From Sunday Sauce to Store Shelf: Chef Scott Conant’s Martone Street
For our latest Culture Coverage feature, we spent time with Chef Scott Conant to talk about something deeply personal: Martone Street, his new premium tomato sauce brand rooted in family, tradition, and the meals that shaped his life long before television kitchens and Michelin recognition.
Martone Street isn’t just a product launch. It’s a return to the table where everything began.
A Street That Built a Family
In the late 1930s, Scott Conant’s grandparents immigrated from Italy to Waterbury, Connecticut. In 1945, they built a home on Martone Street, a house that quickly became the center of family life. Every Sunday, relatives gathered around the table as pots simmered on the stove and food became the language that connected generations.
Those meals weren’t rushed. They were loud, warm, imperfect, and full of love. And for Conant, they became the foundation of everything he would later bring to the culinary world.
Martone Street, the brand, is a direct extension of that place and those moments. It’s an attempt to capture the feeling of sitting down with people you love and letting food do what it’s always done best: bring everyone together.
Crafted with Intention, Not Shortcuts
Known for his soulful approach to Italian cuisine, Chef Conant approached Martone Street the same way he approaches his restaurants: with restraint, respect for ingredients, and zero compromise.
Each sauce starts with Southern California tomatoes at peak ripeness, cooked down slowly with California olive oil infused with garlic, basil, and crushed red pepper. There’s no citric acid, no preservatives, no added sugar, no seed oils—just clean, honest ingredients treated the right way.
The result is a sauce that tastes homemade, balanced, and versatile enough to work across dishes, from a quick spaghetti tomato basil to chicken cacciatore, rigatoni with sausage, seafood, or even pizza. It’s designed to elevate everyday cooking without overcomplicating it.
Bringing the Kitchen Home
One of Martone Street’s most thoughtful features lives on the back of the jar. A QR code connects home cooks directly to simple recipes and step-by-step videos, guided by Chef Conant himself. It’s an invitation meant to remove intimidation and encourage people to cook, experiment, and share meals more often.
That philosophy aligns with Conant’s longtime mantra: Peace, Love & Pasta. Food doesn’t need to be complicated to be meaningful. It just needs to be real.
More Than a Sauce
At its core, Martone Street is about connection. It’s about honoring the past while making space for new memories. It’s about recreating that Sunday feeling on a Wednesday night. It’s about remembering that some of the most important moments in life happen quietly, around a table, with a shared meal.
Martone Street doesn’t try to reinvent tomato sauce. It simply reminds us what it’s supposed to be.
Where to find Scott & Martone Street:
🌐 Website: martonestreet.com
📲 Instagram: @martonestreet | @conantnyc