Posted in Food + Eating, The 206 on Sep 2nd, 2010
On Tuesday, we will once again partner up with the wonderful Belltown certified organic bakery, Boulangerie Nantaise, on a brioche-inspired roll for our delectable breakfast sandwiches and our Dungeness Crab Cake, Bacon + Avocado sandwich. We are heeding lots of feedback that our current rolls are too dense and too sour for the sandwiches, causing [...]
Posted in Food + Eating, Planet Earth, Sustainability on Aug 31st, 2010
We want to apologize for any confusion regarding Painted Hills – they are a great purveyor of all-natural beef. In our last blog post and newsletter, we discussed the detriments of corn-finishing. In no way did we intend to insinuate that Painted Hills beef is unsafe – they consistently deliver great product. Our issue with [...]
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 on Aug 18th, 2010
Facing a swarm from New York Times press, we opened our doors for dinner on Monday night at Homegrown at Melrose Market on Capitol Hill. **New HG Capitol Hill Hours** Sunday through Thursday, we’ll be open from 8am to 8pm, serving Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. Friday and Saturday, we’ll be open from 8am to 3am, [...]
Posted in Food + Eating, Sandwich Shops, The 206 on Aug 12th, 2010
THE TURKEY, BACON + AVOCADO Feel like participating in a friendly throw down? Homegrown needs your vote! In a campaign to raise awareness about the virtues of buying local, Washington’s own Verity Credit Union is hosting a serious food throw down between Homegrown and our friends Blue Moon Burgers and Po’Dog. Inspired by the 3/50 [...]
Posted in Food + Eating, Sandwich Shops, The 206 on Aug 10th, 2010
Starting Monday, 8/16, we’ll be open for dinner 7 days-a-week at our Capitol Hill location inside Melrose Market. On Friday and Saturday, we’ll be open ’til 3am, serving lots of deep fried foods, including our new catfish hushpuppies, a deep fried version of our Bluffernutter and “Steak Frites”, french fries topped with sliced flank steak [...]
Posted in Food + Eating, Sandwich Shops on Aug 4th, 2010
Just a heads up, Homegrown in Fremont is no longer open for weekend dinner – it’s been fun being open later for the last couple months. But we’ll still see you for breakfast and lunch, 7 days a week. 8am to 4pm, daily. Also, at Homegrown Capitol Hill, we’ll be open for dinner until 8pm [...]
Posted in Food + Eating, The 206 on Aug 2nd, 2010
There is no better day at the office than the day your beautiful and talented office manager orders Homegrown for the catered meeting. With Tote Lunches, Sandwich Platters and Salad Bowls, everyone can get food they feel good about eating – and without all the trash at the end of lunch. We are now serving [...]
Posted in Food + Eating, Sandwich Shops, Sustainability, The 206 on Jul 26th, 2010
Capitol Hill was the heart of the city this weekend, packing the streets as we’ve never seen them packed before. From a full-on Second Line blowing strong outside Ranch Bravo (some of our favorite tacos in town) on Friday night to a packed weekend at Melrose Market, it was great to see the population reveling [...]
Posted in Food + Eating, Sandwich Shops, The 206 on Jul 15th, 2010
This place is jumping at lunch time – it’s so good to see ya’ll in there eating and shopping and enjoying the great summer weather. Bar Ferdinand is now open. These dudes know booze. Check out their exceptional wine list, immediately. Russ Flint, chef/owner, has some amazing housemade charcuterie in his case The cheese selection [...]