You can learn more about the YES foundation at www.yestokids.org. Come on out and support the YES Foundation!

• We teamed up with the Red Cross & Integrated Design Studios to donate & pour our beer & soda in the Ambrewlance at their site in Mill Valley to benefit relief efforts in Haiti.  Iron Springs help raise over $6,000!
• Barrel Aged beer month was a HUGE success, the best one yet! Rye The Funk Not was the biggest hit by far, only lasting a few days (have no fear, 750 ml. bottles will be ready soon for sale)
• 2^nd Annual Brewed & Cultured in Marin was a lot of fun.  We paired 4 of our beers with 4 of the finest Marin cheeses during SF Beer week
• The start of our new Monday tradition-Fish & Chips Monday is being met with rave reviews

FAIRFAX BREWFEST:

We here at Iron Springs can’t wait for the 15th Annual Fairfax Beer Festival, held this year on March 13th from 1-5 at the Fairfax Pavilion. This event, co-sponsored by Iron Springs and the Fairfax Chamber of Commerce, raises money for the Fairfax Chamber and is not to be missed!  14 of your favorite breweries will be pouring.  Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door, and can be bought at the pub as well as many other locations throughout town, as well as on the official website, www.fairfaxbrewfest.com.  This is the first festival of the season and not to be missed!

BEER NEWS:

• We are pleased to report that we now have 13 award-winning handcrafted beers on tap.
• It must be close to the end of winter.  Another elusive batch of the Crippla’ is going into tank and should be ready at the end of the month.  This is a new 2.0 version Crippla’ that Christian is taking to new hoppy heights.

Stay tuned to our Facebook site for exact release date: Follow us on Facebook!

• St. Patrick’s Day is Wednesday 3/17^th – to celebrate we are tapping a special dry hopped Cask of Sless’ Oatmeal Stout which will carry over to the following day for the….
  • 2^nd Annual Oyster/Dark Beer Trifecta on Thursday March 18^th – 3 succulent varieties of oysters paired with 3 of our finest dark beers – the Cask of Sless’ Stout, Nitrogen Sless’ Stout, & Nitrogen Fairfax Coffee Porter

New Beer Releases:

Menace of Marin Barleywine

A very big & bold barleywine that was produced towards the end of 2009 and has been aging ever since.  This was just tapped and it is tasting spectacular.  Limited time only!

FISH & CHIPS MONDAYS:

We have started a new tradition at Iron Springs.  Join us every Monday for Luis’ special Fish & Chips – this is Luis’ special recipe which uses the freshest Mahi Mahi battered in our own Kent Lake Kolsch and served with those yummy French fries!  Don’t forget, all the oil used to make this delectable treat then gets filtered and put back into the Ambrewlance as a viable fuel source – a win-win for all!!  Tasty & environmentally beneficial. J

MARCH MUSIC:

Music starts at 8:00 p.m on Wednesdays & 2:00 p.m. on Saturdays.  Saturday Casual & Cozy Music Series “officially” ended in February, but we decided to keep it going one more month!

As always, there is never a cover.  Please send booking inquiries to: booking@ironspringspub.com

Wednesday March 3^rd:

The return from Down Under of PINK SABBATH!!  The Sirens of Folk are back!

Saturday March 6^th:

Casual & Cozy Saturday Music Series with Ben Beuttner, David Phillips (slide guitar legend!) and Adrienne Pfeiffer

Wednesday March 10^th:

Dead Set

Saturday March 13^th:

Fairfax Beer Festival – no music on this day

Wednesday March 17^th:

Jack Pribble’s 5^th Annual Living Room Show (& Lini’s 29^th Birthday celebration)

Saturday March 20^th:

Casual & Cozy Saturday Music Series with Pat Echols Experience

Wednesday March 24^th:

Matt Eakle Band (David Grisman Quintet). Flute Fired Fusion.

GIVE BACK TUESDAY PROGRAM:

In February, we supported some great local causes – Marin Stables, Cascade Canyon School, Marin Agricultural Land Trust, and the San Anselmo Cooperative Nursery School.

