Posted in Food + Eating, Sandwich Shops, Seasonal, Sustainability on Aug 30th, 2010
We are experiencing first hand a case of Demand leading Supply. There are simply not enough cows in the Pacific Northwest, raised the way we want them to be raised, to meet our flank steak volumes, which were increased by the addition our new store on Capitol Hill. It is our first real growing pain [...]
Posted in Food + Eating, Sandwich Shops, Seasonal on Jun 24th, 2010
Seasonals _____________________________ NW Chicken Mole chicken thighs braised in WA cherry mole, avocado, roma tomato, shredded cabbage, corn + cilantro sour cream served hot on a griddled french hoagie 8.95 Prosciutto, Melon + Burrata zoe’s prosciutto, cantaloupe + angelo & franko burrata served hot on toasted pullman 8.50 Summer Squash + Succotash pickled summer squash, [...]
Posted in Food + Eating, Sandwich Shops, Seasonal on Jun 17th, 2010
We are at that point in this rainy spring season; here are the final tasting notes on the summer ’10 menu: Already signed off is the Prosciutto, Melon + Mozzarella grilled cheese, made with one of Zoe Meat’s best cures and a great farmstead Moz, available at our (soon to open) Capitol Hill outpost’s next [...]
Posted in Food + Eating, Sandwich Shops, Seasonal, Sustainability, The 206 on May 26th, 2010
Over the last year, we have tried to make use of our Fremont dining room for after hours soirées. Whether it’s close friends celebrating their birthdays or board dinners for publicly traded companies, we have so enjoyed the experience of transforming the sandwich shop into something so completely different. Chef Rob Milliron brings his fine [...]
Posted in Food + Eating, Planet Earth, Seasonal, Sustainability on May 11th, 2010
When we sat down to write the summer seasonal menu, one sandwich we all wanted on the board was a local Albacore tuna sandwich. In a world where eating tuna is either unhealthy for you (mercury) or unhealthy for the ocean (overfishing/high demand for sushi-grade tuna), the next couple months in the Pacific Northwest offer [...]
Posted in Planet Earth, Seasonal, Sustainability, The 206 on Apr 23rd, 2010
Fresh is probably more than a movie. It is facilitating a movement towards growing, raising and eating real food. In a food economy dominated by preservatives, processed foods, hormones and antibiotics, Fresh further explores the Slow Food Movement, utilizing the faculty of film to reach a broad audience. Michael Pollan, author of Omnivore’s Dilemma & [...]
Posted in Food + Eating, Planet Earth, Seasonal, Sustainability on Apr 15th, 2010
Dear Homegrown Customers, Because of extreme frost, we have decided to temporarily remove the organic roma tomatoes from our menus. Because of short supply, the price of tomatoes has sky-rocketed and because of the now overwhelming demand, the tomatoes available at the moment compromise our food values. Hopefully they will be back on the menu [...]
Posted in Food + Eating, Planet Earth, Seasonal, Sustainability on Apr 5th, 2010
We are getting some great new lamb in here later this week – from a cool group called Cattail Creek Lamb, a Food Alliance certified ranch striving for ecological sustainability. The “spring lambs” are rich, sweet and mild in flavor and are grazed soley on pesticide free pastures. They are never confined to a feedlot, [...]
Posted in Food + Eating, Seasonal on Mar 29th, 2010
Let’s get real – sometimes it’s hard to keep it local up in the Pacific Northwest. Sometimes you just get tired of finding substitutes for lemon juice in the back-end of your recipes. To be sure, if you’re into living locavore in the PNW, you’ve got to love a good challenge. A lot of what [...]
Posted in Food + Eating, Seasonal on Mar 9th, 2010
Whether or not Seattle followed its nearly 70 degree Saturday with a snowy Monday, the daffodils have popped up, the cherry trees are blooming, and our friends at Charlie’s Produce (or Chuck Duce as we like to say) have begun to stock local spring vegetables like swiss chard, scallions, peas, kolrabi + fennel. We have [...]