10
Type of Business: Restaurant
Cuisine:
French
Price: $$$
Rating Criteria
1. From Scratch: Serves mostly (i.e., more than half of the menu) fresh food, prepared from scratch. Does NOT rely primarily on kits or prepared/partially prepared foods from commercial food services.
Yes
2. Local/Organic: Offers at least some locally sourced and/or organically produced food and/or wild-caught seafood.
Yes
Comments: Always local and organic produce.
3. Pastured: Offers at least some pastured animal foods.
Yes
Comments: All land-based proteins are pastured. Pastured organ meat options are on each menu.
4. Organs: Offers some dishes made with organ meats (liver/paté, sweetbreads, heart, kidney, brains, etc.).
Yes
5. Cooking Fats: Cooks (sautés) in natural fats such as butter, lard, tallow, duck fat, coconut oil, or olive oil; uses lard, duck fat, or tallow for frying.
Yes
Comments: The fryer uses a blend that contains canola oil.
6. Bone Broth: Makes own bone broths/stocks for use in soups, stews, gravies, and sauces (does NOT use canned broth or powdered soup bases).
Yes
7. Seasonings: Makes most of its own seasoning mixes (does NOT use flavoring packets or MSG).
Yes
Comments: Seasoning blends are house-made, with spices procured locally.
8. Salad oils: Makes most of its own salad dressings using olive oil or cold-pressed sesame oil.
Yes
Comments: Salad dressing is made in-house but may use a blend that contains canola oil.
9. Breads: Offers genuine sourdough bread.
Yes
10. Beverages: Offers lacto-fermented beverages (such as kombucha or kvass).
No
11. Condiments: Offers lacto-fermented condiments.
Yes
12. Desserts: Offers desserts made with natural sweeteners (such as raw honey, maple syrup, maple sugar, molasses, date sugar, palm sugar, coconut sugar, sorghum syrup, or malt syrup).
Not Sure
Comments: Desserts with natural sweeteners are offered on occasion but not regularly.
Rating Created by:
Monica Cole
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Location & Contact
150 West Oak Street
Fort Collins, CO
A French-influenced bistro owned and operated by 3 local restaurateurs. The focus is on farm-fresh, sustainably sourced ingredients, presented in a comfortable atmosphere. Chef Ryan describes himself as a "seed to table" and "scale to tail" chef, idealizing a zero-waste approach to kitchen preparations. Often, Kat, one of the owners answers the phone or is the hostess. Reservations are recommended for dinner on the weekends.