The Olive Tap

We love this place. The have many types of olive oils, balsamic, seasonings, pkges of different types of soup, salt grinders, salad dressing bottles to make your own, many to choose from on the bottle. I can go.on and on. Besides all the that. the staff there are wonderful! Come on in to Long Grove and check it out! I hope you love it as much as we do!!

Best selection of highest quality oils and vinegars. Particularly love the balsamic reserva, a thick syrupy sweeter balsamic, reminds me of a favorite I bought in Florence, Italy. Also love the Sicilian lemon balsamic, and so many others. The roasted garlic oil is the best I've ever had. Lots of great recipes on the website, too. Very helpful sales staff, nice gift baskets, herbs, salts, other related gifts, pasta too. You could spend a lot of time there sampling and learning about new ways to cook with these delicious products. My counter is filled with bottles from the Olive Tap...well worth the stop!

If you love to cook and eat quality food, this place is for you. Before shopping here the first time I couldn't imagine why someone would go to a store with just olive oil and vinegar - but after shopping here for years I can't imagine NOT buying these quality products here regularly. Olive oils and vinegars are not created equal...the fresh olive & infused oils and vinegars are fantastic for salads, cooking, baking or even for finishing dishes. (I add spicey parmesan garlic as a finishing oil to almost everything!) We love the variety of balsamic vinegars and glazes and use them to make outstanding salads, bruschettas and even desserts. They have a variety of gourmet dry rubs that we use for roasting or even smoking fish and meats. The staff is excellent - very knowledgeable, especially Rick & Kathi (the owners).

Every time I visit Long Grove, I make it a point to stop by The Olive Tap. It's a great place to sample a wide variety of olive oils and balsamic vinegars. They offer the traditional flavors but they also offer some very unique blends. Every friend that I have brought to the Olive Tap absolutely loved the dark chocolate balsamic vinegar. Most of them actually bought a bottle. It's got a rich chocolate flavor that isn't too overpowering, combined with the tangy balsamic vinegar, it makes for a really unique combination that would work well for meats and fruit salads in particular. The service is great, the ladies there are very helpful and do give really good suggestions on how to use the oils and vinegars, they also make good recommendations on pairings as well.