点评:First thing I’ll say for Little Saint, is that it’s worth dropping in even if you’re not having a meal. There’s a wine shop and a delicatessen that contains some plant-based cheeses and meats that you may not find anywhere else within a large radius. I think they have a chest of vegan ice creams too!
We ended up there when there was a limited menu – during happy hour, I think. Like the photos of the restaurant, my memories of it are a little hazy. Walking in is a bit like entering a dream, with misty light streaming in from high windows, large rugs, vivid paintings, and mismatched furniture. One set of tables and chairs looks like it came from a high-end British tea room while another would be at home in a farmhouse. Then there were two very different bars with two very different styles of barstool, and in the middle of it all was the sofa we that landed on. We had the vegan cheese plate and some kind of nonalcoholic cocktail. Then I passed out for an unknown amount of time and when I came to, it was time to go to the deli check out the vegan cheeses that we’d just eaten. Or had I eaten them? It’s all really hazy…
But I do remember being happy to have discovered the NY-based Rebel Cheese because of Little Saint. So wander in to find some cool products that you may have been aware of – vegan cheeses and meats but also snacks like 12 Tides – an organic kelp snack in compostable packaging.
I’m giving Little Saint 5/5 Green Stars for social and environmental impact. That score is based on the following:
• Vegan restaurant. Adopting a plant-based diet is the top thing you can do to mitigate climate change, deforestation, animal cruelty, and food scarcity.
• Ingredients are largely sourced from their farm: “Little Saint Farm, an 8-acre property just two and a half miles away. The farm employs minimal-tillage practices to nurture rich, healthy soil, promoting biodiversity and yielding produce bursting with nutrition and flavor.”
• On diversity: “Our commitment extends to featuring and supporting marginalized groups across all sectors.”
• Wine is mostly local, serving to “highlight producers committed to reducing their environmental impact through a blend of traditional farming methods and innovative solutions.” Cocktails utilize “imperfect produce and items typically considered waste, transforming them into exceptional flavors.”
• Similar for coffee: “The espresso we chose as our mainstay comes from Saint Frank Coffee in San Francisco, a company that sources from small growers and co-ops in East Africa, South and Central America.” Saint Frank publishes prices paid for coffee – and they are usually 3x the commodity market price.
• As mentioned, the deli/store features products from progressive companies that produce sustainable, vegan foods, usually with minimal packaging.
翻译:对于 Little Saint,我首先要说的是,即使你不吃饭,也值得一去。这里有一家葡萄酒商店和一家熟食店,里面有一些植物奶酪和肉类,你可能在很远的地方都找不到。我想他们还有一箱素食冰淇淋!
我们去的时候菜单有限——我想是在欢乐时光。就像餐厅的照片一样,我对它的记忆有点模糊。走进去有点像进入梦境,雾蒙蒙的光线从高高的窗户射进来,大地毯,生动的绘画,以及不相配的家具。一套桌椅看起来像是来自高端的英国茶室,而另一套看起来像是来自农舍。然后有两个非常不同的酒吧,两种风格截然不同的酒吧椅,中间是我们落脚的沙发。我们吃了素食奶酪拼盘和某种不含酒精的鸡尾酒。然后我昏迷了不知道多久,当我醒来时,是时候去熟食店看看我们刚刚吃过的素食奶酪了。或者我吃过它们?这一切都很模糊……
但我确实记得很高兴因为 Little Saint 发现了纽约的 Rebel Cheese。所以走进去寻找一些你可能已经知道的很酷的产品——素食奶酪和肉类,还有像 12 Tides 这样的零食——一种可堆肥包装的有机海带零食。
我给 Little Saint 5/5 绿星,以表彰其社会和环境影响。该分数基于以下几点:
• 素食餐厅。采用植物性饮食是减轻气候变化、森林砍伐、虐待动物和粮食短缺的首要措施。
• 食材主要来自他们的农场:“Little Saint Farm,一个占地 8 英亩的农场,距离这里仅两英里半。该农场采用最少耕作方法培育肥沃、健康的土壤,促进生物多样性,生产出营养丰富、风味十足的农产品。”
• 关于多样性:“我们的承诺延伸到各个行业的边缘群体。”
• 葡萄酒大多是本地葡萄酒,旨在“突出致力于通过传统耕作方法和创新解决方案相结合来减少对环境影响的生产商。”鸡尾酒利用“不完美的农产品和通常被视为废物的物品,将它们转化为非凡的风味。”
• 咖啡也类似:“我们选择的主打浓缩咖啡来自旧金山的 Saint Frank Coffee,该公司从东非、南美洲和中美洲的小型种植者和合作社采购。” Saint Frank 公布了咖啡的价格——通常是商品市场价格的 3 倍。
• 如上所述,熟食店/商店提供来自生产可持续素食食品的进步公司的产品,通常包装极简。