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Onggi Market & Cafe
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Let's be fermentation friends!

An everyday fermentation market, bakery, and cafe in Portland, Maine. All are welcome.

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cathartic cookies, jangs of jubilee, magnificent misos, juicy jams, vivacious vinegars, sultry soy sauces, funkalicious fish sauces, hawt hot sauces, tasty tamaris, kindred kojis, silky sourdough, kool kefirs, awesome achars, saweet sauerkrauts, knockout kvass, puckering preserved lemons, krisp kimchis, captivating chocolates, naughty nattos, coffee is coffee, terrific teas, 

Fulfill your fermenty fantasies

Find Onggi's favorite ferments & foods, from the comfort of your comfy sofa!

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Our market & cafe

Come stop by our shop in Portland and grab some stuff for all your fermentation fantasies.

131 Washington Ave
Portland, ME 04101

Thu - Sat: 10am - 5pm (cafe til 4:30)
Sun - Mon: 10am - 3pm

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Onggi Cafe

We've got fermentation-forward pastries & drinks for ya!

Pastries feature some of our classics (hello, sourdough chocolate chip cookies) and a rotating list of other goodies. Served from opening til sellout!

Our drinks include delish matcha, hojicha, and of course, coffee!

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Onggi cafe drinks and snacks

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We have a portion of our fermenty stuff available online for shipping straight to the comfort of your sofa or local pickup.

Hopefully shopping here will feel a little like coming into the shop to chitchat with your fermentation friends (us).

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5/1 @ 11:30

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Mar Mar lunch at Onggi

Come celebrate Maine Seaweed Week with us as Liz from Mar Mar Noodle Company returns with another kelp noodle lunch!

Deliciously gluten-free, we're huge fans of these healthy and springy noods made from sustainably harvested and certified organic kelp varieties from the Downeast Maine coast: sugar kelp and alaria!

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Mar Mar at Onggi

4/25, 11am - 1pm

Tasting

Kimchi Beyond Compare at Onggi

Join Daeun of Kimchi Beyond Compare for a tantalizing tasting of these kimchi delights! Some of our absolute shop faves, we hope you'll enjoy as much as we do!

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Kimchi Beyond Compare at Onggi

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More events are coming soon! Follow along on Instagram and our email newsletter to stay in the loop.

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Onggi

What's an onggi?

We’re named after the ubiquitous Korean fermentation vessel found in nearly every home called onggi (it’s pronounced “OHNG-ghee”, like mixing “only” with “eggy”).

Onggi (옹기) pots carry a rich yet humble history, perfected over generations of craftsmanship using natural materials and thoughtful work. They are famous for their fermentation-friendly properties and the foods they carry are the foundation of everyday life.

Onggi by Adam Field

Photo of onggi jars by our friend Adam Field in Helena, Montana.