In March, we’ll be donating 10% of Tuesday night sales to the YES Foundation., supporting the local Ross Valley School District and funding programs such as music, art, and PE. Especially with the state of the California budget, work that the YES Foundation does is even more critical to our schools.

You can learn more about the YES foundation at www.yestokids.org. Come on out and support the YES Foundation!

Give back Tuesday requests should be sent to anne@ironspringspub.com.

ST. PADDY’S DAY:

Wednesday March 17^th

A big day of festivities are planned at Iron Springs-

• We open at 3:00 p.m.
• We have Luis famous Corned Beef & Cabbage, & lots of it-no running out this year J
• A special Cask of dry hopped Sless’ Stout
• Irish Music sty ling’s by the 5^th annual Jack Pribble’s Living Room.  Music starts at 8:30

This being SF Beer Week, we have a plethora of events taking place at the Pub.

• The week starts off with Fish & Chips Monday, the tapping of Rye The Funk Not (bottles to be released soon), and the start of the second annual Brewed & Cultured in Marin (Brewed & Cultured will take place all week).  We will be pairing 4 fantastic local cheeses with 4 of our fine hand crafted ales.
• Give Back Tuesday’s beneficiary this week who will receive 10% of all sales for the day will be Cascade Canyon Schools
• Wednesday music we are pleased to have a songwriters in the round lead by Aaron Redner of Hot Buttered Rum fame
• Thursday is Cask Thursday with the tapping of a Cask Conditioned, Oak Aged, Tcho Chocolate infused Sless’ Stimulating Stout
• Friday we open starting at 3:00 p.m.
• Saturday Casual & Cozy Music Series features Matt Eakle of the David Grisman Quintet.  Flute-fired fusion!
• Sunday is Valentines Day and we all that know that Chef Luis pulls out all the stops on this day of love.  Luis will have an exquisite Valentines Day specials menu to go with our regular daily menu to entice and please all your senses.
• Then on Monday February 15^th, president’s day, we open starting at NOON.

What an amazing week!

Menace of Marin Barley Wine A very big & bold barley wine that was produced towards the end of 2009 and has been aging ever since.  Official release date to be announced on our Facebook site.

February is “Barrel Aged Beer Month” Iron Springs Pub & Brewery is pleased to announce its third “Barrel Aged” Beer Month. Each week in February we will be releasing a different “barrel aged” beer. Since we have limited space, we often mimic the barrel aged process by taking different types of oak chips saturating them in various types of aged port, bourbon, or brandy.  We then use these oak chips to age the different varieties of beers.

Week 1 (February 1-7):  Edwin’s Winter Scotch Ale aged with bourbon-soaked oak to give this Scotch a nice warm round body.

Week 2 (February 8-14):  Rye The Funk Not.  This is a true barrel aged beer, aged in an American Oak Zinfandel Barrel.  We inoculated the Chazz Cat Rye with a small amount of Brettanomyces and infused it with over 30 pounds of Fuyu Persimmons.  A one of a kind not to be missed!

Week 3 (February 15-21):  Barstow/Lundy Barley Wine aged with 20 year old port soaked oak chips.  This beer has been aging since 2007 and gets better and more complex each and every month. Week 4 (February 22-28): Sless’ Stimulating Stout aged with brandy soaked oak chips.   The Sless Stout was voted the world’s best Oatmeal Stout in the 2008 World Beer Cup and makes an excellent “barrel aged” beer. Also during Barrel Aged Beer Month we will tap 2 very special Barrel Aged Cask Beers

On Thursday, February 11^th: We will tapping a Cask Conditioned, Oak Aged, TCHO Chocolate infused Sless’ Stimulating Stout

On Thursday, February 25^th: We will be tapping a Cask of the Rye The Funk Not. Other beer news: February is SF Beer Week (http://sfbeerweek.org), and you will find Iron Springs partaking in a few different events through out the Bay Area during the week.  Here are some of the places you will see our beer pouring:

• Saturday 2/6 Double IPA Festival @ The Bistro in Hayward Casey Jones Imperial IPA will be representing Iron             Springs
• Monday 2/8 Sour Fest @ Triple Rock Brewery & Alehouse Rye The Funk Not will be on tap there
• Tuesday 2/9 Barrel Fest @ Triple Rock Brewery & Alehouse ‘08 Bourbon Barrel Edwin’s Winterscotch on tap
• Saturday 2/13 Toronado Barleywine Festival

Debuting The Menace of Marin Barleywine.

