To survive in a small-town economy (like the one where we live), businesses must cater to as wide an audience as possible. Accordingly, THE grocery store carries both the most extensive selection of nutrition-free snack foods ever seen sodas, beer, chips, dips, candies AND a huge offering of organically grown fresh fruits, vegetables, baked goods, dairy foods, and meats.

So what in the world is The Hot Sauce Shop doing in the San Juan Islands?

One of the longest lived, most successful little shops out here in the remote corners of the Pacific Northwest is The Hot Sauce Shop. As its name implies this is a small store that carries just one item: hot sauces. Granted, there are hot sauces of all types, all flavors, with the full range of the Scoville Scale's ability to burn. Row after row, b…