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    Portsmouth Salt Cellar

    4.8 (30 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
    Updated 2 months ago

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    All the salts you can eat
    Damien S.

    Your heart may want to leave the room. Is it gone? Good. As of November 2011, this is a passion project brought to life. Two who seemed to be a lovely couple obsessed over the minute aesthetics as we descended in to the subterranean shop. Immediately, you're surrounded by the soft, translucent glow of pink Himalayan salt hunks, which (you'll note almost as quickly) are used for absolutely everything. Hollowed coves for simple electric lighting? Check. Facial scrubs and hand toners? Check. Room-warming rocks over a mock fireplace? Check. Bath salts in an actual claw-footed tub? Check. Serving slabs/hot bricks to enhance the flavor of plated cuisine? Check. (There was one more. Can't think of it. Oh wait.) To season your food? Of course. There's a wall of specialty flaked salts from black Hawaiian lava to truffled grey to a burnt sienna ghost pepper variety that WILL kick the spit out of your face. How do I know? Try some, then page me and tell me how it went. That's right. Page me. Why a passion project? Not sure of the lasting power here in jolly ol' New England. Salt's still considered a necessary evil for most self-educated dieticians (thanks conventional wisdom!) and doesn't have the settled affinity for, oh say, designer olive oils. Will the next gen gastro-phenomenon take hold in a harbor town comfortably stuck in rustic appreciation? I certainly hope so. Salt Cellar is a must see when in Portsmouth.

    This salt was hot hot hot. Loved it!!!
    Amy K.

    Do you like salt? Because I LOVE salt!!! While in Portsmouth recently, I stumbled upon Salt Cellar while wandering down a little alley way with some shops and restaurants. It is located downstairs from another clothing shop, but you can't miss the sign out front. At first I didn't think this place really was a shop that sold salt...but they do!!! Himalayan salt lamps, grain salt by the jar, salt chunks, salt lotion...SALT EVERYTHING! A salt lovers paradise!! And samples of so many stinking salt versions for you to enjoy! I LOVED the Ghostbuster XX-Hot Salt with Trinidad Scorpion Pepper. Delicious and so much flavor! They had salts with vanilla, espresso, garlic, habanero. Literally every flavor of salt you may crave. Such a unique concept for a retail store. A must visit while you are in Portsmouth. And yes, I'd recommend that you venture out of your way if you just simply love salt like I do.

    The beautiful check out counter with lamps in between the wood. Stunning!

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    Service was great, my wife fell in love with their products

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    Pretty creepy guy working the space (perhaps shocked by a customer), with a lotta typos on the signs.

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    Salt presented in countless forms! Fun, niche offering worth a stop.

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    Great store. Beautifully designed. Incredible items of everything salt. Who knew?

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    Gorgeous store space and awesome place to find everything salt related!

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