DeLaurenti Food & Wine

About the Business

Specialties

DeLaurenti specializes in hard to find culinary ingredients, cheeses, cured meats, olive oil, vinegars, chocolate and wines. DeLaurenti proudly offers wonderful items made by producers from around the world. DeLaurenti also prepares delicious food in its cafe using ingredients from the shop to make amazing panini, pizza, salads and award-winning cookies (especially the Chocolate Chip!). DeLaurenti carries over 250 beers and over 1600 wines from the NW and around the world.

History

Established in 1946.

After the war, Pete DeLaurenti opened a market in the Pike Place Market that catered to the diverse ethnic neighborhoods in Seattle. DeLaurenti Italian & International Foods, Inc. (as it was named then) prided itself on carrying hard to find ingredients and foods from Europe. Pete's son, Lou, worked for several years at the shop before he purchased the business in 1973, moving it to its current location at the entrance to the historic Pike Place Market. Lou continued the tradition of selling gourmet, rare and delicious foods from throughout Europe. Lou sold the business in 2001 to three local businessmen who remodeled DeLaurenti Food & Wine in 2002 to it's current configuration. A new cafe and deli on the first floor and an expansive wine department on the mezzanine level. DeLaurenti Food & Wine remains the non plus ultra of specialty food shops in Seattle by continuing to offer hard to find ingredients, cheeses, meats and wines from around the world.