Key: Local ingredients committment

This item will be assessed using the following considerations:

• Does the restaurant utilize locally sourced ingredients? Does it appear that more than 75% of the ingredients used are local?
  
• Does the restaurant have an agreement with a local farm, butcher or product line? Are these local arrangements for organic food or happy meat?
  
• Are the origins of ingredients listed on the menu, or posted somewhere visible in the establishment? If not, is this information available when requested?

Why am I here? What is ecotarian?

When i moved to Seattle, i was overjoyed with the preponderance of local, organic, vegetarian, eco-conscious food options. This was in stark contrast to other cities i've lived in, and more close to my ideal-food situation where there is affordable access to locally grown and produced whole foods. However, despite the occurrence of a weekly farmer's market, even in the dead of winter (kudos to you hearty souls that brave the weather to bring me my root veggies!), and restaurant reviews galore, there were no guides for the intrepid ecotarian on where to eat out in the city. There are reviews based on price, quality, and cuisine-type, but i wanted something that would tell me which restaurants were doing the best job at providing low food mile ingredients, plus organic (not to mention taking sustainability into account at the restaurant itself). Simultaneously, a group of people that i talk food with had been bouncing around the idea of needing a new word for the way we eat. Not just vegetarian - we'll eat meat if its sustainable and verifiably so. Not just organic - sometimes low food miles is better than industrial organic. But taking into account the entire food system, and how to eat in the most sustainable way. There was no term to identify this consumption strategy; so thus was born the term ecotarian.

Now back to Seattle, i decided to create this food blog, dedicated to reviewing eateries (and maybe on occasion some markets or drinking establishments) in and around Seattle. Each post is one review, and i will update reviews as necessary. Enjoy, eat well, and keep in touch!