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Winter Local Food Fest

Join us this weekend for our first ever Winter Local Food Fest. Like our Customer Appreciation Day in the Summer, this will be another great opportunity to meet the people behind the wonderful products coming from our neighborhood and those nearby.


We already have 28 of our favorite vendors new and old joining us for the day, between 10 and 4 on Saturday February 9th.  They will be there to sample their products and tell you the stories behind their business. Local food is key to a market like Volante’s to complement our homegrown and local produce with similar high quality tastes. Our local partners bring a variety of special foods to our stand: locally raised meat, organic and natural baked goods and snack foods, gluten free and vegan treats, and a host of flavor combinations rarely seen in the mass market groceries. The following companies plan to join us this Saturday, we’re adding more all the time. Make your plan to stop by and visit with:



  • Nola’s Salsas, Jamaica Plain

  • Yummy Yammy Dips, Norwich VT

  • Mission Root Sodas, Babson College Start-Up

  • Klara’s Gourmet Cookies, Lee

  • Pure Gold Granola, Wellesley

  • GuS Soda, New York City

  • To Die For Dips, Concord

  • Vermont Creamery Cheeses, Websterville VT

  • Our Favorite Dressing, Dedham

  • T’Art Mix, Brookline

  • Nashoba Brook Bakery, West Concord

  • Venus Crackers, Hingham

  • Salty Oats Cookies, Cummaquid

  • New Wave Meringue Bark, West Roxbury

  • Doves & Figs Jam, Arlington

  • Alex’s Ugly Sauce, Jamaica Plain

  • Guy’s Healthy Homemade Dips, Boston

  • Golden Girl Granola, Carlisle

  • McCrea’s Candies, Hyde Park

  • Susie’s Bakery, Needham

  • Fancypants Cookies, East Walpole

  • Lark’s Cookies, Essex

  • Two Girls Toffee, Boston

  • Giovanna Gelato & Sorbet, Newton

  • Yorgo’s Hummus, Manchester NH

  • Something Sweet Without Wheat, Woburn

  • RockPaperScissors, Needham

  • Mann Orchards, Methuen

  • Cape Ann Fresh Catch, Gloucester

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