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Eden Blog | Category: Sustainability

September 14, 2023 Eden, Local, Press, Sustainability

 

Chef Devon Quinn Serves Up Seasonal Flavors

Chef Devon Quinn joins Daytime Chicago in the Studio 41 kitchen with more about Eden and to prepare “Nichols Farm Cauliflower”. 

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June 2, 2023 Eden, Local, Press, Sustainability

 

Eden Featured on Condé Naste 29 Best Restaurants in Chicago List

Eden is a restaurant with a mix of eclectic elements, sustainable fare, and an onsite greenhouse allowing for seasonally centered dishes.

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June 2, 2023 Eden, Local, Press, Sustainability

 

Condé Nast Traveler Features Eden

Eden focuses on fresh, local, and sustainable fare, an approach that’s accomplished with the help of an onsite greenhouse.

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May 9, 2023 Eden, Local, Press, Sustainability

 

Eden featured on OpenTable for Succeeding at Sustainability

Sustainability has become a major priority for many restaurants in the industry and Eden is no exception. From composting 100% of its compostable items to growing its own food, Eden is one of the leaders in sustainable practices.

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April 21, 2023 Local, Sustainability

 

Earth Day, Every Day at eden

The restaurant industry has a significant impact on the environment, with energy and water consumption, food waste, and carbon emissions being significant contributors to the industry’s environmental footprint. At eden, it’s our responsibility to react to this situation, do our part to reduce our impact, and set the tone for other businesses to follow.

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April 19, 2023 Eden, Local, Press, Sustainability

 

Eden featured on OpenTable – on-site greenhouse & sustainability

The greenhouse, Eden’s in-house sustainability expert, commitment to composting, sourcing locally, and donating food surplus, makes this a one-of-a-kind establishment in the city.

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April 13, 2023 Eden, Local, Press, Sustainability

 

Chef Devon Quinn Grows His Own Ingredients for Eden

Chef Devon Quinn is featured by WTTW for growing his own ingredients for his restaurant, Eden. In the article, he speaks to the importance of specific plants, such as Esmee arugula or the eight year-old fig tree growing in his greenhouse, touching on their value and unique qualities in relation to the dishes they appear in. An emphasis is also placed on the seasonality of the dishes and their produce-focused nature. With an on-site greenhouse and a variety of locally-sourced ingredients, Eden is as fresh as it gets.

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April 13, 2023 Eden, Local, Press, Sustainability

 

Chef Devon Quinn’s Mushroom Farro Risotto

This mushroom risotto from the Avondale restaurant Eden is packed full of herbal flavor, thanks to the many varieties of fresh herbs that Chef Devon Quinn grows for the restaurant in a nearby greenhouse. He might eventually grow the mushrooms himself, too: he told WTTW Food he wants to add a mushroom growing facility. Currently, he’s sourcing the mushrooms from Jacobson’s Farm in Antioch, Illinois.

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March 13, 2023 Local, Press, Sustainability

 

Eater’s Best St. Patrick’s Day Pop-Ups Around Chicago

Eden is featured for its appearance with Green City Market, Chicago’s famed nonprofit that is holding the first gathering of its 2023 Sustainable Supper Series pop-ups at Eden, the farm-to-table restaurant that relocated last year to Avondale.

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January 27, 2023 Local, Organic, Sustainability

 

Our Sustainability Initiatives

Eden is committed to a sustainable future and improving the well-being of our team, guests, and community. We look to lead in environmental sustainability through our local farm partnerships, food waste diversion initiatives, serving and packaging options, culinary techniques, operational advancements, and the continual expansion of our on-site greenhouse.

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