About Urban Pantry

After a career working in award-winning restaurants all over the country and developing innovative restaurant concepts and advising other food brands, Chef Arik Markus has created his own line of sauces to help home cooks bring the street food flavor of his hometown of New York City into everyday dishes. When Chef Arik was stuck at home in 2020 on a steady diet of his on-hand pantry staples he leaned on his experiences to add variety and zest to meals for his family. He missed the global flavors he got to experience on his travels and in his hometown, NYC - so with his extra time at home, he made them himself. What started as an at-home project for family and friends turned into something more. He was inspired to bring those flavors he was craving not only into his home but into the pantries of other curious eaters. Whether you are an avid cook or takeout connoisseur, Urban Pantry sources the best of the best ingredients like piquin peppers from Mexico, Mid-Eastern Aleppo peppers, Calabrian chilies from Italy and the freshest red Thai Bird and jalapeno chilies, fresh ginger and fresh-squeezed lime juice so you don’t have to. For every dish and every palate there’s a sauce to compliment, enhance, and elevate the flavor. Read their story