Friends, Food & Philosophy

Bob makes hundreds of loaves of Challah for us each week at Great Harvest Bakery in Ballard. He also mills his own grain for our Honey Wheat bread.

Jeremy of Foraged and Found provides us with a wide variety of wild mushrooms, wild huckleberries and fiddle-head ferns.

Planting at Full Circle Farm.

Fonte Coffee Roasters make our own special blend of organic, fair trade coffee.

Photos by Doug Yaple Photography

CAFE & CATERING

roosevelt

4130 roosevelt way ne,

seattle 98105

206.547.8230

Like you give a damn about….where your food comes

from. We strive to offer the widest array of food sourced from local, clean and sustainable farms and producers. On the wall are pictures of some of our local sources including Full Circle organic farm, Oxbow organic farm, Fonte organic coffee, Great Harvest organic bakery, Bluebird Farms organic grains, Country Natural Beef and on and on. Most of the producers work within a few miles of where you sit. This ensures that the food you get is fresh, ripe when picked and only minutes traveling time from where it is produced. This also means we know the people who make your food and we trust them to bring us the best product.

Like you give a damn about….what goes in your body. With most of our food sourced organically, we are able to guarantee that what you eat is free of toxic pesticides, herbicides and sewage sludge. If what goes on your food is going to kill every living insect that comes in contact with it, we don’t know why you would want to put it inside of you.

Also, there are many studies which confirm what we already know. Organic food may have up to 30 percent more nutrients than conventionally grown food.

Like you give a damn about….the ethics of how your food is raised and handled. Chickens kept in small cages their whole life, huge feedlots and slaughterhouses. These are some of the realities of today’s big food culture. We, on the other hand, work with farmers who use organic methods and ranchers who graze their cattle in pastures. The chickens are free range, the eggs organic and the cattle raised exclusively on natural grasses. And when slaughtered it is done humanely and under strict supervision. As for fish, all are Marine Stewardship Council certified, meaning they come from sustainable stocks, mostly wild, mostly local

Like you give a damn about….how your food tastes. Flavor comes from how long produce is allowed to grow on the vine, how a cheese is aged and how long, what cows eat and how they are treated, under what conditions chickens are allowed to mature. When you insist on local, organic and sustainable food you are also getting food that has been grown and produced with great care. The wheat for the bread is milled at the bakery, the coffee is roasted in a single roaster under constant supervision and your beer is brewed in a small, artisan brewery in Ballard. All this brings intense flavor to every ingredient we use and makes a huge difference in your dining experience overall.

Like you give a damn about….the environment. The growing and production of food in America is one of the biggest strains on the environment today. Sourcing food locally, organically and sustainably are ways to reduce this strain. The reduction of pesticides washing in to local streams and drifting in the air, the elimination of petroleum based fertilizers and the commitment by our ranchers not to use huge stockyards are just a few of the benefits of using the type of food we give a damn about.

south lake union

391 terry ave n

seattle 98109

206.462.6400

catering office

371 terry ave n

seattle 98109

206.551.4084