Where to buy chanterelles in South Bay or Peninsula?

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Can anyone suggest good places to buy chanterelles at a (semi-) reasonable price?

Draeger’s usually carries them, but they’re borderline obscenely expensive.

Since they don’t last that long, reluctant to make a trip up to S.F. just for them, and I go there less than I used to, but if you’ve got discount places in the city that sell them, I’d be interested in hearing about that, too.

Thanks.

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Define semi-reasonable price

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Last year when I could find them at farmers market they were $25 or $30/lb. While nowhere near what you can get them for in France, that to me is reasonable.

As of a month ago, Draeger’s was offering them for $50.

This week they raised the price to $60.

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Far West doesn’t have it this year? I haven’t looked at the price lately. But they are also not cheap.

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Sigona’s in RWC tend to often have them around $25/30 /lb. (And in general a good selection of mushrooms for decent prices)

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I asked and they said they’re not bringing them to the farmers market any more. Don’t know if it’s just a “this year” thing or permanent.

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Oakmont in Cupertino has dried ones for $60/lb.

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Thanks! I used to go to the Stanford one a lot, but haven’t been in a few years.

Does the RWC store generally have better selection, or is it pretty similar to the PA one?

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I haven’t been myself to the PA as I live in RWC but was told by others that the one in RWC has an overall better selection

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I’ve bought them at the Foster City and South San Francisco Costco. That was pre Covid though.

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I was going to say sigonas rwc too.

I go to both, I am closer to palo alto but RWC has more selection, by far. I think you will undoubtedly find chantrells there but i don’t shop them much so don’t know the prices.

i don’t haunt all the farmers markets but there seem to be lots of mushroom specialists.

Not a costco peep.

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I was in RC Sigona’s last weekend, didn’t notice the mushroom prices but did see that cippolini onions were about 1/2 the price I usually pay at Draeger’s. They also had the best variety of apples I’ve seen anywhere by far.

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Well, just went to the one in PA and they did in fact have chanterelles for $30/lb.

Thanks again, and my wife will be very grateful, too!

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