From the Garden to Your Garnish: Why Local Produce Restaurants Are Surging In Popularity
Some characteristics make food inherently better and the freshness of the ingredients used is one of them. For a long time, this posed a challenge to restaurants: how do you get fresh fruit, vegetables and animal products to your kitchen? In the past (and today in some cases), restaurants paid a high premium on transportation costs to ensure their ingredients arrived as quickly as possible. But now there is another and arguably better way: the local produce restaurant.