Fowl and Fodder

Type of Business: Restaurant

Cuisine: American, Other

Price: $$

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A small intimate restaurant, specializing in local and organic food. They also do catering.
"We've created a unique menu with fresh, organic and locally sourced ingredients procured from around Toledo and Northwest Ohio. By partnering with our neighbors, the local farmers, bakers, dairies and ranchers, Fowl & Fodder has been able to bring Toledo the freshest, healthiest and most delicious local food options available in town." Check their website for news on the downtown location opening Fall of 2017

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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: Everything is cooked from scratch

2. Local/Organic: Offers at least some locally sourced and/or organically produced food and/or wild-caught seafood.

Yes

Comments: As much as possible they use local organic sources. The farms they work with are listed on the website.

3. Pastured: Offers at least some pastured animal foods.

Yes

Comments: They list several farms that supply grass-fed meat.

4. Organs: Offers some dishes made with organ meats (liver/paté, sweetbreads, heart, kidney, brains, etc.).

Comments: "That doesn't appeal to our customers" But the chef is willing to consider ways of incorporating organ meats in some dishes.

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 good fats as much as possible. They are using sunflower oil for frying - may be the high oleic version.

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: All soups are homemade, and change daily. They make their own bone broths.

7. Seasonings: Makes most of its own seasoning mixes (does NOT use flavoring packets or MSG).

Yes

Comments: The chef definitely avoids MSG and such artificial stuff.

8. Salad oils: Makes most of its own salad dressings using olive oil or cold-pressed sesame oil.

Yes

Comments: They use good olive oil.

9. Breads: Offers genuine sourdough bread.

Yes

10. Beverages: Offers lacto-fermented beverages (such as kombucha or kvass).

Yes

Comments: They have locally made kombucha and beet kvass

11. Condiments: Offers lacto-fermented condiments.

Yes

Comments: They have kimchi and tempe from The Brinery in Ann Arbor.

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: They make their own desserts. Often use local honey for sweetening.

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