 [Bay Area] Chefs & restaurants buying locally, Doing our bit to support the farms |
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 Aug 15 2005, 08:23 PM
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 Advanced Member  Group: Members Posts: 7747 Joined: 1-October 04 From: Central Coast, California Member No.: 189  |
Chefs and Farms map
(San Francisco is on the last pages, and this is a work in progress. Eventually it will be nationwide, and I'll post the link elsethread.) A fellow food blogger, Sam, of Becks & Posh, asked us if we could help her find out places that support local farms. (She's in San Francisco.) I was able to help a little, and then I thought, "What the hell. Ask the farmers." The first one to answer was my friend, Joe Schirmer, of Dirty Girl Produce, who was kind enough to send me his entire list of restaurants who buy his lovely fruits and vegetables. I wrote up the list with as many links to restaurant websites as I could find. I have edited this post, and will continue to edit it, as farmers send me their lists of chef customers. Coastal California chefs supporting farms (at my blog): this is an ongoing project. FARMS & GROWERS Dirty Girl Produce Mariquita Farm Two Small Farms Everett Family Farm Rancho Gordo Sunshine Organic (aka VB Farms) Here is the beginning of the list for restaurants supporting local farms in the San Francisco, Monterey Bay, and parts north areas (an asterisk indicates mention by more than one farmer...two asterisks equals two farmers). SAN FRANCISCO A-16 Acme Chophouse Americano (in the newly-opened Hotel Vitale at the Embarcadero) Aziza Bix Blue Plate **Boulette's Larder (Ferry Plaza building) Boulevard Coco500 Delfina Fifth Floor Foreign Cinema Frog Hollow Bakery (Ferry Plaza building) Globe (no website) Greens Hawthorne Lane Hayes Street Grill **Incanto Jack Falstaff Jardinière **Kokkari Le Petit Robert Levende Lounge Liberty Cafe (no website) Market Bar Maverick Mijita **Millennium **Quince Range Rose Pistola (no website) **Slanted Door Slow Club Town's End (no website) Waterfront **Zuni (no website) Zuppa OAKLAND, BERKELEY, EAST BAY **Chez Panisse Dopo Eccolo Oliveto SANTA CRUZ Engfer Pizza Works Gabriella Cafe (Santa Cruz) Oswald (downtown Santa Cruz: no website) Pearl Alley Bistro (Santa Cruz) Ristorante Avanti (Mission Street, west side of Santa Cruz: no official website) River Cafe (River Street, one block from Highway One, Santa Cruz) Seabreeze Cafe Sestri (Santa Cruz) Soif Wine Bar (Santa Cruz) Theo's Restaurant (Soquel) SILICON VALLEY/LOS GATOS Manresa (Los Gatos) SOUTH BAY/PENINSULA Piatti Santa Clara MARIN Marin Sun Farms Butcher Shop & Restaurant in Point Reyes Station Pizzeria Picco in Larkspur NAPA AND SONOMA French Laundry Pilar MONTEREY, CARMEL, PACIFIC GROVE Stokes Restaurant Passionfish . . . . . . . . . . . I've got queries out to some other farmers. I'll edit this list as I go. This post has been edited by tanabutler: Nov 20 2006, 10:41 PM -------------------- "Nana, I just counted to infinity really fast!" Logan, age 5-1/2
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Aug 15 2005, 08:48 PM
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 Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 5685 Joined: 13-December 04 From: San Francisco Member No.: 233 |
The new Hayes Valley spot Sauce should probably go on the list. From their menu:
I've been meaning to try this place, but haven't managed to yet. I'd imagine Boulevard would qualify. I know Nancy Oakes does at least some of her shopping at the Ferry Plaza Farmer's Market, because I've seen her there. Thanks for this list, tana! -------------------- I hadn't the heart to touch my breakfast. I told Jeeves to drink it himself. -- P.G. Wodehouse
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Aug 15 2005, 10:18 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 7747 Joined: 1-October 04 From: Central Coast, California Member No.: 189 |
That says something about you that you would recognize her, Squeat.
