Centre Street Cafe

Centre Street Café, a Jamaica Plain Restaurant serving brunch, lunch and dinner prides themselves on using the freshest local produce while forming relationships with many of the area farmers. What does this mean for our you? It means that during the growing season, you get the freshest, tastiest vegetables possible (usually picked that very morning). It means getting gorgeous organically grown vegetables from Ray Mong at Applefield Field in Stow. It means getting all-natural pasture-raised beef from Jon Konove out in Brimfield. It means getting beautiful fruits and vegetables and exquisite pork that has been humanely raised by Glenn and Genevieve Stillman out in New Braintree. It means getting the best heirloom apples and peaches. It means that the cider you get at Centre Street Cafe is local and delicious (mainly from Box Hill Orchards).

Centre Street Cafe has spent years scouring the New England countryside searching out small, local farmers that take pride and care in both what they do and how they do it. They have visited most of the farms they do business with learning about the farmers and their growing practices, making sure they are ecologically responsible, and in the case of the animals, that they are humane.

Why local? It is certainly fresher and tastier but the staff at Centre Street likes the idea that is means less “truck miles” to bring the food to the restaurant, and hence less pollution. They are big fans of the fast-disappearing rural environment, and feel strongly that one way to protect that environment is to support our local farmers. These are the little guys who are too small to cash in on the huge government subsidies that are doled out to giant agri-business. These are the guys that get up at 3:30 am every morning, day in and day out, to do the milking. These are the guys that never stop working as long as there is light during the growing season. Centre Street Cafe applauds and admires them for all their hard work, and urges you to search them out and support then as much as possible.