THAT Hot Sauce Shop Is the Northern Beaches' New Spicy Speciality Store with a Hot Sauce Tasting Bar

Things are heating up in Manly with the arrival of a new specialty store. With more independent and small-batch hot sauces being produced, plus the popularity of tongue-tingling condiments reaching an all-time high with help from Hot Ones, a group of Sydneysiders has jumped, opening a shopfront dedicated entirely to spicy sauces.

THAT Hot Sauce Shop will open on Sydney Road in the Northern Beaches on Saturday, July 15. Boasting a colourful mural out the front, the store won't be easy to miss. Inside, visitors will find a sleek, simple showroom housing a far-reaching catalogue of hot sauces from Australia and across the globe — plus a hot sauce tasting table, where you can try before you buy and expand the spicy side of your palette.

Local sauces like Sydney's Old Bones, Wodonga's Uncle Mungo's and Byron Bay's CrackFox will be given particular spotlight when the store officially opens, before a larger lineup of stock is introduced in August with sauces from across the globe, including the Hot Ones range.

"Supporting local is very important to us," says owner Guy Lancaster. "We've been lucky enough to meet local suppliers and sauce makers who are just as passionate as we are, and who are making some truly delicious products. They care about flavour and the education of how hot sauces can elevate any simple dish, and not just about mind-numbing heat."

THAT Hot Sauce Shop is the passion project of Manly locals Lancaster and his partner Elle Bowles. The pair is hoping to educate Sydneysiders not only on the specific hot sauces they love, but the variety of ways that you can incorporate them in the kitchen.

"We know people will be keen to try the heat, but we also aim to cater for the new spice lovers that want to add flavour to their meals, cheeseboards or even cocktails, just like we do at home," says Bowles.

If you're located on the other side of the Spit Bridge and can't make it across to Manly, you can also browse THAT Hot Sauce Shop's stock list and make an order via its online store.

THAT Hot Sauce Shop will open at 1/27 Sydney Road, Manly on Saturday, July 15.