice Queen herself — Wind McAlister. After years of selling goods at local Farmers Markets and the like, her majesty decided to settle on a permanent brick & mortar throne. This shop is clearly a labor of love. And it’s also the nicest smelling store I have ever been to in my life. It’s almost sensory overload.
If you love to cook, this place has it all. From hand crafted organic spice mixes & rubs to exotic teas. Even if you don’t cook, but you have a loved one who does, this store is worth a visit. You could easily do all your holiday shopping here. Lots of stocking stuffers can be found at Sonoma Spice Queen. I wound up walking away with a tin can of Moroccan Spice Mix and a bottle of Cyprus Lemon Salt. Best of all, both items cost me less than $ 20. Try finding a deal like that at Williams-​Sonoma or your local cooking retailer.
Sonoma Spice Queen gets a big thumbs-​up from me!

I highly recommend The Sonoma Spice Queen!
Her spices and blends are 100% organic, made in small batches and hand made by Wind herself. The spices make any dish more interesting, even if it’s just steamed vegetables. SO delicious and fresh! They are beautifully packaged and last a really long time. worth every penny! Great to give as gifts for any occasion, and always appreciated by the recipient. I am happy to support this unique Petaluma business and our family has been enjoying her spices every single day. I’m really happy to see she has expanded to a brick & mortar store downtown in addition to her appearances at local farmers markets and mail order. The Sonoma Spice Queen store at 4^th & C looks unassuming from the outside, but is really quite large and well stocked inside. Everything is beautifully displayed, and in addition to her spices you can also buy local olive oils, vinegars, chocolates and more. Definitely pay her a visit while you are making your rounds downtown. Its tucked in a location right there where you probably go all the time anyway — near the post office, 4^th & C restaurant etc. PIck up some spice blends for yourself — and a few to give as locally made gifts. Highly recommended!

What a unique and wonderful find in charming downtown Petaluma! This little shop has the most divine organic spices, spice blends, meat rubs, salts, peppers and other local artisan food products. Great gift ideas. Anyone who loves flavor in their food will revel in the aromatic goodies that abound in this little shop. I love it!