Fresh from the source All of the seafood we carry at Oliver’s Market is sourced by The Tides Wharf. The Tides Wharf Wholesale Seafood is located in beautiful Bodega Bay, right at the source. They employ about 20 Sonoma County residents and strive to provide their customers with the freshest seafood possible. Deliveries are made […]

It’s the classic tale: you go out for a good time, one thing leads to another, and BAM. You wake up the next morning feeling like your muscles are jelly, your head is pounding and full of cotton, and your stomach is playing host to some enthusiastic gymnasts. The dreaded hangover. Even if you seldom […]

With the holidays fast approaching, many of us are realizing that our normal holiday shopping strategies simply aren’t going to cut it this year. Oliver’s Markets have been faced with a similar challenge: how to we bring great holiday deals to our customers while still minimizing risks? We’ve grown used to the boisterous crowds that […]

If you’re like us, then you LOVE Halloween. The decorations, the parties, the movies, and the COSTUMES – there’s just nothing about Halloween that doesn’t give us the shivers (in a good way)! So naturally, we were as disappointed as Dracula at daybreak when we realized that our usual Halloween plans weren’t going to be […]

The Irish can lay claim to a medley of important inventions over the years, but aside from Colcannon, we have to say our personal favorite has got to be whiskey. Sipped around the world for centuries, it’s the kind of drink with history infused into every drop, and what a history it is! We can […]

A Brief History of St. Patrick’s Day St. Patrick is the most famous patron saint of Ireland. He lived from about 385-461 AD and is believed to have died on March 17th. The day commemorates St. Patrick and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland, as well as the culture and heritage of the Irish people […]

Visualize, if you will, a steak. This steak is the most glorious steak you’ve ever seen, all golden and caramelized and whatnot, but when you go to take a bite, when you’ve almost entered the meaty gates of Steak Heaven, that’s when you realize… it’s… TOUGH! And, sacrebleu, not only is it tough, it’s…it’s…. DRY. […]

  Valentine’s Day gifts seem to be so, well, boring these days. Stores become flooded with all things pink and romantical in nature, and in such a whirlwind of technicolor and fuzz, it’s hard to distinguish which way is up or down, let alone the perfect gift to make somebody swoon. Anyone in who loves […]