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Type of Business: Restaurant
Cuisine:
American
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.
Not Sure
3. Pastured: Offers at least some pastured animal foods.
Not Sure
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).
Not Sure
7. Seasonings: Makes most of its own seasoning mixes (does NOT use flavoring packets or MSG).
Not Sure
8. Salad oils: Makes most of its own salad dressings using olive oil or cold-pressed sesame oil.
Not Sure
9. Breads: Offers genuine sourdough bread.
Not Sure
10. Beverages: Offers lacto-fermented beverages (such as kombucha or kvass).
Not Sure
11. Condiments: Offers lacto-fermented condiments.
Not Sure
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
Rating Created by:
Hilda Gore
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Location & Contact
106 South Union Street
Alexandria, VA
The best aspect of this restaurant is that they make a lot (if not most) of their dishes from scratch. This factor, along with the rustic ambiance (it's a historic building that was once a brewery) makes it a sweet choice when visiting the area.
Years ago this restaurant had some kind of farm-to-table vibe. Now it seems less farm-to-table, but still offering some WAPF-friendly options like duck fat fries and dishes made with cage-free eggs.