• Sunday 2/14 Celebrator Beer News Anniversary Party @ Trumer Brauerei

We are very pleased to be invited to pour at the very prestigious Celebrator 22^nd anniversary bash  www.celebrator.com

• Bill Brand Brew

A Special batch of beer made in honor of Bill Brand by Iron Springs and several Bay Area Breweries. Tapped here at Iron Springs, Drakes Brewery, and another location TBA.  Date of tapping to be announced on ourFacebook page.

Brewed & Cultured in Marin is back!! Last year’s event was so successful we are doing it again this year.  During the week of February 8^th, we will be offering a beer & cheese pairing.  Here is the tentative line up:

• Point Reyes Farmstead Bleu paired with Edwin’s Winterscotch Ale
• Cowgirl Creamery Red Hawk paired with the Casey Jones Imperial IPA
• Cowgirl Creamery Devils Gulch (A triple cream with the rind lightly dusted in sweet and spicy dried red pepper flakes grown and oven-dried by Janet Brown at All Star Organics farm) paired with the Dark Path Lager & *hopefully* Marin French Cheese Rouge Et Noir Yellow Buck Camembert paired with the Kent Lake Kolsch

The brewers have done an AMAZING job with this entire beer line up of events for February on top of all the great beer they brew – kudos guys!

BEER NEWS:

New Beer Releases:

Rye The Funk Not? We are very excited about this new beer to be tapped on Monday February 8^th.  Rye The Funk Not is the Chazz Cat Rye that has been aging in a special Napa Zinfandel American Oak Barrel for about 1 year.  We inncoculated this beer with a small quantity of brettanomyces  and infused it with over 20 pounds of Fuyu Persimmons to give this beer a very deep & rich, yet light flavor.  A very fluffy beer J   Not only will we be pouring it at the pub, but we will be releasing very limited bottle conditioned 750 ml cork topped bottles for $9.99 per bottle. Exact release date of these bottles will be announced on the Iron Springs Facebook site, and our web site (ironspringspub.com) only.

Menace of Marin Barley Wine A very big & bold barley wine that was produced towards the end of 2009 and has been aging ever since.  Official release date to be announced on our Facebook site.

February is “Barrel Aged Beer Month” Iron Springs Pub & Brewery is pleased to announce its third “Barrel Aged” Beer Month. Each week in February we will be releasing a different “barrel aged” beer. Since we have limited space, we often mimic the barrel aged process by taking different types of oak chips saturating them in various types of aged port, bourbon, or brandy.  We then use these oak chips to age the different varieties of beers.

Week 1 (February 1-7):  Edwin’s Winter Scotch Ale aged with bourbon-soaked oak to give this Scotch a nice warm round body.

Week 2 (February 8-14):  Rye The Funk Not.  This is a true barrel aged beer, aged in an American Oak Zinfandel Barrel.  We inoculated the Chazz Cat Rye with a small amount of Brettanomyces and infused it with over 30 pounds of Fuyu Persimmons.  A one of a kind not to be missed!

