For the eco-epicure
If you crave a heaping plate of chemicals, hormones and preservatives, pass right on by the Green Door Café in Tenafly (201-567-8226, www.greendoorcafenj.com).
If you crave a heaping plate of chemicals, hormones and preservatives, pass right on by the Green Door Café in Tenafly (201-567-8226, www.greendoorcafenj.com).
"We serve food the way nature intended- as naturally as possible," says Leon Bell, co-owner of the year-old BYO.
Dedicated to a "green" philosophy, the eatery’s menu of tasty, nutritious American fare features only organic or hormone- and antibiotic- free proteins, plus organic or locally farmed produce.
And don’t worry about sky-high costs: "We keep prices competitive with other casual restaurants," says Bell.
They don’t sacrifice flavor, either. "People like us not just because we offer ‘cleaner’ food, but because it tastes great too," says Bell.
At lunchtime try the all-natural turkey, beef and veggie burgers ($4.50 to $10.75) or the organic chicken salad sandwich ($6.95).
For dinner, favorites include caramelized Berkshire pork chops with hot-and-sour cranberry compote, mashed sweet potatoes and sautéed kale ($23); and the citrus-glazed Lock Duart salmon with lemon confit, black rice and sautéed kale ($21)-"our salmon isn’t farm-raised; it comes from 20 miles off the northern coast of Scotland," says Bell.
