Four years since its establishment, Park Street Gourmet has become a favourite for local connoisseurs of fine food and luxury beverages. The store offers quality imports of all kinds of food products and houses an impressive store that has become a regular haunt for those who are looking for a cross selection of beverages. Park Street Gourmet currently has two outlets; one in Colombo next to the Parkland building and one in Negombo, with a third set to open in Galle this April. Over time, the store plans to expand to a few more locations across the island in their efforts to provide quality products that are easily accessible to their customers.

Park Street Gourmet, as the name suggests, offers gourmet food of both international and local repute. For those particular about the quality of their meats and seafood, Park Street Gourmet has some of the best cuts and selections on offer including imported meats, sashimi-grade fish, fresh seafood and cold cuts for charcuterie platters.

They also have an extensive range of cheeses from Italy and Europe for the turophiles including a few types that cannot be found off the regular supermarket shelves such as goat cheese, blue cheese, manchego, parmigiano reggiano, brie and much more. Furthermore, they’ve got a wide variety of dry products, sauces, pasta, coffees and teas, ready-to-bake pizzas and pasta and a growing selection of dips that are flying off the shelves come the weekend.

“Park Street Gourmet only retails the very best of products. We ensure that we taste every product that we retail and that is why we can recommend and sell our goods with confidence to our customers” shares Director Operations, Johanne De Zilwa. Park Street Gourmet recently hosted their ‘Love Local’ campaign in celebration of the 73rd Independence Day offering a range of discounted products that are locally sourced and locally made.

Following the boom in local goods and delicacies during and post lockdown last year, Park Street Gourmet offered local business entrepreneurs free shelf space at their store. In their continuous efforts to support local goods and products, the ‘Love Local’ campaign was launched. Following this successful campaign and the popularity of their Christmas Hampers last December, Park Street Gourmet is celebrating Valentines Day this year with a line up of special offers and discounts to their customers. The store, decked in celebratory red hearts, is all geared up to help their customers find the ideal gifts for their Valentine.

The V-Day Hampers offer a selection of heart-shaped UK chocolates, cakes, biscuits and drinks. Hampers start from as low as Rs. 3,300 while Hampers between the range of Rs. 4,000 – 5,000 offers a similar choice but include love cake and biscuits. All hampers are perfectly fitted into a wooden box and artfully wrapped and adorned with rose petal heart pouches and red ribbon – just ready for immediate gifting. While these ready-made hampers are perfect for a quick purchase, Park Street Gourmet also offers curated gift boxes where customers can browse through their extensive range and handpick items that are personalized for their loved ones. For customers looking for something small, the store also has a selection of Valentines Day goodies like a box of heart-shaped cookies, heart-shaped artisan chocolates and other customized goodies.

“Gifting on Valentines Day has evolved from giving flowers and teddy bears – it’s a lot more personal now. People love to gift their special ones something individualized. We made our hampers with the idea that it can be something shared by the couple. We are also happy to curate a V-Day box that’s individualized
according to the taste of the customer.” Park Street Gourmet has a collection of exclusive beverages that cater to a wide range of tastes and budgets and imported from 11 countries including Italy, Australia, South Africa and Chile and has something for everyone this Valentines. Park Street Gourmet’s Valentines Day celebrations will also include a number of offers and discounts that are not to be missed.

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