Cache Valley Foodie Trek & Signature Products 


Chocolates

Bluebird Candy Company

75 West Center, Logan
(435) 753-3670
Daily Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Description: The Bluebird Candy Company has been whipping up delightful confections since 1914. Each of their dozens of mouthwatering chocolates is made from scratch and hand dipped with care in historic downtown Logan. Local favorites include O’Aggie bars (named after Utah State University’s mascot)—milk chocolate wrapped around caramel and brazil nuts, and their Victorias—dark or milk chocolate with a rum-flavored center packed with chopped pecans.

Alvey's Candies

1300 North Main, North Logan
(435) 753-8888
Daily Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sun. Noon-5 p.m.

Description: Alvey’s Candies creates a delicious assortment of chocolates and candies and is located in the Cache Valley Mall. If you’re interested in seconds, you can buy them at the factory in Richmond where they’ve been making their chocolates since 1980: 63 East 300 South in Richmond.

Coffee

Caffe Ibis Restaurant

52 Federal Ave, Logan
(435) 753-4777
Daily Hours: Caffe Hours: Mon.-Sat. 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sunday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. / Breakfast: Sat.-Sun. Brunch 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. / Lunch: Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Description: Featuring in-house roasted coffee, Italian sodas, and gourmet food. Caffe Ibis® is a family owned and operated award winning "Green Business" and artisan custom coffee roasting house founded in 1976 by Randy Wirth and Sally Sears with a focus on Triple Certified, Organic, Fair Trade, and Smithsonian Shade Grown Bird-Friendly coffees from around the world. Their hand-selected coffees present the finest possible cup quality and the best possible scenario for a socially and environmentally sustainable future. This award-winning gallery and café has been recognized in The New Yorker, Newsweek, and Organic Style magazines.



Dairy Products

Beehive Pub & Grill

255 South Main, Logan
(435) 753-2600
Daily Hours: Daily 11 a.m. - 11 p.m.

Description: Experience creamy Italian gelato, made on the premises, comes in many flavors and is guaranteed to melt in your mouth.

Aggie Ice Cream and True Blue Cheese

750 North 1200 East, Logan
(435) 797-2109
Daily Hours: May-Sept: Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-10 p.m. (Oct.-Apr. same open, close 9 p.m.)

Description: Utah State University has been perfecting the art of making dairy products since the agricultural college was founded in 1888. Tempt your taste buds with 30 flavors of ice cream. Hand-crafted cheeses reflect local heritage and scenic beauty with varieties like Old Juniper Aged Cheddar, Old Ephraim Smoky Swiss, Aggiano Aged Parmesan, and Crimson Trail Jalapeno Cheddar.

Casper's Ice Cream

11805 North 200 East, Richmond
(435) 258-5219
Daily Hours: Monday - Saturday 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.

Description: Casper's production plant provides a 15-minute video that takes you behind the scenes to discover the process of creating their famous confections, and to learn about their history. Casper Merrill invented his signature giant vanilla Fat Boy square-shaped ice cream sandwich in 1925. The frozen treat is now available in a variety of flavors. Casper's is also famous for its Nut Sundae on a Stick featuring vanilla or the newest flavor and toffee crunch. You can purchase their products at most major grocery stores nationwide. Dive in to an old-fashioned sundae, milkshake, malt, banana split, or a scoop of one of their fabulous flavors of ice cream.

Fruit and U-Pick

Mt. Naomi Farms

1285 East 4500 North, Hyde Park
(435) 232-4525
Daily Hours: Mon.-Sat. 7:30 a.m.-Noon, May-Oct.

Description: Pick your own delicious, vine-ripened strawberries, blackberries, and grapes. We’re third-generation farmers and we know berries are best when Mother Nature says so. We’re open when the fruit is at its finest so we strongly suggest you call ahead to see what's ripe (435) 232-4525.

Weeks Berries of Paradise

8560 South 800 East, Paradise
(435) 245-3377
Daily Hours: Hours by appointment

Description: U-Pick is available when berries are in season. The Weeks family has been growing outstanding raspberries, strawberries, and blackberries for more than 30 years. They’re the largest raspberry farm in Utah, the largest black currant grower in the western United States, and have also begun growing blueberries. The berry harvest goes from mid-July through the end of July and then again in September. Weeks’ juices, syrups, and jams are made fresh, just yards away from their berry patches. By appointment only.

