We strolled into Pepper Palace when killing time before our dinner reservation last week at The Columbia. We were greeted and offered samples immediately upon entering but politely declined. The store features a wide variety of merchandise and the layout isn't chaotic. This is a great store for purchasing gifts or hot sauces for your own cupboard. read more

Pepper Palace - Specialty Food Near Me - St. Augustine, Florida

My sisters and I wandered in first thing Friday morning and Frank gave us AMAZING customer service. He was upbeat and knowledgeable about the products as well as keeping up banter with the craziness that is us. Everything was yummy and a great deal with buy 6 get 2! Store was roomy enough for us not to be stepping on each other but still had a homey feel. They are right next to the gate so don't miss out! If you are lucky Frank will be working! read more

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How can you not visit St Augustine and leave without anything datil pepper??? This place is a must-stop for not only a variety of datil pepper selections but an incredible selection of hot sauces, condiments, salsas & more! Lots of samples to try before making your decisions. The guys here are super pleasant & helpful! Highly recommend stopping by if you are a pepper lover! read more

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If you love things hot and spicy, well you've come to the right place. They've got hot sauces, salsas, and bbq sauces ranging from mild or sweet to "you need to sign a release to try this" hot. They have tortilla chips out so you can sample everything. If you like the tortilla chips, you can buy those here too! read more

What better place to visit a Pepper Palace than historic downtown St Augustine? Certainly not back home at the MOA! Lots of choices & you can try them all-IF you dare! I thought I was pretty good with spices until I tried the Nasal Napalm (it's a lethal horseradish). They have deals-just ask (like buy 3 and get one free). If the weather is cold here in north Florida-just add some spiciness to your food and warm up! Worth a stop, even if you're looking for a not-too-spicy sauce! read more

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Went there 1 week ago needed several of their chicken, and pork rubs, shelves empty. Location hard to get to due to parking, I drive from from Jacksonville to St.Augustine and pay parking,for nothing. Called several times, no one answers phone. read more

Diane hooked me up with 4 great sauces. She's the best. The Rum sauce and the Death Stalker are the highlight.

We had a coupon for a bottle of hot sauce with purchase. We started with a seasoning and decided to get another one. Then we found that it was "buy three, get one free ". We ended up with two bottles of sauce, two seasonings and the free hot sauce. I can't wait to get home to do some grilling with these great items. The store is fun to shop in. It has a lot of great hot items. read more

Gotta love Pepper Palace especially when they have deals. Buy three get one free, which I did. I especially love how you can try every hot sauce. I was in this store for over 30 minutes. The sales associate was friendly and reminded me of their deal so I can get my fourth sauce for free. It's spacious and shared space with an ice cream shop and candy store located right behind the sauces. Two thumbs up. read more

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Beth gave me the tour of all the sauces and I had the best time. ended the tour in a very satisfie mood. i even purchased this is sauce hot sauce. She says it's great in eggs! The pickles was cool too. Thank you Beth, you are a Hot rod ! read more

Frank was amazing and gave us some great recommendations for hot sauce! We bought 3 and got the 4th free!

This place is special. If you love hot sauces -- mild to extra hot, this place is your sanctuary of satanic fire, making you burn with desire. I walked inside and I was in fiery heaven. The store allows you to try multiple sauces with plastic spoons that come out of a dispenser. I tried hot sauces, wing sauces, bbq sauces, teriyaki sauces, and other delightful sauces of all heat levels. They were all delicious and brought solid levels of heat and spice. I ended up buying 10 bottles of various sauces to where they had a promotion where I could take home an additional three (3) bottles for free. All were fantastic purchases. I spent a small fortune but it was worth it for the sake of spiritual purity and serenity, heated up for maximum endorphin rush. Additionally, they offer miniature donut sticks located in one corner with various glazed and sauce flavors (not hot) and a candy corner if you want to satisfy your sweet tooth. read more

Yes! Yes! If you like hot sauce, this is like Disney! They have a whole store dedicated to varieties of pepper sauces, hot and mild! Regular sauce and flavored with herbs and spices! A great place to get a gift for a spicy food lover! read more

