Number 1 Sons

Number 1 Sons DMV farmers' markets for crunchy pickles. Spicy bite of kimchi. Tangy sauerkraut. Sour and sweet kom Find us at farmers' markets in DC, MD and VA.

Check our market schedule at https://number1sons.com/pages/market-schedule.

We sell pickles on the side of the road, to our neighbors.See you one last time today. 💚💚💚
08/28/2022

We sell pickles on the side of the road, to our neighbors.

See you one last time today. 💚💚💚

This is the crew that spins my pickle world around. Day in, day out at The Pickle Factory they make it happen. For final...
08/26/2022

This is the crew that spins my pickle world around. Day in, day out at The Pickle Factory they make it happen. For final lunch Steph baked a carrot cake & Jason brought super sandwiches

Specials are cider beets, clean kraut & blueberry kombucha.

P.S. We are having a garage sale - number1sons.com.

Mama D, te amo.

👋 Our special pickle this weekend is Giardinera. Next week Cider Beets & Clean Kraut.This is our *second* to last weeken...
08/19/2022

👋 Our special pickle this weekend is Giardinera. Next week Cider Beets & Clean Kraut.

This is our *second* to last weekend. We hope to see you this weekend or next. Pickles!

p.s. We are having a garage sale next weekend. You don’t have to come - it will be online!

There was a giant pickle party today! We were overwhelmed by your love and support and nearly sold out this weekend’s pr...
08/13/2022

There was a giant pickle party today! We were overwhelmed by your love and support and nearly sold out this weekend’s product. On Sunday we will be at the DuPont Circle and Bloomingdale markets only. We’ll be back at all markets next weekend. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you and farewell.Number 1 Sons will be closing at the end of August. It's been a wonderful journey with you.Full n...
08/10/2022

Thank you and farewell.
Number 1 Sons will be closing at the end of August. It's been a wonderful journey with you.
Full note and final market schedule - number1sons.com

Microbes for day. 🦠 🤗 Special pickle this week is Clean Kraut.Special kombucha is Blue(berry) Butterfly.Brought to you b...
07/29/2022

Microbes for day. 🦠 🤗

Special pickle this week is Clean Kraut.

Special kombucha is Blue(berry) Butterfly.

Brought to you by probiotic bugs of our pickle and kombucha barrels.

Eat and drink for pleasure or health? Both!

See you at market this beautiful weekend. 😻 😻

We had a small pickle issue and won’t be attending Bethesda, Fairlington or Westover markets tomorrow. We will see you n...
07/24/2022

We had a small pickle issue and won’t be attending Bethesda, Fairlington or Westover markets tomorrow. We will see you next week!

Kimchi, kimchi, gin, pickles, whiskey.The pickles and ferments will be at markets this weekend. You need to swing by to...
07/15/2022

Kimchi, kimchi, gin, pickles, whiskey.

The pickles and ferments will be at markets this weekend. You need to swing by to score the last of their made in DC batches and toast the crew who made it happen in their bar.

Thanks for being our neighbors in DC and at markets. 🤗 Making food and drink within and for your community is something we’re proud to have done alongside y’all. 🍻

There is treasure at market. Found Silver Spring. Have never before seen fresh Molokhia - only frozen from afar. Thanks...
07/09/2022

There is treasure at market. Found Silver Spring.

Have never before seen fresh Molokhia - only frozen from afar. Thanks this is family dinner tomorrow. 🤩

Breakfast is warm 🥯 from .

Summer specials for this weekend.Peach Kombucha!Mustard Kraut!
07/09/2022

Summer specials for this weekend.
Peach Kombucha!
Mustard Kraut!

Remember your first Super Sour?Our Super Sour pickles are long fermented with copious spices and garlic. Their deep flav...
07/06/2022

Remember your first Super Sour?

Our Super Sour pickles are long fermented with copious spices and garlic. Their deep flavor comes from a long barrel fermentation.

07/01/2022

First strawberries of the season are here. We got our hands on some at market last week.

🍓🚀 limited quantities 💃

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The Number 1 Son behind Number 1 Sons - or - Why We Make Pickles

Growing up in our house, there was always a big salad with every meal -- at the end, like our mom had eaten during her Swiss boarding school days. #1 Mom’s home cooked meals always included plenty of vegetables, as well as traditional Chinese fermented foods.

Our love of vegetables and sour only increased. Yi Wah, the #1 Son of our family, has spent time in every part of the food/hospitality world in DC. One of the chefs he worked with went on a deep dive with fermentation - he was hooked.

Like many origin stories, ours starts over a good bottle of bourbon with some fellow food friends. There were also some cucumbers, spices, salt and water. A few weeks later, Yi Wah came back to the crock of fermenting cucumbers - we were hooked! Our fermented pickles were unlike any we had tasted before: sour, crunchy, dare we say...a bit more complex. Yi Wah kept his bet with his drinking buddies: he bought a tent + setup at a farmers market in Alexandria and started selling pickles. The response we got from folk about our traditionally fermented pickles was amazing. The people wanted more. So Number 1 Sons was born.

Over the years, we’ve added other fermented vegetables and started pickling with Virginia Apple Cider Vinegar, which we source from a family producer that’s been making vinegar for 100+ years.