Honey

Cox Honeyland and Gifts

1780 South U.S. Hwy. 89-91, Logan
(435) 752-3234
Daily Hours: Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Description: The Cox family has been gathering honey and creating gourmet honey products for four generations. You’ll discover why Utah is known as the Beehive State and have a chance to see the busy bees at work in a glass observation hive. The gift shop features gourmet honey products, fudge, Utah gifts, and other unique gift items. You'll see bee equipment on display and you can bring your own containers to be filled with honey from our giant tank.

Smells Good Enough to Eat

Spirit Goat

28 Federal Ave, Logan
(435) 512-9040
Daily Hours: Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Description: Stop in and learn about the soap making process, smell the various flavors, and learn more about our business.

The Spirit Goat, established in 2002, is a family owned, local business that specializes in goat’s milk soaps, lotions, and many other skin-friendly products. Our store is also our “kitchen” where we formulate and create all of our products. We have over 80 varieties of soap and sell worldwide to other retail outlets. We are keeping the tradition of soap making alive in Cache Valley.

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The following food related businesses do not offer tours at this time, but their unique products and/or great prices make them well worth a visit.

Utah Artisan Mercantile

133 N Main Hwy. 91, Smithfield
(435) 938-8316
Daily Hours: Tue.-Fri. 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; Sat. 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; closed Mon. and Sun.

The Utah Artisan Mercantile is a specialty gourmet food store.

Slide Ridge Honey

474 East 250 South, Mendon
(435) 752-4956
Daily Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Call First

Description: Fill your own containers at our honey house. Bring clean buckets, mason jars, or barrels. From Logan, take 200 North to 1900 West, turn left. Then turn right at 600 South (at the T), turn left on 5400 West, go to 1600 South, turn right, cross the tracks, and it’s the first building on the left. Look for the sign that says local honey.

Slide Ridge Honey is a family-owned business and our high altitude gourmet honey is produced by our own honeybees in Northern Utah. The amazing variety of texture, color, low moisture, and delightful flavors found in our honey are obtained by the altitude, flora, healthy bees, and mother nature. We also make wine and vinegar from our delicious raw honey. For more info visit slidgeridgehoney.com

Charlie's Supreme Ice Cream

1269 North Main, Logan
(435) 753-4355
Daily Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 11 a.m.-midnight

Hand-dipped locally made ice cream and malts.

Central Milling Company

122 East Center Street, Logan
(435) 752-6625
Daily Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Central Milling has been milling flour in Logan for more than a century. Pick up a bag of all purpose, whole wheat, or baker’s special flour, or try their organic unbleached and wheat bran flours. Other varieties upon request. Pancake and waffle mix and hot cereals too.

Gossner Foods, Inc.

1000 West 1000 North, Logan
(435) 752-9365
Daily Hours: Mon.-Sat. 8 a.m.-6:30 p.m.

Gossner Foods features a variety of cheeses at discount prices, as well as shelf-stable milk, whipping cream, cheese curd, and ice cream. They are one of the country’s leading producers of Swiss cheese. No public tours, but a large observation window allows you to watch the cheese being made.

Heart to Heart Foods, Inc.

142 West 3200 North, Logan
(435) 753-9602
Daily Hours: May-August Mon.-Fri. Noon-5 p.m.; Call first during winter months

Heart to Heart specializes in Premium brand ice cream bars on a stick and ice cream.

Lower Foods

700 South US Hwy 91, Richmond
(435) 258-3755
Daily Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

Stop by for discounted sliced sandwich meats including French dip, prime rib, barbecue beef, pastrami, corned beef, turkey, and beef jerky. Their products are packaged under different brand names and sold in grocery stores across the country.

Pepperidge Farm

901 North 200 West, Richmond
(435) 258-2491, Ext. 2
Daily Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m.; Fri. 6:30 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

You can purchase factory-fresh Pepperidge Farm products (a large variety of cookies and crackers) at discount prices.