I have been meaning to visit here since we started coming to St. Augustine and we finally made it a point to go. I always grab the coupon books when we are in town because we go to some of the places and I always fold over the page for pepper palace. The coupon gets you a free bottle of hot sauce with purchase of $10+. We walked in on a Monday and it was really busy. When we were able to get to the sample bottles, it was overwhelming. There were so many bottles of sauce, I thought there were duplicates. Nope! I decided to start from the right side and work my way around the bar. They provide you with tortilla chips located in 2 different jars on the counters. I did not count how many I tried but there were a lot. I was daring and tried hot sauces that were rated 7 on the scales. Yup, that was hot lol. I finally made my way towards the end of the bar and went back to the 5 or 6 choices I had. I did not want to buy a lot because we literally have like 15 different hot sauces at home. I narrowed them down to three and made my way to the register. I inquired about the Napalm horseradish because I love horseradish (I ate it out of the jar as a kid). The girl did not provide information or offer a sample. I submitted my coupon and received my free bottle. The total was about $20. Not too bad but really expensive you compare to supermarket prices. I will probably go back if my sauces work well with food. read more

Pepper Palace - Specialty Food Near Me - St. Augustine, Florida

A fun place for spicy food lovers on the touristy historic district of St. Augustine. A large selection of hot sauces line the shelves of this establishment, ranging in range from relatively mild to hellish levels of delight. There are also various brands to sample. The staff is friendly and encourage you to try various sauces and with heat levels listed, you kind of know what you are getting into before biting into it. Fir a review within a review, let me add that I am a huge fan of the Ring of Fire xx hot sauce. It has a great flavor and a bit of punch. I make sure this is something always in my fridge and a backup in the pantry. read more

Pepper Palace - Specialty Food Near Me - St. Augustine, Florida

Hot sauce heaven! For parking here there's a private paid lot and there is no hustle there. this store is located at a nice touristy location with a lot of bars and restaurants, lots of people walking and all. The store is super fun! You come in and they have complementary tortilla chips so you can start the lip burning process! There are so many choices for any and all tastes, we spent a long time trying all we could until we made our choices, I will tel you that I got out of there not feeling my lips. This was a fun place with friendly staff and I can assure you that you will not walk out of here with only one bottle. They have plenty of deals on the sauces. take them all! loved it. read more

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If you are like me and are a glutton for punishment look no further. With a huge assortment of hot sauce ranging from "it tingles" to "oh my lord what have I done" there is something for you here. They have samples out which allows you to try it before you buy it. The only thing that would be better is if they had milk on hand when you accidentally took it too far. read more

This place is soo cool! They have so many different types of hot sauces you can try from super hot to mild. They have a spoon dispenser off the wall so you can walk around and just squeeze the hot sauce onto your spoon. I ended up buying three different hot sauces! I normally only like Crystal hot sauce but I'm glad I expanded my horizons because they have everything sauce from savory to sweet hot sauces that can pair with soo many things. read more

Pepper Palace - a variety of sauces and condiments - Specialty Food Near Me - St. Augustine, Florida

Me and the hubs really enjoy coming here. They have a fantastic selection of hot sauce, salsa's, dips, BBQ sauces, marinades, etc. The staff here is always super friendly! They have small bowls set out of different flavors of products, which you can try with a tortilla chip or by itself. They offer this so you can "try before you buy". Their flavors range from mild to extremely hot, but the staff will be sure to let you know what their recommendations are if you are interested in anything in particular. They also have milk products, bottled water and soda available for sale in case you try something a little to hot for your liking ;). I have also seen some of the men here do a "sample" of the ghost pepper chili hot hot sauce. This one apparently is supposed to knock you off your socks (hence why I say I have seen others do it and have not participated myself, haha). It is very entertaining watching them do this taste test! This a great place to come if you're in need of some new and exciting spices for your kitchen or if you're in the Saint Augustine area and just want to try something new! read more

Pepper Palace - Specialty Food Near Me - St. Augustine, Florida

This shop has so many options of hot sauce I was in heaven. The shop was small but well equipped with many bottles of hot sauce, bbq sauces, and rubs. The young lady working there was very kind and has great customer service skills. The shop was clean, well stocked, nice and cool. I will return again when in town. read more

Alton was very knowledgeable on all the products, super helpful and friendly! I will be back and reccomend!

Awesome sauces. The ability to taste test them all is great as well and more places need to start doing that. Friendly and helpful employees. The only downside is that their sauces are a bit expensive. read more

My father was visiting from CA and wanted to take a gift pack home to family who has a very high tolerance for heat. We were excited to get some goodies here when we walked in. Behind the counter was a tall young girl who did not look up from her phone 100% of the time we were in the store. We kinda moped around trying to give her a chance to finish so we can get her advice on what was a good gift to burn some west coast @$$ but she never looked up, not for a single moment. After a bit my dad lost interest in the place and we walked out. read more

