Oats in the House
Looking for a great Irvine-based company to support and a nutritious granola to love? Oat House serves up both with its utterly addictive granola.
Oat House contains crunchy, lightly sweetened clusters of oats studded with crispy freeze-dried berries as well as chewy, traditionally dried fruits. This textural panoply makes for an immensely satisfying granola to sprinkle over yogurt or berries or ice cream, or to simply enjoy as is. It’s also packed with tons of good for you ingredients. But the cherry on this sundae is the packaging.
Oat House comes in a intricately decorated letterpressed box. The packaging of Oat House could only be made by a professional letterpress printer. As it happens, that’s Oat House owner Michael Schwartz’s day job. As the owner and operator of Czar Press, Irvine’s favorite independent printing company, Schwartz made sure to give his granola a beautiful box. The box’s artwork was created by his brilliant stationery-designer wife, Wiley Valentine co-owner Rachelle Schwartz.
You’ll want to eat Oat House for yourself, but get a few extra boxes to have on hand to share with others. This delicious granola is gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free, and vegan so truly anyone can enjoy it regardless of dietary restrictions. With its box’s beautiful design, Oat House makes a great gift too. And because it’s from a local, independent company, you can feel good about spending your dollars to support one of Irvine’s small businesses.
Oat House is available online and it ships fast. It only took three days for my box of Oat House to arrive. Of course, it’s already eaten.
Oat House sells one box of “The OG” for $15 or a three-pack, currently on sale, for $40. Support a local Irvine business and buy it online.
Want to know more about the dynamic Schwartz family and its many independent enterprises? Read on.