Top 13+ local foodie gifts for this holiday season

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Northeast Ohio is home to several local breweries.

CLEVELAND, Ohio —Make your holidays delicious with gifts of local food items, themed baskets, culinary subscriptions or hands-on experiences. These show the giftee that you’ve thought about them and what they like. And that you’ve taken extra effort to source something meaningful.

Gift certificates to local, independent restaurants are always winners. Or a bottle of local spirits or wine; maybe a gift certificate to a local farm store or a CSA membership.

From Christmas to Hannukah to hostess gifts, we’ve curated a list of locally rooted options to inspire you holiday shopping.

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Adun Spice Company on Larchmere offers a variety of spice blends, rubs, salts and more.

Cooking classes

Choosing just one class is so hard. So give a gift certificate or two and let the giftee choose their experience. Cooking classes range from strawberry toaster pastries from Annie’s Signature Sweets in Berea and French macarons at Buttercream and Olive Oil in North Royalton to Italian sauces at Loretta Paganini School of cooking in Chesterland and Chinese dumplings at Abundance Culinary in Cleveland Heights. Or indulge someone in learning how to make the perfect cocktail at Western Reserve Distillers in Lakewood or enhance their wine knowledge with classes at Cru Uncorked in Moreland Hills.

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Bags of Ready Set! Coffee.

Where to buy:

  • Abundance Culinary, Cleveland Heights
  • Annie’s Signature Sweets, Berea
  • Buttercream and Olive Oil, North Royalton
  • Cru Uncorked, Moreland Hills
  • Loretta Paganini School of Cooking, Chesterland
  • Stir Studio Kitchens, Ohio City, Chagrin Falls, Hudson
  • Sur la Table, Crocker Park and Eton
  • Western Reserve Distillers, Lakewood

Ohio Wines

Northeast Ohio’s Grand River Valley has more than 30 boutique wineries offering cool-climate whites, crips roses, exciting bubbles and signature ice wines. Day Dream Farm Winery & Mead in Rock Creek and D&D Meadery in Mentor offer specialty meads for honey lovers or history buffs. Buy a bottle of wine to stuff a stocking or a case to hand out for host/hostess gifts. Most wineries have gift shops with additional items to dress up your wine gift. Visiting the wineries to shop is a bonus for the gifter, though many are found on grocery shelves.

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Chef Liu Fang with three flavors of dumplings available as part of the Abundance Culinary Dumpling Club.

Northeast Ohio Spirits

Northeast Ohio has more than a dozen distilleries. With offerings from agave spirits and bourbons to gin, vodka and rum, you’ll find something for every boozehound on your list. If you’re looking for something different, consider palo santo gin from Seven Brothers, dill vodka from Lake Erie Distilling, root beer whiskey from Minglewood, Saint’s Desire blood orange gin from Gervasi and many other unusual distillations.

Supper Club Experiences

Suppers Clubs create thoughtful, themed dining experiences that bring together food, beverage, environment and community. Several Cleveland culinary experts have launched these “clubs” in the past few years. You don’t have to “belong” to attend. Give a gift certificate and let your giftee pick one that fits their schedule and their palate. Some of these dinners are already scheduled, others operate more like popups.

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Ohio City Farm offers a CSA pickup.

Where to look:

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Susan Chapo, founder/owner of Relish Cleveland Tours, added Little Italy to her offerings last year. She's continuing to improve the route.

  • Kuwahata, Cleveland
  • Prologue Dinner Series, Cleveland
  • Sante Supper Club (alcohol free), varied
  • Secret Supper Club, varied
  • Spice Supper Club and Plated Landscape, varied

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Cleveland Food Tour

Help your family or friends get to know Cleveland in a way few do. Give them a gift certificate to Relish Cleveland Tours. The local food tour company guides small groups through the culinary highlights of Little Italy, downtown and Ohio City. Tourists learn about the food, history and culture of Northeast Ohio neighborhoods.

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Gervasi Spirit's offers three gins (left to right) small batch, Pink Peppercorn Gin and Blood Orange.

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Tim McCoy teaching the 2024 Barbecue and Grilling Boot Camp at the Loretta Paganini School of Cooking.

Wine Club Membership

Local wineries, wine stores and some restaurants have wine clubs. For those unfamiliar these are basically subscription services organized by the winery or wine retailer. Membership is often free, but members must purchase an agreed upon number of bottles at specific intervals. They may receive two to 12 bottles as often as every month or spread out to twice a year. Keep in mind, you’d want to pay for the upcoming shipments.

