Green Gourmet is a great little restaurant that opened a few months ago in the Dunbar School Project at 325 W. Second Street. It’s a small outfit but everyone who eats there seems to fall in love with it, and it now serves breakfast.
This restaurant has the highest of aspirations, in that the people operate it want to use it to help teens get a foothold in the food business. The chef – who is a former personal trainer and a former employee of Anthony’s in the Catalinas – has an amazing command of fresh, local ingredients; the prices are affordable; and the portions are more than generous.
You can find more information on the restaurant over here.
This article appears in Oct 20-26, 2011.
As an update on this blog, I had lunch at Green Gourmet today and it is officially a new Tucson treasure. The woman eating next to me gasped when her grilled chicken, pesto orzo and butternut squash came out. “My that’s fancy!” she said, digging in. Chef Anthony came out and said hello to everyone. The dining room is sparse and unadorned, but from that kitchen comes amazing food.