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Type of Business: Restaurant
Cuisine: American, Seafood
Price: price2
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
Comments: More than half of foods are made from scratch; check when ordering.
2. Local/Organic: Offers at least some locally sourced and/or organically produced food and/or wild-caught seafood.
No
Comments: There are lots of locally grown options in the summer from Hykes Farm. All seafood is wild caught. The chickens come from a local Hutterite colony; may or may not have been fed GMO feed. The beef is from Omaha Steaks.
3. Pastured: Offers at least some pastured animal foods.
No
4. Organs: Offers some dishes made with organ meats (liver/paté, sweetbreads, heart, kidney, brains, etc.).
No
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: They use butter and olive oil on many dishes.
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
Comments: They make their own stock.
7. Seasonings: Makes most of its own seasoning mixes (does NOT use flavoring packets or MSG).
No
Comments: They use some Greek seasoning and Seafood seasoning.
8. Salad oils: Makes most of its own salad dressings using olive oil or cold-pressed sesame oil.
Yes
Comments: Two salad dressings are made in house; Dijon Yogurt and Avocado Ranch. The avocado ranch is made with half & half.
9. Breads: Offers genuine sourdough bread.
No
Comments: Breads are fresh from Dakota Fresh. Some gluten free options.
10. Beverages: Offers lacto-fermented beverages (such as kombucha or kvass).
No
11. Condiments: Offers lacto-fermented condiments.
Yes
Comments: They offer Kim Chi in the summertime. Hummus is made in house.
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).
Yes
Comments: Some, about half, use raw sugar and are made in house.
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mwalkes
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Location & Contact
24 W Main St
Vermillion, SD
This little cafe seems to be always filled with people having lively conversations!