Salt Cellar

I walk by the Salt Cellar everyday but have never stepped foot into it until my friend came visit from out of town. Tucked away in the corner of Exchange Street, this unique store sells a ton of SALT. They have a variety of salts to sample, mostly for cooking. The store also sells cutting boards made of salt. What a cool idea– I’ve never seen anything like it before. Apparently you can place raw meat on the board and marinate it for hours. According to the storekeeper, an one inch cutting board lasts a year. They also sell amazing hand creams and body scrubs. Prices are a little steep but you are supporting a cute, specialty store so it’s all good!

Oh man, what is the best thing about this place? Is it the perfect location right around the corner from Exchange St? Is it the helpful staff who are eager to talk salt? Is it the abundance of awesome items that make you exclaim «I need that!» at every turn? No, none of those. It’s the fact that you can SAMPLE ALL THE SALTS, Y’ALL. Every time I go in to buy something I find a new favorite, but nothing can top the black truffle sea salt. Heaven in a jar!

Date and I were eating at a restaurant nearby and we just had to check out the Salt Cellar before we left Portland, so we closed out our tab in the middle of our meal to head here and then return to our meal afterwards because we were that intrigued by this weird little store. They have salt bath and lotion products, salt shot glasses, culinary salts for every kind of food, salt Himalayan lamps, salt cook books, salt sweets and chocolate bars, salt holders, and more (phew!). Fun to explore, especially if you are a chef.

This place has amazing artisan & Himalayan salts! Even if you don’t intend to buy anything it’s worth a visit.

What a place! I’m writing from my girlfriends Unilocal account. She loves salt and I’ve never seen her happier! She was in heaven trying all the different flavors. The guy who runs it seems pretty cool. Overall, great place to check out, especially if you love salt.

Attention foodies, chefs, gift givers and hosts. You have arrived. Salt Cellar has taken salt to new and unexplored territory. Their seasoned salts span the flavor spectrum from sweet (vanilla) to spicy (ghost pepper). We first tried their offerings when a friend brought a pan of unfrosted brownies topped with vanilla salt to a dinner party. They were so great we’ve copied and served them several times since. The next time we had Salt Cellar spiced salt was at a five star restaurant in Camden, which offered three choices of six unique flavors on butter, for dinner rolls. Each flavored salt was unique and a tasty enhancement to an already spectacular meal.
I’ve always favored giving spices and sea salt as gifts. They’re universally appreciated and appropriate across a range of occasions. In addition to individual jars, there are three and six pack mix and match wooden boxes available. You pick the contents for the gift boxes.
Salt Cellar also sells salt blocks for cooking, salt based cook books, shot glasses carved from salt and other salt accessories, for example little concrete salt jars for the table. The staff was friendly, engaging, knowledgeable and helpful. The store’s well thought out presentations and stylish décor make for a pleasant shopping experience. I look forward to both giving and consuming these unique salts and am thankful to have found the source.

Cool store, we bought a bunch of unique salts, like lemon infused salt. Even if you don’t buy anything it’s fun to just walk around and browse.

Um, a store dedicated to salt is pretty much the middle of my wheelhouse. I couldn’t pass it up. Lots of interesting iterations of salt, including fantastic blocks of Himalayan salt upon which you can cook. It’s pretty yuppie and overpriced, but I forgive that given their wide selection and devotion to that delicious rock.

solid, carved himalayan pink salt shot glasses for tequila! awesome. they also have salt bath products and many different culinary salts, both for cooking and for finishing. i love salt, so i had a good time tasting them. in the end, i bought the red hawaiian as i already have several other salts at home. this is a great place to experience how different salts taste and what they can do for your meals.