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Type of Business: Restaurant
Cuisine:
American
Price: $$
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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
3. Pastured: Offers at least some pastured animal foods.
Yes
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
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).
No
7. Seasonings: Makes most of its own seasoning mixes (does NOT use flavoring packets or MSG).
Yes
8. Salad oils: Makes most of its own salad dressings using olive oil or cold-pressed sesame oil.
Yes
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.
No
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
Rating Created by:
Joanna Francisco
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Location & Contact
212 North Main Street
Tulsa, OK
In the heart of the Arts District of downtown Tulsa, Chimera Cafe serves beautifully prepared, satisfying breakfast, lunch, and dinner dishes that bring out the full potential of a broad selection of vegetables, fruits, and legumes. Chimera serves primarily vegan and vegetarian dishes made almost 100% in house. Any animal products they offer are sourced from farms that raise their animals humanely on pasture. At the time of this review, Chimera offers dishes that include cheese, eggs, and bacon. Their vegetable stock is made from scratch in their kitchen, and their house bread is homemade sourdough from a starter that they have been using for many years. Their desserts are prepared in house and use a variety of sweeteners including turbinado and honey. Chimera is also a coffee shop that serves up coffee from multiple roasters - some local - and has an extensive cocktail bar that spotlights fresh fruit juices. Chimera is environmentally conscious and supportive of the local food movemen