I've edited the list, and organized it a little. Hopefully some food bloggers I know who are doing the Eat Local Challenge will be able to contribute some things, too. -------------------- "Nana, I just counted to infinity really fast!" Logan, age 5-1/2
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Aug 15 2005, 10:36 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 5685 Joined: 13-December 04 From: San Francisco Member No.: 233 |
Hopefully nothing bad?  Marin Organic has a list of restaurants and cafes that feature products from its member farms on its website. -------------------- I hadn't the heart to touch my breakfast. I told Jeeves to drink it himself. -- P.G. Wodehouse
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Aug 15 2005, 10:37 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 7747 Joined: 1-October 04 From: Central Coast, California Member No.: 189 |
Bad? Silly. Good! -------------------- "Nana, I just counted to infinity really fast!" Logan, age 5-1/2
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Aug 15 2005, 11:28 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 7747 Joined: 1-October 04 From: Central Coast, California Member No.: 189 |
Julia Wiley, of Mariquita Farm and Two Small Farms, sent me her list. I've added it in, above.
-------------------- "Nana, I just counted to infinity really fast!" Logan, age 5-1/2
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Aug 15 2005, 11:46 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 5685 Joined: 13-December 04 From: San Francisco Member No.: 233 |
Having seen Mijita and Jardinière on the list, I suspected we could add ACME Chophouse out at the ballpark, since Traci des Jardins is also managing chef there. Sure enough, from their website:
Edit: Glad to see Slow Club on the list. One of my favorites. This post has been edited by Squeat Mungry: Aug 15 2005, 11:47 PM -------------------- I hadn't the heart to touch my breakfast. I told Jeeves to drink it himself. -- P.G. Wodehouse
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Aug 15 2005, 11:57 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 7747 Joined: 1-October 04 From: Central Coast, California Member No.: 189 |
On her list, Julia Wiley noted, "The following are restaurants that buy from us every week, rain or shine."
I like that. -------------------- "Nana, I just counted to infinity really fast!" Logan, age 5-1/2
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Aug 16 2005, 10:54 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 5685 Joined: 13-December 04 From: San Francisco Member No.: 233 |
Tana, did you see that the Becks & Posh folks got a great response from Phil West at Range?
-------------------- I hadn't the heart to touch my breakfast. I told Jeeves to drink it himself. -- P.G. Wodehouse
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Aug 16 2005, 11:00 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 7747 Joined: 1-October 04 From: Central Coast, California Member No.: 189 |
I did see that--very impressive. I love Sam's blog. She's so down to earth, and doesn't take herself too seriously. She's also very generous with her time: she coordinates a whole "school" of food bloggers who are trying to learn the ropes. I just read in my New Farm newsletter in Andy Griffin's column, about Traci Des Jardins battling Mario Batali on "Iron Chef." And then in the SF Chronicle, SHE WON! -------------------- "Nana, I just counted to infinity really fast!" Logan, age 5-1/2
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Aug 16 2005, 11:25 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 5685 Joined: 13-December 04 From: San Francisco Member No.: 233 |
Awesome!! Thanks for the link. When I first read that that was going to happen, it was the first time I really wished I had a TV since mine blew up. Would have loved to have seen that. -------------------- I hadn't the heart to touch my breakfast. I told Jeeves to drink it himself. -- P.G. Wodehouse
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Aug 16 2005, 11:46 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 7747 Joined: 1-October 04 From: Central Coast, California Member No.: 189 |
Hee hee hee. From the article:
-------------------- "Nana, I just counted to infinity really fast!" Logan, age 5-1/2
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Aug 16 2005, 11:49 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 5685 Joined: 13-December 04 From: San Francisco Member No.: 233 |
Hee. That was my favorite part, too.
-------------------- I hadn't the heart to touch my breakfast. I told Jeeves to drink it himself. -- P.G. Wodehouse
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Aug 17 2005, 04:09 AM
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It would be useful to know what you mean by "local" farms. Do you mean small farms? Organic farms? It seems that around here, "local" includes farms from the Central Valley. If location is the main criteria, then I dare say our "local" farms are supported by a large majority of the restaurants in the entire continental U.S.A.
-------------------- Mrs. Filipov introduced us to her beloved husband, telling small anecdotes, such as his ability to say, "Do you like Chinese food?" in 14 different languages. --Katherine Brengle, from an article at dissidentvoice.org, remembering a victim of AA Flight 11 on 9/11
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Aug 17 2005, 05:20 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 7747 Joined: 1-October 04 From: Central Coast, California Member No.: 189 |
I do not think this is the case at all. I do not think that your "average" restaurant knows which farm sends produce into the kitchen at all. AT ALL. But please feel free to ask your favorite restaurants, as I ask mine. I support sustainable agriculture, and that doesn't always mean the US government's definition of "organic," which has been bastardized. I know my farmers. I'm happy about that. -------------------- "Nana, I just counted to infinity really fast!" Logan, age 5-1/2
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