Week 3 (February 15-21):  Barstow/Lundy Barley Wine aged with 20 year old port soaked oak chips.  This beer has been aging since 2007 and gets better and more complex each and every month. Week 4 (February 22-28):  Sless’ Stimulating Stout aged with brandy soaked oak chips.   The Sless Stout was voted the world’s best Oatmeal Stout in the 2008 World Beer Cup and makes an excellent “barrel aged” beer. Also during Barrel Aged Beer Month we will tap 2 very special Barrel Aged Cask Beers

On Thursday, February 11^th: We will tapping a Cask Conditioned, Oak Aged, TCHO Chocolate infused Sless’ Stimulating Stout

On Thursday, February 25^th: We will be tapping a Cask of the Rye The Funk Not. Other beer news: February is SF Beer Week (http://sfbeerweek.org), and you will find Iron Springs partaking in a few different events through out the Bay Area during the week.  Here are some of the places you will see our beer pouring:

• Saturday 2/6 Double IPA Festival @ The Bistro in Hayward Casey Jones Imperial IPA will be representing Iron             Springs
• Monday 2/8 Sour Fest @ Triple Rock Brewery & Alehouse Rye The Funk Not will be on tap there
• Tuesday 2/9 Barrel Fest @ Triple Rock Brewery & Alehouse ‘08 Bourbon Barrel Edwin’s Winterscotch on tap
• Saturday 2/13 Toronado Barleywine Festival

Debuting The Menace of Marin Barleywine.

• Sunday 2/14 Celebrator Beer News Anniversary Party @ Trumer Brauerei

We are very pleased to be invited to pour at the very prestigious Celebrator 22^nd anniversary bash  www.celebrator.com

• Bill Brand Brew

A Special batch of beer made in honor of Bill Brand by Iron Springs and several Bay Area Breweries. Tapped here at Iron Springs, Drakes Brewery, and another location TBA.  Date of tapping to be announced on our Facebook page.

Brewed & Cultured in Marin is back!! Last year’s event was so successful we are doing it again this year.  During the week of February 8^th, we will be offering a beer & cheese pairing.  Here is the tentative line up:

• Point Reyes Farmstead Bleu paired with Edwin’s Winterscotch Ale
• Cowgirl Creamery Red Hawk paired with the Casey Jones Imperial IPA
• Cowgirl Creamery Devils Gulch (A triple cream with the rind lightly dusted in sweet and spicy dried red pepper flakes grown and oven-dried by Janet Brown at All Star Organics farm) paired with the Dark Path Lager & *hopefully* Marin French Cheese Rouge Et Noir Yellow Buck Camembert paired with the Kent Lake Kolsch

The brewers have done an AMAZING job with this entire beer line up of events for February on top of all the great beer they brew – kudos guys! Check Out Christian talking about SF  Beer Week in this fun clip; http://www.flickr.com/photos/beerbybart/4307968391/in/set-72157623116053771/

FISH & CHIPS MONDAY’S: Starting on Monday, February 1^st, we will be starting a new tradition at Iron Springs.  Join us every Monday for Luis’ special Fish & Chips – this is Luis special recipe which uses the freshest Mahi-Mahi battered in our own Kent Lake Kolsch and served with those yummy French fries!  Don’t forget, all the oil used to make this delectable treat then gets filtered and put back into the Ambrewlance as a viable fuel source-a win-win for all!!  Tasty & environmentally beneficial.

FEBRUARY MUSIC: Music starts at 8:00 p.m on Wednesday’s & 2:00 p.m. on Saturdays. As always, there is never a cover.  Please send booking inquiries to: booking@ironspringspub.com

February 3^rd: Our own Fairfax Favorites-Tom Finch Group

February 6^th: Casual & Cozy Saturday Music Series with Adam Traum & the Traumatics

February 10^th: Aaron Redner & Friends - of Hot Buttered Rum fame is performing tonight with a select group of musicians as a side project

February 13^th: Casual & Cozy Saturday Music Series with Matt Eakles (flutist for David Grisman Quintet) Some more flute fire fusion from Matt & friends.  A slightly stripped down version of his new band

February 17^th: 2010 SF Bluegrass & Old Time Festival.  We are super excited to have Viper Central from Canada playing at the Pub during this fun Festival week.

February 20^th: Casual & Cozy Saturday Music Series with Pat Nevins

February 24^th: Barry Sless, Lorin Rowan, & Doug Harman. Rattlebox is back baby!!

