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What started as a small acre of another town similar to Galena
garlic, is now your one stop shop that brought tourists from all
for quick and easy meals at home! around the country, and the world.
Galena Garlic Company started A town with small town roots but
growing garlic in Illinois in late really big dreams! A town just like
2003. Owner, Laszlo Marton, us!
decided to give garlic a shot! We
harvested that next year and had Laszlo would often research small
Hotel. It was then, we started to
a big festival to celebrate in Galena, towns online and we were always
develop our line of seasonings and
IL. Customers started asking where looking for more festivals and events
spice blends, which is the core of
our shop was and where they could to bring our gourmet seasonings
our business today. We started with
get our garlic all year round. We and fresh garlic to customers all over
five simple blends, a few salsas, and
did not have a brick and mortar the country. Madison kept popping
some dips. We eventually made it
location at the time. We opened up in his searches, but he had never
to Main Street and opened our first
in what used to be the employee heard of it before. Living in Northern
brick and mortar location in 2005
break room inside of the Desoto Illinois, when you hear Madison,
as we continued growing garlic
you think Madison, WI. Laszlo
and expanding our product line.
knew he had to make the drive to
We brought in the freshest olive
check out Madison, IN as soon as
oils in the world, sourcing from
he could. He reached out to the City
both the Northern and Southern
of Madison and the Madison Area
Hemispheres. Our aged balsamic
Chamber of Commerce. From that
vinegars from Modena, Italy was
first call, he knew it was the right
another hit!
fit. Everyone he met was welcoming
and encouraging; it was a great
In 2010, we opened a second location
feeling knowing that a town like
in Geneva, IL and in 2012, we knew
Madison wanted us to be their next
it was time to call Madison, IN
business in the downtown historic
home. We knew we needed to find

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