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The Meadow is a company that sells gourmet salt, chocolate bars, cocktail bitters, flowers, and wine. They have two retail locations, an online store, and a wholesale and restaurant supply business.

=History=

The Meadow was founded by Jennifer and Mark Bitterman. The first store opened in the Spring of 2006 in Portland, Oregon, in the North Mississippi neighborhood. One reason they picked the North Mississippi neighborhood was because of the number of family-owned businesses on the street.

In the Fall of 2010, The Meadow opened a second location in the West Village in [New York City]].

=Products=

The Meadow carries over 110 different kinds of sea salt and rock salt from over 26 countries. Mark Bitterman reported that one of his favorite salts is the Hawaiian salt Papohaku Opal. In addition, The Meadow produces two of their own infusions - a Chocolate Fleur de Sel and a spicy salt called Fleur de Hell.

The Meadow sells blocks of [Himalayan salt] to use to cook and serve food, including green apples and mozzarella, flank steak, egg, and chocolate fondue.

The Meadow focuses on dark chocolate bars made from [cocoa bean|cocoa] from a single-source. They also carry salted chocolates, milk chocolates, and drinking chocolates. The Meadow also carries over 110 different [bitters|cocktail bitters]. Other products include vermouth, wine, salt mills, and salt cellars.

=Writing=

In 2010, shop co-founder [Mark Bitterman] published the book Salted: A Manifesto on the World's Most Essential Mineral, with Recipes, which won the James Beard Foundation Award for Reference and Scholarship.

=Press=


 * CBS New Sunday Morning featured The Meadow in the show, 'A History of Salt, In a Pinch'.
 * MSNBC profiled The Meadow in it's series, Your Business: American Business
 * The New York Times profiled The Meadow when they opened their store in New York City.
 * Serious Eats took a closer look at the different kinds of salts The Meadow sells.