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Friday, February 22, 2013

Blue Moon Opens Tasting Parlor Saturday Night

Take a virtual tour of the staging area in which owner Bobby McVicker says he's going to hold weekly samplings with recipe tryouts, wine pairings and more.

Bobby McVicker is a plant sterol evangelist. A flavor fanatic. An EVOOlutionary. When he opened Blue Moon Premium Olive Oil and Vinegar just before the 2012 holiday season, McVicker told Patch “The things we grew up on, most of the time, they’re not olive oil.” And he swears that once people try his imported olive oils and infused balsamic vinegars that they'll start to imagine different possibilities. So in that spirit, McVicker will open the Blue Moon tasting parlor at 7 p.m. Saturday night, the first of an ongoing series of regular weekend tastings that he hopes will help the curious to see greater possibilities for his ingredients. Tastings after this week will be held at 6:30 and 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Cheese Etc. will provide …

Donna L Maxwell

11:42 pm on Saturday, March 2, 2013

We love Blue Moon & are so enjoying the variety of flavors. Gifts we bought for friends (oils, vinegars & dipping bowls) were big hits as well! We have made Blue Moon a frequent stop while shopping on the Avenue.   more ›

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Blue Moon: Authenticity, Variety, Oil and Vinegar

The newest food/retail/experience-based business on Haddon Avenue celebrates its grand opening today with a tasting event and sale.

For the longest time, Bobby McVicker says, he was doing olive oil all wrong. But after an eye-opening journey into the industry that started six years ago, he can’t go back. “The things we grew up on, most of the time, they’re not olive oil,” he said. “You taste the things we have and you feel betrayed.” That’s why McVicker opened Blue Moon, the latest retail addition to food-crazy Haddon Avenue. Within, visitors will find an array of what he promises are the freshest available olive oils and balsamic vinegars. McVicker proudly sources his product from a California direct importer, Veronica Foods. As the Southern and Northern hemispheres “counter-produce each other,” he said, Veronica adjusts its buying patterns to correspond with the …

Canvas Mixers

3:54 am on Sunday, December 9, 2012

Can't wait to visit this store! Best of luck on your new venture!! We have found Collingswood a great place to do business!! Karen, Shelly and Bill Canvas Mixers 542 Haddon Ave.   more ›

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