Posted in Food + Eating, Planet Earth, Sustainability, The 206 on May 31st, 2010
The Seattle Time’s Lynda Mapes reported this weekend that the world famous Pike Place Fish Market is going sustainable, following local seafood leaders like West Seattle’s Mashiko Japanese Restaurant. The Market stand’s owner, John Yokoyama, is taking Monk Fish, Chilean Sea Bass and wild steelhead, from the Olympic Peninsula, off the shelves. The local steelhead [...]
Posted in Food + Eating, Sandwich Shops, The 206 on May 28th, 2010
Pioneer Square, the Sandwich District?!? Really? This is seriously whacked out. Or is it? The Stranger reports this week that Pioneer Square should be dubbed Seattle’s Sandwich District. Click here for proof. They’re talking about the neighborhood fav’s Delicatus and Salumi and Tat’s and even posting delicious looking photos of the above’s sandwiches: Photo Credit: [...]
Posted in Planet Earth, Sustainability on May 27th, 2010
Excerpts from the New York Times New Estimates on Oil Flow “Using two methods — one based on the amount of oil on the surface and the other on video of the oil emanating at the source — a federal team created a more precise estimate of the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. [...]
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 Planet Earth, Sustainability on May 24th, 2010
It has taken us too long to talk about the current oil spill, gushing from a blow out on BP’s Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico. The 450-ton Blowout Preventer or BOP, a giant valve meant to seal off oil wells in case of emergency, failed and with no backup in place, the [...]
Posted in Sandwich Shops, The 206 on May 18th, 2010
From the Seattle Times “The Pike/Pine corridor on Capitol Hill is about to change dramatically with the opening of Melrose Market, a triangular-shaped marketplace located in two refurbished historic buildings at the intersection of Melrose Avenue, Pine Street and Minor Avenue, right across the street from Bauhaus Coffee. “Co-developers Scott Shapiro, of Eagle Rock Ventures, [...]
Posted in Food + Eating, Sandwich Shops on May 13th, 2010
Very excited to announce our launch of weekend dinner! We have heard you Seattle. We are heeding your calls. We will serve sandwiches for dinner. Starting this weekend, Homegrown will be open 8am to 8pm Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Three meal times, one cuisine. Check out what Seattle Met had to say: “Homegrown Opens For [...]
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 Food + Eating, Sandwich Shops on May 10th, 2010
Homegrown will now be open for weekend dinners, ’til 8pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. So when you’re in the mood for a quick, easy dinner, pull up a chair or grab some hg to go. Our Fremont shop is the perfect dinner base camp for a picnic in Gasworks Park, Discovery Park or Golden [...]
Posted in Food + Eating on May 9th, 2010
Growing up with moms who love to cook and garden, we were so fortunate to have great food at family dinners. But, at a very young age, we were even luckier that they gave us access to their kitchens, which were always stocked with fresh, healthy ingredients. Whether they were encouraging self-sufficiency or they were [...]