Kitchen a la Mode

The customer service in this store is TOP NOTCH… very friendly and helpful.
Some time ago, I was looking for a typical, pizza peel, couldn’t find one. Found it here. I was thrilled because it was part of a wedding shower gift for my niece.
Recently, I was looking for a saddle of venison cake pan. Kathleen suggested I buy a hearth bread pan. Again, thrilled I found what I needed. She was so nice and helpful too!
This store is full of lots of goodies for the home/​kitchen.

Unique kitchen products and great personalized service. You go here when you are bored with Bed Bath and Beyond and its cookie cutter approach. If you want good quality kitchen ware or unique gifts, Kitchen a la Mode is where to go. They also sharpen knives.

Awesome stuff, a local gem!

Right after moving into South Orange, I had explored the little downtown area and was curious about this store. I needed a present for my grandma, so I thought I would support a local business and get personalized attention. I was glad I did.
Like other reviewers said, the store is much bigger than it looks from the outside.
The walls, tables, and racks are packed densely with all kinds of gadgets, pots, pans, and devices.
The cashier told me the owner was at home sick, but she was very helpful in giving me a tour of the store and helping me choose exactly what I needed. It’s the kind of neighborhood store you dream about: personalized attention, useful inventory, no big box feeling.
Obviously, it doesn’t have as much volume as BBB but it touches upon every category and has a lot of unusual items you won’t find in the chain store. The cashier told me he opened the store 5 years ago because it had always been his dream, and his passion for helping people find useful tools that inspire in the kitchen really shows.
Next time you need a vegetable peeler or something, please go here instead of supporting a big corporation!

Best retail shop on South Orange Ave. Very friendly staff. Great products and everything is nicely displayed. From the outside, it looks like a tiny shop, but it goes in deeper and has two levels. Highly recommended if you are in the area (Note: It’s closed on Mondays and normally locks the door around 7pm.)

Kitchen A La Mode is my favorite store in the world! Seriously. It is a little gem of a store. I am constantly amazed that, as small as the store is, they always seem to have exactly what I need, whether it is an odd baking tool or a pretty table cloth. The proprietor, Ben Salmon is incredibly enthusiastic and knowledgeable about his stock, and is alway searching for new and fun things. What I love about the store is that it has practical items for the serious cook, and quirky and pretty things for fun. And the prices on big ticket items like Le Creuset pots are very competitive. It is definitely worth a journey.

I love that this store is so close to where I am, and that it is a local shop and not a usual run of the mill chain that, lets be honest, can be annoying. I went in for Soda Stream replacement cartridges since, it is closer than going to the Short Hills Mall! And I am glad that I did! this store is like a cozy and friendly home grown version of Williams Sonoma, well in my opinion at least. It had gadgets, cookware, appliances (they sell the Soda Streams there as well) and little jars of things that I obviously wanted to buy and try. If you are someone who loves too cook, experiment and tinker in your kitchen, then this is a place you want to check out. Also the fact that the guy working the register went above and beyond to be nice, helpful and just pleasant all around just made my experience there all the better!
Definitely worth the visit!