Archive for 'Downtown'
Coffee Plant
It can be surprisingly hard to find a good cup of coffee in this town, especially if you don’t want to support the shall-remain-nameless empires of the world. However, if you happen to be downtown and want to skip the chains and the convenience stores that offer “expresso,” head over to Coffee Plant, a […]
Posted: July 15th, 2006 under Drink, Downtown.
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Hot Lips Pizza
According to pizzaware.com, “Americans eat approximately 100 acres of pizza EACH DAY, or about 350 slices per second.” Imagine what it would mean then, if all the ingredients needed to make a pie were local, fresh and organic? Hundreds of dairy and vegetable farmers could be supported by the pizza industry alone. […]
Posted: January 29th, 2006 under Eat, Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Northwest, Downtown.
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MASU, thank you
It’s happened. Sustainability and its tenets have hit mainstream. How do I know this? When a swanky new sushi bar named “MASU” proclaims that it “supports local farms that practice environmentally sound agriculture and sustainable farming” on its equally swanky menu, the staff here at seeing:green proclaim victory (at least for the […]
Posted: December 25th, 2005 under Eat, Downtown.
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Veganopolis
I was craving a Reuben sandwich the other day and being that I am a vegetarian, there are very few places to find these messy, but delicious creations when outside the home. Enter Veganopolis, a cafeteria-style eatery where no animal product rears its fluffy head on the menu. Yes, Veganopolis is entirely meat […]
Posted: July 17th, 2005 under Eat, Downtown.
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