Eco Friendly Restaurants

Cafe Gratitude

• Locations: Larchmont, Newport Beach, Venice Beach

• Sustainability Initiatives:

  • All plant-based meals are sourced locally to reduce carbon emissions.

  • Solar-powered operations and recycled materials in café design, such as reclaimed wood and wine bottle lights.

  • Biodegradable to-go ware and complete recycling of glass, paper, and other items.

  • Climate Neutral Certified.

 

Gracias Madre

• Locations: West Hollywood, Newport Beach

• Sustainability Practices:

  • Focuses on "No-Waste Cooking," reusing all ingredients to minimize food waste.

  • Works with local farmers to source fresh, local ingredients.

  • Composting organic waste to create nutrient-rich soil.

  • Reusable containers for take-out, reducing reliance on disposable packaging.

 

Busboys and Poets

• Sustainability Highlights:

  • 100% renewable wind energy at select locations.

  • Recycles oil for biofuel and uses compostable straws and to-go items.

  • Menus printed on recycled paper.

  • Offers fair trade and organic beverages, sustainable seafood, and hormone-free, organic meats.

  • Joined the Humane Society’s boycott against Canada’s seal hunt.

 

Atelier Crenn

• Location: San Francisco

• Eco-Friendly Focus:

  • Meat-free menu and composting all food waste.

  • 100% plastic-free operations.

  • Owns a farm where all fresh produce is grown.

  • Michelin Green Star for sustainability practices.

 

Blue Hill

• Location: Pocantico Hills, NY

• Sustainability Practices:

  • Partners with 64 local farms and prioritizes local sourcing over organic.

  • Provides no-interest loans to farmers and purchases fresh catch from local fishermen.

  • Focuses on soil health by working with grain and vegetable breeders for low-energy farming practices.

 

Harbor House Inn

• Location: Mendocino, CA

• Sustainability Features:

  • Powered entirely by local renewable energy sources.

  • Repurposes fryer oil for candles and reuses water from the kitchen for garden irrigation.

  • The restaurant's design uses locally sourced wood and materials.

  • Forages use coastal ingredients and grow produce on their farm.

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Urth Caffé

• Sustainability Focus:

  • Heirloom, organic coffee beans grown with biodynamic practices and shade-grown to protect rainforests.

  • Holistic pest control methods, such as coffee alcohol traps, preserve natural ecosystems.

  • Solar power and rainwater collection systems installed in farming communities.

  • Compostable take-out packaging made from corn-based materials.

 

Le Botaniste

• Environmental Initiatives:

  • Partnered with CO2logic to offset 100% of greenhouse gas emissions.

  • Actively involved in reforestation projects, such as planting trees in Peru and Armenia.

  • Carbon-neutral certified with ongoing efforts to decarbonize through compostable bowls and sustainable farming methods.

 

Kiss the Hippo

• London’s First Carbon-Negative Coffee Brand:

  • Partnered with "On a Mission" for reforestation projects.

  • Offers 100% compostable takeaway packaging and recycles coffee grounds into biofuels.

  • Focuses on sustainable, ethical sourcing to preserve the coffee supply chain.

 

Wonderstate Coffee

• Sustainability Goals:

  • 100% solar-powered roastery.

  • Pays farmers an industry-leading minimum price of $3.10 per pound of green coffee.

  • 5% of profits donated to community-based initiatives supporting gender equality in coffee-growing regions.