It's always fun to taste test different hot sauces. This is a nice place to stop and check out. The BBQ with heat 10 on the 2nd rack was probably the best tasting. Pepper Palace has relatively limited variety of hot sauces compared to other hot sauce stores I've been in other cities. They put the heat scale numbers on the sample, but don't expect it to be progress from mild to spicy. In my opinion after trying most of the sauces today, the heat 0 through 7 are mild, heat 8 is medium, and 9 and 10 are the spicy ones. Also makes no sense to me why a place with pepper in it's name would have so many sauces with heat 0. read more

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Great selection of sauces, salsas, and other treats. Great staff too! Definitely a must visit for hot-sauce fans

They still seem to be doing well here in historic St. Augustine. The prices have gone up several dollars per bottle over the years, but the selections continue to be high quality. I don't mind paying a bit more as long as it remains a decent value. This trip I upped the hot sauce heat level from a scorpion pepper sauce to a Carolina reaper pepper sauce. I can't wait to try it on some Buffalo wings. If you like hot sauce, this is a must visit place while you are in town. Helpful staff and free samples of many sauces. read more

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Oh Wow, amazing selection of hot sauce. From spicy to fruity, you definitely will love coming here and leaving with a few to take home with you read more

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I saw the sign and knew this store just had to be amazing. I mean, how could it NOT be if it is a whole store full of HOT PEPPER SAUCES! Oh lordy thank you for bringing me to pepper heaven. Do you like hot sauces made with Jalapenos? Habaneros? Ghost Peppers? Seriously, you never find good Ghost Pepper sauces anywhere! Yup they do have that and so much more. We also got an amazing taste of the hottest most glorious Horseradish I have ever tasted in my life, I had a smidgen, just a teeny smidgen and I saw Jesus standing before me in all his glory. That stuff is so good and hot it should be illegal. True story.I swear. Then we tried a myriad of other sauces, they had at least 30 you could try plus the makers of this amazing peach, cranberry, pepper chutney that was TO DIE FOR were there offering samples. I already had the Chutney and Horseradish in the basket when my little one popped out with "Mom my nose is bleeding!!" I asked the owner if he could lend us the bathroom, and lo and behold the bathroom was in another building so he grabbed the keys hiked us over and waited for us to come out (it took a good 10minutes, poor thing) to make sure she was OK. Service like this is rare. In the meantime my hubby got the two items but we really had to take our daughter somewhere to rest as it was about 105 degrees. The products they offer are top notch home made amazing delicious sauces and the service? Above and beyond anything I would have ever expected. I can't say enough good things about both so you go and try it out for yourself. read more

This is definitely THE PLACE for any pepper lover, they have just about every type of hot sauce there is, with all kinds of pepper. The best part, however, is that you can try anything in the store. There are chips and crackers and sampler bottles all over the place, so you can test your tolerance as much as you want. We spent a good deal of time in the store and by the time I left, my tongue was on fire and my wallet was lighter. The service is simply... outstanding, I bought two bottles that will make a great addition to our hot sauce collection, and there is plenty more to go back for.... so we will be back !! read more

This place is the spot to buy to your heat. They have hundreds of bottles with naughty and unique names. I really like wandering through the store and checking out the labels. It's a fun little store for the hot sauce lover, The only complaint I have about is place is its not closer to me . read more

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LOOOOOOOVE this place! If I could give it more stars I certainly would. So many different sauces not only hot sauce but also BBQ sauce and random sauce. The staff is VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE of their product. You can literally ask about any sauce and they can tell you what it's made of and what it tastes like. LITERALLY. cause the store actually has them taste the product so they can better serve you! It's a bit prices but when you're buying quality it should almost always be expected. This place is a definitely must go! read more

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If it is hot you want this is the place. This is not a restaurant, it is a shop of hot sauces, rubs, salsa and they have mixed in a candy store and bath shop. Apparently they will ship so send some heat for the holidays! And you can sample too. read more

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Pepper Palace is located a short walk from the Castillo near the City Gates of Old Saint Augustine. Situated on a corner, its unassuming sign does not do it justice. Pepper Palace offers -- without question -- the most wonderful collection of hot sauces salsas and related condiments and it is a treat to visit. Based in Gatlinburg, TN, each Pepper Palace is independently owned and operated. The Saint Augustine operation is family owned and the proprietors offer customer service that is second to none. I visited Pepper Palace last week on a short visit to Saint Augustine and I wish that we had a location hear in Orlando. After browsing, and sampling, we settled on several of the stores branded salsas and hot sauces and each has been a treat. The Five Pepper Hot Salsa, in particular, is worthy of mention as it is both flavorful and hot and has gone well with just about everything we have served at home since our return. Fortunately, Pepper Palace offers a mail order option so that we can restock, but each time we visit Saint Augustine, we will be stopping by to try more. Just a great place to shop for foodies and non-foodies alike! read more