GIVE BACK TUESDAY PROGRAM: 10% of sales on every Tuesday in January went to the YES Foundation, supporting the local Ross Valley School District and funding programs such as music, art, and PE. Especially with the state of the California budget, work that the YES Foundation does is even more critical to our schools. You can learn more about the YES foundation at www.yestokids.org. Come on out and support the YES Foundation!

February Give Back Tuesday recipients:

February 2 – Marin Stables Located right here in Fairfax, CA, Marin Stables & Trails, Inc. is a  non-profit public benefit corporation organized to operate, renovate,  and preserve historic Marin Stables, and to maintain the Canyon and  Ethel More trail heads, to insure that public use and access to these  popular facilities will continue.  For more information visit them at http://www.marinstablesandtrails.org .

February 9 – Cascade Canyon School Cascade Canyon is a small, independent, progressive, co-educational  K-8 school serving families in Marin County from our campus in  Fairfax, California. Since the school opened in 1981, we have  dedicated ourselves to offering progressive education in a small,  community-oriented setting. Our multi-age classes of no more than  fifteen students, in combination with our balanced, integrated  curriculum foster our students’ natural creativity and desire to  learn. For more information visit http://www.cascadecanyon.org.

February 16 – Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT) Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT) was the first land trust in the  United States to focus on farmland preservation. Founded in 1980 by a  coalition of ranchers and environmentalists to preserve farmland in  Marin County, California, MALT acquires agricultural conservation  easements on farmland in voluntary transactions with landowners. MALT  also encourages public policies that support and enhance agriculture.  It is a model for agricultural land preservation efforts across the  nation. MALT has so far permanently protected more than 41,500 acres  of land on 64 family farms and ranches.  For more information visit www.malt.org .

February 23 – San Anselmo Cooperative Nursery School Founded originally in 1947 as the Fairfax Community Nursery School,  the San Anselmo Co-Op is celebrating its 63nd year in operation.  Except for the faces of the children and their parents, since then  little has changed. The goal of the preschool is to foster physical,  emotional, intellectual, social and spiritual growth in each child.   The school provides a unique experience for families who wish to be  involved in their children’s education and learn alongside them. By  sharing parenting issues, insights, joys and struggles, parents gain a  sense of community with one another and a greater understanding of  their own child’s development. Through their participation, parents  create the kind of school they desire for their children. Their many  talents, strengths and interests provide the energy that fuels the  school. By relying on parent ingenuity, teamwork and labor, we keep fees low and the school available to a wide spectrum of people.  Find  out more at www.sananselmocoop.com.

OTHER NEWS:

• We are open starting at NOON for lunch on Monday February 15^th-Presidents day
• Don’t miss Luis’ fantastic Valentine’s Day specials to complement our regular menu on February 14^th.  While a lot of places use Valentine’s Day as an excuse to raise prices and only give diner pricy options, at Iron Springs we’ll have some great Valentine’s Day specials as well as our regular menu.  This is also the only night of the year we take reservations for parties of 2 & up.  We fill the house every year, so make sure to get your reservations in now.

You can learn more about the YES foundation at www.yestokids.org. Come on out and support the YES Foundation!

February 2 – Marin Stables

Located right here in Fairfax, CA, Marin Stables & Trails, Inc. is a  non-profit public benefit corporation organized to operate, renovate,  and preserve historic Marin Stables, and to maintain the Canyon and  Ethel More trail heads, to insure that public use and access to these  popular facilities will continue.  For more information visit them at http://www.marinstablesandtrails.org .

February 9 – Cascade Canyon School

Cascade Canyon is a small, independent, progressive, co-educational  K-8 school serving families in Marin County from our campus in  Fairfax, California. Since the school opened in 1981, we have  dedicated ourselves to offering progressive education in a small,  community-oriented setting. Our multi-age classes of no more than  fifteen students, in combination with our balanced, integrated  curriculum foster our students’ natural creativity and desire to  learn. For more information visit http://www.cascadecanyon.org.

