Attenion chefs

www.dehillerin.com

That is the website for the most amazing retaurant supply store I have ever seen in my entire life.

First of all this place was massive, and painfully cramped. But let me tell you, it had everything you could possibly ever want to run a restaurant (supply wise). I spent nearly an hour in there just walking around, looking at things...and sneaking some pictures in. I admit I felt a bit odd taking pictures of just pots and pans...but people...I just had to share.

This thing may not look like much, and now I'm wishing I had put something next to it for scale. It was nearly two feet in diameter and just shy of a 1/4 inch thick. It was HEAVY (obviously) and very well made.

Again I wish I had put something to help scale these (not the scale in the background. Aren't I funny?). Anyway these were gallon sized pots. Rows and rows of them.

All 2 quart copper with stainless steel insides. Piles!

The thing is...all these picture account for less than a quarter of the size of this place. There were no people in this dark corner so I felt more...comfortable...taking picture of cooking impliments. Upstairs were all the smaller items (knives, spats, serving dishes, baking stuff, misc equipment.) From the look of things they have their own brand of knives and they were works of art. None were sharp though (they were in sort of piles in wooden boxes...perhaps they sharpen them for you after you purchase them?).

By the counter along a back wall they had, mounted up, what looked to be some seriously old knives. I'm talking a chefs knife that was easily 2 feet...perhaps more. Giant massive old blades. It was beautiful!

I knew I could find a treasure house if I wandered a bit. ;)