Gindo’s Spice of Life is opening at the Batavia Boardwalk Shops for the 2026 season. This marks our first Batavia location and an exciting step forward for our brand.
Batavia is our home. Opening our first location here allows us to connect even deeper with the community that supports local businesses and bold ideas.
ABOVE: Founders Chris & Mary Ginder in Batavia in front of Boardwalk Shops
The Boardwalk Shops are a curated collection of small businesses located at 114 East Wilson Street in downtown Batavia. The 2026 season runs from May 8 through December 20.
ABOVE: Boardwalk shops with visitors
Gindo’s Spice of Life, Archives Chicagoland, Bad Luck Club, Clara Nicole Jewelry, Miss Lindy’s Bakery, Paper Love Collective, Relish, Shop Roogs, The Soda Surf, What One Woman Sees.
What You’ll Find at Gindo’s
Shop fan-favorite hot sauces, hot honey, spices, and small-batch creations. Expect bold flavor and giftable products.
We’ll be debuting new flavors and limited releases at the Boardwalk. This will be one of the first places to experience what’s next from Gindo’s.
ABOVE: New Batavia Boardwalk Shop Limited Edition sauce series, first sauce: Batavia Depot Museum sauce.
Location: 114 E Wilson St, Batavia, IL
Season: May 8 – December 20, 2026
Hours: Fri 11–5, Sat 9–5, Sun 11–4
This is our first Batavia location—and a big milestone for Gindo’s. We’re proud to be part of the Boardwalk and excited for what’s ahead!
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Gindo's Giardiniera Sauce takes that same combination of vegetables and heat and puts it through a vinegar base instead of oil — so it pours and pairs more like a hot sauce than a jarred relish. It's still made fresh, in small batches, the same way we make every Gindo's sauce — real peppers, real vegetables, real heat.
If you've ever lined up five hot sauce bottles on your counter and wondered why they all taste... kind of the same, there's a reason. Most of the hot sauce on grocery store shelves is built around the same formula: peppers, vinegar, salt, and water, cooked down and bottled to last forever on a shelf. That formula isn't wrong. It's just not what we do. At Gindo's, we've been making hot sauce from fresh peppers in small batches in Illinois since 2011.
Hot sauce pairs best with foods that either need contrast or enhancement. Bright sauces (like verde) work well on tacos, eggs, and grilled meats. Sweet heat sauces pair with chicken, pork, and seafood. Extra spicy sauces should be used sparingly in dishes like chili or wings, while savory sauces complement burgers, steak, and roasted vegetables.
