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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

Open Thu-Sun
Market: 10AM-5PM
Cafe: 10AM-4:30PM

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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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Fridays @ 11:30-2

POP-UPS

Lunch with Ways of Bean

Delish Maine-grown rare heirloom beans & seasonal vegetables, paired with rice or Monona sourdough. Vegetarian (vegan upon request), gluten-free, and so so satisfying! Available every Friday until sellout.

About Ways of Bean: "Ways of Bean is a project by Emma Porter with a focus on showcasing a variety of rare, heirloom beans. Each Friday, Emma prepares a bean-centric dish (which is always vegetarian) at Onggi Cafe with Rice Factory rice or local Monona sourdough as an accompaniment."

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Ways of Bean at Onggi

Fridays @ 10AM

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Monona Sourdough at Onggi

Our bud Emily of Monona Bread will be bringing fresh sourdough loaves to Onggi every Friday! Country and seeded loaves available starting at 10AM!!

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Monona Bread at Onggi

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We've got some stuff brewin'

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.