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From local spirits to restaurant dumpling clubs, check out 13 ideas for Cleveland-made gifts for the foodie in your life.

Mushroom Grow Kits

Cleveland Fungi makes it easy for the foodies in your life to grow their own gourmet mushrooms at home. The fool-proof kits include varieties like Lion’s Mane, Ohio Oyster and Pink Flamingo Oyster, with bundle options. Each kit results in one to two pounds of fresh mushrooms. However, each kit should be started within seven days of delivery, which is important to know to time your gift giving properly.

Local CSA programs and farm boxes

A variety of local farms offer CSA (community shared agriculture) programs offer the option to give the gift provide fresh, local food on a regular basis. Often, groups like Fresh Fork Market and Murray Hill Farm support a variety of local farmers, resulting in seasonally diverse options. From curated boxes at the Chef’s Garden in Huron to produce, pantry and prepared meal options at Ohio City Farm, there are plenty of ways to support local farmers while checking gifts from your list. Plus, anyone who loves cooking at home will be overjoyed to received fresh ingredients that they might not regularly buy, sparking culinary creativity.

Where to buy:

  • Murray Hill Farm; pickups at Amherst, Avon, Elyria, Fairview Park, Lakewood, Medina, North Olmsted, Oberlin, Rocky River and Westlake
  • City Fresh, 16 locations including Berea, Buckeye-Shaker, Collinwood, Elyria, Euclid, Lorain, Ohio City and more
  • Fresh Fork Market; 20+ pickup locations in Beachwood, Chagrin Falls, Cleveland Heights, Hudson, Lakewood, Mentor, Solon, Strongsville, etc. and Ohio City Provisions, 3208 Lorain Ave., Cleveland
  • The Chef’s Garden; delivery
  • Ohio City Farm by Re:Source Cleveland, Cleveland
  • Plum Creek Farm, Valley City
  • Grace Brother’s Farm, Nursery & Supply, North Royalton
  • Rainbow Farms, Madison
  • Crown Point Ecology Center, Akron

Abundance Culinary Dumpling Club

Abundance Culinary in Cleveland Heights has a comforting and thoughtful gift for a Chinese food lover this holiday season — its monthly dumpling club. Sign someone up for one of three size tiers with four flavor options, including variety packs, so they can get the Abundance experience at home. Pickup is the first week of every month.

Cleveland coffee kit

Cleveland has so many great options for coffee, why not celebrate that in a gift box? You can grab a bag or two of beans from local roasters like Dahlia Coffee Co., Lekko Coffee, Ready Set! Coffee and beyond — the more variety, the better. Cleveland-based roaster Aviary Coffee sells online-exclusive roasts for someone who takes their cup of Joe seriously. Shops like Rising Star Coffee Roasters sell every type of equipment, from French presses to pour overs, to add to a nice gift. Plus, grab a mug or travel cup from a Cleveland-based studios like Billy Ritter 77, Gina DeSantis Ceramics, hfb ceramics studio, Tiny Cloud Ceramics, White Squirrel Clayworks, and more, many of whom sell at local fairs and holiday markets.

Adun Spice Co. kits

Adun Spice Co. offers three versions of its spice sample kits to give the gift of flavor this holiday season. Basics like hickory salt and herbs de Provence join more inventive flavors like maple Cajun blend, espresso rub and Scorpion salt. You could even make your own Adun gift box by picking out favorites on your own, either by shopping online or in the store at 12721 Larchmere Boulevard in Cleveland.

Make a DIY six pack of local beers

Whether you patronize a liquor store with a great single beer selection or bop around town to local breweries, it’s a thoughtful gift for the beer enthusiast in your life is a customized six-pack of local options. It’s also a great idea for those who don’t live in Cleveland to get a taste of the area. Market Garden, Great Lakes Brewing, Fat Head’s, Masthead, Noble Beast, Saucy Brew Works, Collision Bend — the options are seemingly endless. It’s a great way to support local breweries while also being a well-thought-out gift.

Chocolate, sweet, chocolate

The holidays wouldn’t be the holidays without chocolate, especially as stocking stuffers. Cleveland has a several chocolate shops that make their treats locally and offer holiday specific shapes and products.

Where to shop:

  • Malley’s, various
  • Mitchell’s Fine Chocolates, Cleveland Heights
  • Sweet Bean Chocolate Studio, Cleveland
  • Sweet Designs Chocolatier, Lakewood

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