This place is crazy cool/ Little big shop full of hot, spicy, mild, hard to find sauces and you will be shocked when you walk in...just full of options. My best friend was on a war path for psycho soy since she had it in Key West a few years back and almost cried when the guy put a bottle in her hands. LOL We carried on for our trip and you need to be mindful of the liquid regulations going home so either pack or buy a separate bag to check in or just order your guilty pleasure online. This place was definitely very fun! Staff was very helpful and yes, you can taste samples. read more

A MUST SEE! They have literally hundreds of different hot sauces in here AND YOU CAN TRY THEM!!! Although some of the prices for these hot sauces could scare away some tight-pocket tourists like myself (hahaha cheap bastards), it is definitely a sight to see! The most exciting part is to read the outrageous labels of these hot sauces! They even have a small section that has a curtain and has a sign that says 'must be 18 to peek' ... and for good reasons! If you have a kid, don't let them look in there because there are some really raunchy butt-nasty stuff in there, although hilarious, still butt-nasty. So, go and check it out! If you're traveling by air and you have no check in bags, make sure you buy a bottle that is no more than 3 oz to comply with the carry on policies :) and IF you do have plans on trying some of their hottest hot sauce, better be prepared to have some drinks on you... or you can buy a gelatto or an ice cream around the corner! I tried the Scorpion Stinger, ranked 3rd hottest sauce they have in the store... and that hurt!! ooh. read more

if your a fan of hot and spicy, you definately should stop in this place. we were looking for german pretzel spot, that didn't exist, and stumbled upon this place. YES INDEED they have chips, they have dips, they have hot sauces, and you can sample til you go up in flames. go round the heat index, but be careful. that red light does mean HOT. I got up to a ten rating, and stopped. that last one? sat on my tongue for quite a while. if you buy five, you get one free. so we couldn't help ourselves. we chatted it up, and even tried her horseradish! MY GOD, careful inhaling on that one. but extremely flavorful. the heat is initial, then flavor abounds. I have a slight cold goin on, and don't have no cold NO MO... LOL we were there for a bit, and we tried MANY sauces... remember NO DOUBLE DIPPING! break those chips in half, and then dip. and be careful. the hostess will give you the info on the best sellers, then she's got it down for the hottest, the sweetest, etc. there's even an XXX rated section thats behind a flag. dare to view! HAH! we got a peach and heat, a carrot and heat, some queso, some iguana, and some faves she suggested. I would've gotten some pepper jelly, but bought some of that earlier in the trip. then we said, you really would clean up, if you were in new orleans... and guess what? her husband just came back from nola, and made a bid to open there. SEE YOU in october, when you open in new orleans. Keep my business card, and I'll send you TONS of business. great spot. make sure you stop in. read more

It's a hot sauce store what's not to like. They have samples for tasting and have the counter broken down between marinades, BBQ sauces, jams, and hot sauces. I really enjoyed their Datil (native) pepper section. It was nice to have so much local fare in a "national" store. read more

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We can't go to St. Augustine without stopping at the Pepper Palace and spending money. We just can't. We buy more than we can use before our next visit, but we still buy more! Hot sauces for every possible taste in hot sauces. The employees all seemingly know everything there is to know about what they sell, and they are always more than willing to help you pick something to suit your tastes, or even give ideas for how they can be used. Of course, there is a huge selection of sauces and other things available to taste before making a decision. Even if you don't like hot sauce (crazy), there's a large selection of marinades, rubs, and anything else you might need for a serious barbecue. And with the purchase of any 5 bottles, the sixth is free. Check it out, you'll love it. read more

Okay, so I am a fan of the hot stuff; and, was excited to try Pepper Palace, which is located within the same structure as the candy store. But, I couldn't find the crackers to chips to sample the sauces, and simply asked up front. The young man was quite abrupt, telling me it was "self service" and, the chips were at the front. I tried two wing sauces, which didn't seem too bad... Mega Garlic and Ghost Pepper. However, when we had them on our wings at home, they were HOT, HOT, HOT!!! The same young man rang me up with an, "is that all?" question. You know what dude, you are in the SERVICE business; how about paying attention to your patrons instead of chatting up the lass that's supposed to be working? read more

I'm in love with this place, especially the plethora of yummy sauces to sample. I once came in and tried a drop of an 8, since the employee warned me to. He was right, it was blazing hot! My only concern was today when we visited, the staff was not as welcoming as usual. Not sure if it was close to closing time, but we were in there a good five minutes before being acknowledged, and the two dudes behind the counter were only speaking to themselves, so they weren't very busy, lol. Nevertheless, we had a good time sampling the goods and can't wait to return :-) read more