We are the first restaurant in Oak Park to be certified as a Green Restaurant and one of only three restaurants in Chicagoland to earn 3 stars. The only others are Uncommon Ground and Frontera Grill. We are in very good company.
Since we opened our doors in 2004, Marion Street Cheese Market has been strongly focused on sustainability and local food issues. We have always been an American artisan-centric cheese shop that has had a mission of supporting small, local independent cheesemakers, family farmers and food artisans.
When deciding on what cheese to offer, we have always felt that the closer to Oak Park the better, while still looking to offer artisan cheese from domestic cheesemakers who were farmstead in operation and practiced sustainable farming and cheesemaking practices, wherever they are in the United States.
When we opened the expanded MSCM with a bistro and wine bar in July 2008, we had a primary mission of being a green and sustainably run business throughout our operation. That is not always an easy thing in the restaurant world. But we were committed to it and have relentlessly worked toward that goal ever since. From the original design of the our new location to the choice of purveyours that we use to purchase food, our focus has always been on local, sustainable and seasonal.
So it feels really great to be able to say that while we have been “green” from the very beginning, we can now actually say that we have been independently audited and accredited as officially “Green” by the Green Restaurant Association.
To learn more about the GRA and to see which other Chicago restaurants have been accredited as “Green,” please visit their website at: www.dinegreen.com
We compost with Chicago’s Resource Center, a local leader in sustainable recycling, reuse and urban agriculture programs.
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