The restaurant-garden is a concept that is gaining more and more restaurants worldwide. The principle is simple: the restorer decided to push himself vegetables and herbs to supply its own kitchen. This is an ideal way of ensuring the quality of ingredients! The garden often takes place on the roof or on the parking lot of the hotel.
Quebec
In Québec, the Parliamentary restaurant is a fine example. The heads are supplied in the wide garden in front of the parliament. Also in the Old Capital, the restaurant Chic Alors! has meanwhile, the green roof. There are grown fresh herbs, tomatoes and edible flowers during the summer. Fruit crops are used to make dishes and cocktails.
Montreal
The hotel restaurant Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth in Montreal has also followed the parade by planting a garden on its roof. The hotel cultivates among other Swiss chard, red basil, eggplants, peppers and even colored melon. The restaurant Le Saint-Urbain in Ahuntsic is also part of the lot. However, for lack of space, the garden is located on an external field at the restaurant. Joe Beef also has a vegetable garden since opening the restaurant, located behind the hotel. Toqué! remains a benchmark for restaurant-garden. The restaurant cultivates on the roof of the building, a variety of vegetables and herbs with tomatoes, beans, lettuce, spinach and carrots.
Beyond the borders
Elsewhere in the world, many restaurants also grow their own vegetables and some stand out for their originality. This is the case Poste Moderne Brasserie restaurant in Washington who decided to establish his garden restaurant in the reception area. Guests are even invited to pick fresh food directly to garnish their plates! In Paris, where we know that space is limited, a Californian restaurant has established a giant garden on its roof. The restaurant, located close to the Eiffel Tower, has an urban garden of over 600 m2, including an orchard! Over 250 varieties of vegetables and fruits are grown there. It includes among others strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, grapes, rhubarb and even kiwis!
And you, have you ever eaten in a restaurant kitchen garden?