SALOLI
Bottle of Saloli extra virgin olive oil

Pressed in Sicily, poured in Illinois.

Extra virgin olive oil·100% biologico
Gioacchino Lupo as a young man in Sicily
Gioacchino, in the years he planted the grove.Borgetto, Sicilia · 1971
Since
1971
The Family

My father planted
three hundred trees
and never sold a drop.

For fifty years, Gioacchino pressed his own oil in the hills above Borgetto — enough for the family, the neighbors, and whoever showed up at the door in November. It was never a business. It was a table, a loaf of bread, and a green-gold pour you could smell from across the room.

When he passed, the grove kept giving. So I started carrying tins across the Atlantic, pressing in Sicily and pouring in Illinois — the same trees, the same hands at harvest, the same oil he'd have set in front of you without a word.

Marco LupoFounder · Park Ridge, Illinois

From Tree to Tin

Four weeks, start to seal

01

Hand harvest

Olives are combed from the branch onto nets, never shaken to the ground. We pick green-to-violet, when the bitterness is brightest.

Late October
02

Pressed in hours

Fruit reaches the frantoio the same day it's picked and is cold-extracted below 27°C — no heat, no haste, nothing lost to time.

Within 6 hours
03

Settled, not filtered

The oil rests in steel and clarifies on its own. We leave it unfiltered, so the flavor of the fruit stays in the bottle where it belongs.

Three weeks
04

Tinned & flown

Sealed in light-proof tins to protect it from air and sun, then carried to Chicagoland — poured at the same table, an ocean later.

Ships in November
Olives arriving by Ape truck at the frantoio in Borgetto
The day's pick, still on the branchBy Ape from grove to mill
Fresh green olives on the mill conveyor before cold pressing
Cold-pressed within hoursThe frantoio, Sicilia
The Oil

One grove. Three ways to keep it.

Everyday
Saloli 250ml extra virgin olive oil bottle

The Tavola

250ml dark glass

The everyday pour for finishing and dressing — small enough to keep beside the stove, dark glass to guard the oil from light.

$18
Most loved
Saloli 1 litre light-proof olive oil tin, standing upright

The Latta

1L light-proof tin

Our signature. The full harvest sealed against air and sun — the way the oil travels best, and the way it’s meant to arrive at the table.

$44
The pair
Saloli 250ml and 500ml bottles together

The Duo

250ml + 500ml · gift-boxed

Both bottles of the 2026 pressing, boxed for the table or for giving — one to keep close, one to share.

$40
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From The Market

Kind words, by the caseful

What folks tell us after the first pour — at the stand, at their table, and on the way back for one more tin.

★★★★★
“I bought one tin at the market “to try.” I’ve been back four times since. It’s the only oil my family asks for by name now.”
Maria D’AmicoPark Ridge, IL
★★★★★
“Grassy, peppery, alive — nothing like the supermarket stuff. You can taste that it was picked and pressed the same day.”
James WhitakerLincoln Park, Chicago
★★★★★
“Marco told us about his father’s grove and you can feel that care in every bottle. We finish a tin a month.”
The Russo FamilyElmhurst, IL
★★★★★
“Gave a tin as a housewarming gift and got a phone call that night asking where to buy more.”
Antonella GrecoOak Park, IL
★★★★★
“Finishing oil on everything now — eggs, bread, a bowl of beans. A little goes a long way.”
David ChenEvanston, IL
★★★★★
“The tin keeps it fresh to the last drop, and honestly it looks beautiful on the counter.”
Sofia MarinoNaperville, IL
Find Us · Chicagoland

Poured close to home.

We don't ship far — this is a small grove and a smaller operation. You'll find Marco at a handful of markets around the northwest suburbs each fall, or you can reserve a tin from the 2026 pressing below.

Park Ridge Farmers Market
Prairie & Garden, Park Ridge
Sat · 7–1
Green City Market
Lincoln Park, Chicago
Wed · 7–1
Arlington Heights Market
N. Vail Ave, Arlington Hts
Sun · 8–1

Reserve a tin

The 2026 pressing is limited. Leave your name and we'll hold one back and let you know the day it lands.

No charge today. We only reach out when the oil is ready.