February 16 – Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT)

Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT) was the first land trust in the  United States to focus on farmland preservation. Founded in 1980 by a  coalition of ranchers and environmentalists to preserve farmland in  Marin County, California, MALT acquires agricultural conservation  easements on farmland in voluntary transactions with landowners. MALT  also encourages public policies that support and enhance agriculture.  It is a model for agricultural land preservation efforts across the  nation. MALT has so far permanently protected more than 41,500 acres  of land on 64 family farms and ranches.  For more information visit www.malt.org .

February 23 – San Anselmo Cooperative Nursery School

Founded originally in 1947 as the Fairfax Community Nursery School,  the San Anselmo Co-Op is celebrating its 63nd year in operation.  Except for the faces of the children and their parents, since then  little has changed. The goal of the preschool is to foster physical,  emotional, intellectual, social and spiritual growth in each child.   The school provides a unique experience for families who wish to be  involved in their children’s education and learn alongside them. By  sharing parenting issues, insights, joys and struggles, parents gain a  sense of community with one another and a greater understanding of  their own child’s development. Through their participation, parents  create the kind of school they desire for their children. Their many  talents, strengths and interests provide the energy that fuels the  school. By relying on parent ingenuity, teamwork and labor, we keep  fees low and the school available to a wide spectrum of people.  Find  out more at www.sananselmocoop.com.

San Franciso, Calif., August 18, 2008 –Thimmakka, an award winning non-profit organization that has helped over hundred Bay Area restaurants become green, conducted the first ever contest to determine the most environmentally friendly restaurants in the Bay Area. The nomination period for the “Who’s the Greenest of Them All” contest was from April 22 to May 31, and winners were determined in early August. “San Francisco Bay Area is a hub of the green restaurant industry in the United States – it was the perfect place to have the first annual green restaurant contest.” says Executive Director for Thimmakka, Ritu Primlani, who started Thimmakka in 1998 and its Thimmakka Certified Green program in 2002.

There were over 40 entries from all over the Bay Area for this first contest, including Napa and Sonoma counties. The restaurants represented the diversity of the foodservice industry – bakery, pizzeria, ice cream store, pub, and several ethnic cuisines.

The judging was done by a blue-ribbon panel of distinguished people in the field of conservation and hospitality: Gil Friend of Natural Logic, Rachel Balsley of StopWaste.org, Andy Katz, an environmental planner and a Director of East Bay Municipal Utility District, Pamela Evans of the Green Business Program, Alison Negrin Executive Chef of John Muir Hospitals, and Lauren Mills of Food Service Technology Center. The judging event was graciously hosted by Numi Tea at their Oakland headquarters.

The judging was based on metrics such as energy (KWh) used per month per square foot of space, gallons of water used per customer per day, percentage of waste recycled, green design elements, use of eco-friendly cleaners, organic ingredients, customer education, and importantly, a third-party attestation or certification that the restaurant had implemented the claimed green measures. Even with all the hard data collected, it was not easy to determine the top ten green restaurants in the Bay Area. “It was interesting to note that a lot of the restaurants were implementing all best practices in various segments” said Andy Katz. A shortlist of the top green restaurants was drawn up and some restaurants were asked for additional information. The final “Top 10 Greenest of Them All” had one thing in common – “they all had something uniquely exceptional that their restaurant did” noted one of the judges, Rachel Balsley.

Two restaurants tied for top place: Vineyards Inn (Kenwood, unincorporated Sonoma) and Mixt Greens (San Francisco). The rest in the top ten were not ranked: Razan’s Organic Kitchen (Berkeley), The Bread Workshop (Berkeley), Crimson Restaurant (Los Gatos), Iron Springs Brewery (Fairfax), The Butler and the Chef (San Francisco), Nabolom Bakery (Berkeley), Ajanta (Berkeley), and Tin’s Tea House and Lounge (Walnut Creek).

“We hope that this contest spurs people to seek out these green restaurants,” says Suparna Vashisht, Managing Director of Thimmakka, “because by the simple act of dining at a green restaurant, you are supporting their commitment to your health and the environment. We also hope that the 40-plus restaurants that participated in the contest inspire other restaurants to become green and the next ‘Greenest of Them All’ contest has even more contestants!”

