Greens Restaurant is a landmark vegetarian restaurant[1][2] in the Fort Mason Center in the Marina District, San Francisco, California, overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge.
| Greens Restaurant | |
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 View out the window of Greens Restaurant | |
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| Restaurant information | |
| Established | 1979 |
| Head chef | Katie Reicher |
| Food type | Vegetarian, Local/organic, California |
| Street address | Building A, 2 Marina Blvd |
| City | San Francisco |
| State | California |
| Postal/ZIP Code | 94123 |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 37°48′23″N 122°25′56″W / 37.80645°N 122.43212°W |
| Website | greensrestaurant |
History
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Founded by the San Francisco Zen Center in 1979,[3][4] Greens has been credited in The New York Times as "the restaurant that brought vegetarian food out from sprout-infested health food stores and established it as a cuisine in America."[5]
Greens has a legacy of female lead chefs, beginning with founding chef Deborah Madison, and followed by Annie Somerville, Denise St. Onge, and currently Katie Reicher.[6][7] The restaurant utilizes fresh produce from the organic Green Gulch Farm Zen Center.
Books
edit- The Greens Cookbook. Deborah Madison with Edward Espe Brown. Random House Broadway imprint. ISBN 0-7679-0823-6, 978-0-7679-0823-8.
- Fields of Greens: New Vegetarian Recipes From The Celebrated Greens Restaurant: A Cookbook. Annie Somerville. Bantam Books. ISBN 978-0553091397, 0553091395.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Maggie Crum (April 26, 1997). "Veggie gold is still at Greens". Contra Costa Times.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Alan Liddle (September 29, 1986). "Fresh seafood, produce mold 565 Clay's success - San Francisco restaurant". Nation's Restaurant News.
- ^ Peter Sinton (April 10, 1999). "Staff of Life Not Enough For Tassajara". San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ Eileen Hansen (August 29, 2004). "It's good to be greens". San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ Gregory Dicum (November 18, 2007). "Expanding the Frontiers of the Vegetarian Plate". The New York Times.
- ^ Landis, David (August 25, 2022). "Celebrating Vegetables at San Francisco's Greens Restaurant". San Francisco Bay Times. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
- ^ "About". greensrestaurant.com. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Greens Restaurant, San Francisco.
- "About Greens Restaurant". Archived from the original on 2011-07-11.
Built by San Francisco Zen Center carpenters, the restaurant incorporates 12 types of wood - from the massive black walnut doors, the hickory stairs at the entrance, the curved bar featuring Port-Orford-Cedar, and the dining tables of maple, walnut and cherry. Much of the wood has been recycled or reclaimed.