Founding Farmers

On Election Eve, Greg and I treated ourselves to dinner at Founding Farmers to celebrate three years together.  It had been on our list of restaurants to try forever and I'm so glad we finally made it happen.  It may have been a Monday night, but the restaurant was bustling and definitely seemed like the place to be.

Fantastic craft beers & cocktails + chalkboard paint? Love it.

Founding Farmers is all about well-sourced, made from scratch, eco-friendly cooking and the meal was absolutely fantastic. To start, I strongly recommend the "Smears, Dips and Table Breads," which involves fantastic grilled bread, Green Goddess Dip, Romesco Sauce and Pimiento Cheese.  Simple and rustic and yet incredibly elevated in terms of flavor - can you tell I'm still thinking about it?  We followed that up with an enormous chef's salad (Greg), scallops with butternut squash risotto (me), and per our server's recommendation, finished things up with an amazing order of beignets, complete with raspberry, caramel and chocolate dipping sauce.

A little blurry, but had to share . . . seriously, this is not to be missed!

All is all, the experience totally exceeded our expectations.  Beyond the delicious food and drinks, the service was wonderful and personal.  I had mentioned that we were celebrating in the open table reservation and at the end of the meal we learned that the restaurant had bought our first round of drinks as a result! It was such a nice and unexpected gift.  I have heard that brunch is also fantastic, so I think it is safe to say that we will be back soon to investigate . . .

Happy Friday everyone and have a wonderful weekend!