About Thimmakka

Thimmakka is a grassroots non-profit organization dedicated to environmental outreach that has won numerous awards for its work. In the last six years, the organization’s core initiative, Thimmakka Certified Green program (TCG), has helped over 120 restaurant owners ‘green’ their establishment by implementing at least 60 measures in the areas of water and energy conservation, pollution prevention and waste reduction. By working with Thimmakka, local businesses learn how to implement easy, cost-efficient practices that reduce their environmental impact, save money and expand their businesses by generating community and government goodwill. For more information on Thimmakka, go to www.thimmakka.org or email admin@thimmakka.org.

Contact Information:

Thimmakka
Suparna Vashisht
Voice Mail: 510 655 5566
Direct: 408 439 8090
suparna@thimmakka.org

About the Top-Ten “Greenest of Them All” (notable Green measures)

Vineyards Inn (Kenwood, unincorporated Sonoma) http://www.vineyardsinn.com/
- Won rebates from PGE for reducing gas usage two years in a row
- Green building elements
- Bottled water is not served
- All vegetables, fruit and meat is certified organic
- Grow most of their vegetables certified organic & certified biodynamic
- Commute to work on electric bikes when possible
- 27 yrs ago had a 5 yard dumpster & recycling bins; now a 35 gallon residential bin

Mixt Greens (San Francisco) http://www.mixtgreens.com/
- “Our vision was to build our restaurants green, from the ground up. We even mixed 50% fly-ash into our concrete, and insurance companies refused to insure our floor.”
- Green building elements
- Local and organic produce
- 100% compostable and biodegradable containers etc., reusable dinnerware
- Renewable energy credits
- Biodegradable cleaners
- Customer education

Razan’s Organic Kitchen (Berkeley)
- “We stand by our greatest commitment to the earth and our customers: to provide all organic ingredients at conventional prices to our customers, regardless of the cost to us. I cannot do otherwise.”
- More than 90% meats and produce are organic
- Industry leader in San Francisco Bay Area

Bread Workshop (Berkeley) “http://www.bread-workshop.com/
- “To me, environmentalism goes beyond my restaurant covers to the global impact of agriculture. It is critical to us that we present food that is not only the finest for our customers, but that makes a least impact on our earth.”
- Above average customer education
- Very careful (sustainable) sourcing of food ingredients

Crimson Restaurant (Los Gatos) http://www.crimsonrestaurant.com/
- Los Gatos does not offer composting so she BIKES her compost home; she has purchased backyard composters to produce organically fertilized vegetables for her restaurant – a full circle!
- Customer education
- Bottled water is not served
- Sources local and organic produce
- Spokesperson for environment

Iron Springs Brewery (Fairfax) http://www.ironspringspub.com/
- Solid Waste Diversion over 95%
- Recycle and reuse water from brewery
- Converted old ambulance into Biodiesel to use oil from their restaurant; used for deliveries and events

The Butler and The Chef Bistro (San Francisco) http://www.thebutlerandthechefbistro.com
- Converted 100% of energy needs in wind power energy credits
- Customer education
- Spokesperson for environment

Nabolom Bakery (Berkeley)
- Triple-bottom line business – pays equal attention to profits, people and the planet
- Greater than 90% solid waste diversion
- Recycle and compost almost everything

Ajanta (Berkeley) http://www.ajantarestaurant.com/
- High rate of solid waste diversion – recycling and composting
- Biodegradable take-out containers
- Sustainable seafood
- Customer education

Tin’s Tea House and Lounge (Walnut Creek) http://tinsteahouselounge.com/
- Implemented 109 environmental measures (minimum is 60 measures) which is 179% of the voluntary environmental compliance.
- Replaced Styrofoam take-out containers with biodegradable take-out containers and has not passed on the price difference to their customers
- Diverts grease and oil toward local Biodiesel production (1200 lbs/ yr)
- Biodegradable cleaners

You can learn more about the YES foundation at www.yestokids.org. Come on out and support the YES Foundation!