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| - The very best shops in Madison feel personal. The Kitchen Gallery, a rare retail shop on Willy St., is one such place; the owners have clearly curated items that they know and love, and have created an oasis for anyone who loves baking, cooking or entertaining with a well-appointed kitchen. If that is you, then you will undoubtedly recognize many of the lines carried here, from cutlery to crockery, cookware, bakeware, stoneware, utensils, and serving ware. Everything is nice and the store is charming. Contrary to a reviewer below, I can report that prices are actually quite competitive and reasonable - and are, in fact, comparable or lower than Williams-Sonoma, such as on the Emile Henry pie dish I looked at today. Every time I have dropped in on the Kitchen Gallery, they've had what I needed in an "instant gratification" sort of way. Salad spinner? Yep. Tiny tartelette tins? Indeed. Cheese serving plates for a last-minute dinner? Mmhmm. A serious kitchen apron for a gift for a serious cook? Got that, too - and at only $17.
It is a pleasure to have such a cute little store in this neighborhood. Just down the street from the Willy St. Co-Op, it is walkable, bikeable, busable and driveable and is a great option to keep you from having to make a trip to West Town Maul, or even to Orange Tree, whose prices are higher and whose lack of organization and generally cluttered feel have bugged me over the past years.
Give the Kitchen Gallery a try, especially if you're in the Willy St., Atwood or other Isthmus/Near East Side neighborhoods, or would simply like to patronize a local spot for your cooking needs. They are wheelchair-accessible with ramp access into the store.
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