In lieu of food gift giving, June Taylor, the Bay Area's darling jam, marmalade and all around fruit artisan, has opened the doors to her Still Room for retail sales. June Taylor's kitchen is located a few blocks south of 4th street's main shopping drag, around the corner from the famous Vik's Distributors chaat house.
For those of you San Franciscans who, if so inclined to wake early on a Saturday, get to the Ferry Plaza Farmers' Market regularly, buying June Taylors' fruit conserves and syrups in person, and tasting all of them, is easy. But maybe, like so many others, you like to sleep in, aren't parked in front, or have no interest in carrying a box of glass jars through the bustling crowds.
The Still Room's holiday hours might well be one of the ways you want to buy local, seasonal gifts directly from the actual people who produce them. Through Christmas, June Taylor will be open for walk-in sales: Friday: 12-4 pm, Saturdays: 11-4 pm, Sundays: 11-4pm.