Hello everyone,<\/p>\n
About a year \u00a0ago, many of my ‘westside’ friends started talking about this new restaurant I’ll admit, I was quick to judge. Perhaps it was because I’d never been to cult classic Deagan’s<\/a> in Lakewood either, and after all, this is Chef Demetrio’s newest American gastropub.\u00a0<\/p>\n Well, a friend was in town visiting from his current landing post in China. He suggested Forage, so I said why not. I quickly looked up the restaurant reviewed and scoured the menu on their website.\u00a0Forage<\/a>\u00a0strives to use\u00a0100% sustainable farm specific menu items. They pride themselves on using farm to table, as well as, local artisan items.<\/p>\n I will say, while my initial thoughts on the menu being very meat\/ dairy centric were correct, Forage makes a concerted effort to be vegan\/ vegetarian-friendly, with clearly labeled items such as the “Vegan Potato Dumplings” or the “Vegan Mac’n’Cheese.” I can certainly appreciate that.<\/p>\n We visited on a Friday night at 7pm. Not the best time to goto a hip newish restaurant sans reservation. Well, it also happened to be 10 degrees outside and white out conditions. Lucky for us. hah. We walked right in and got a table, no problem. The lighting was dim, the decorations rustic. Overall, it felt comfortable. Definitely, not reminiscent of the sports bar that used to occupy the space.<\/p>\n I began to look at the menu. Of course, my eyes started scanning for the word “vegan” or heading to the salad section. As I’m reviewing my options, I notice that almost every course includes a city\/ state next to it. Want to know where your lettuce came from? Oh, it’s Huron, Ohio.<\/p>\n
\ncalled\u00a0Forage Public House in Lakewood<\/a>. I took a quick look at the menu and decided it wasn’t for me. It’s a farm to table concept, heavy on meat and dairy. What’s for a vegan to love?<\/p>\n