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		<title>Green Grub</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just found this article from back in May that ran in USA TODAY:
Can restaurants go green, earn green?
ARLINGTON, Va. — Ted Turner struts into one of his busiest restaurants at lunch hour and is ogled by startled customers. One overeager diner leaps in front of Turner for a handshake, then gushes, &#8220;Love your food, Ted. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=greenrestaurantguy.wordpress.com&blog=4210578&post=187&subd=greenrestaurantguy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>So You Want to Start a Restaurant</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
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So You Want to Start a Restaurant?
by Ethan on November 12, 2008

Chef Thierry Rautureau, the so-called &#8220;Chef in the Hat&#8221;, is an institution in Seattle. He hosts a radio program, is on a first name basis with top chefs around the country, and for twenty one years has run one of the city&#8217;s finest restaurants, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=greenrestaurantguy.wordpress.com&blog=4210578&post=183&subd=greenrestaurantguy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Zone 7</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Running a restaurant focusing on local, seasonal ingredients is by far one of the most gratifying things I&#8217;ve had the opportunity to attempt.  However, sourcing a steady supply of local produce can be challenging even to the best foragers, especially in winter.  That&#8217;s where Mikey Azzara and Zone 7 come in.  Not only do they [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=greenrestaurantguy.wordpress.com&blog=4210578&post=172&subd=greenrestaurantguy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Keeper Springs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Keeper Springs is fresh mountain spring water bottled right here in the United States from a sustainable spring.

While our company encourages investment in public water supplies and minimizing the use of plastic bottles – and of course, maximizing recycling – we believe that bottled water is a permanent fact of our society and that ours is among the best. Our unique business proposition is, along with proudly selling great spring water, we will donate all of our profits toward providing our children with a clean and safe world to inherit.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=greenrestaurantguy.wordpress.com&blog=4210578&post=159&subd=greenrestaurantguy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dimmers = No Possibility of Energy Efficient Bulbs?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently ordered ligthing from these folks:

Very happy with what we got &#8211; and luckily it was cost effective as well as environmentally responsible.   HOWEVER, super bummed to learn there&#8217;s no way to use energy efficient light bulbs for a track head on a dimmer switch&#8230;  Hard to believe it&#8217;s true.  Doing some research but if [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=greenrestaurantguy.wordpress.com&blog=4210578&post=157&subd=greenrestaurantguy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fair Trade?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Met with a local coffee roaster &#8211; no beans grown locally in NJ.  Supporting a small, locally owned business using fair trade coffee is the best we can do.   Had the opportunity to tour the facility and check out the operation, definitely an education.  He also mentioned there&#8217;s more Blue Mountain [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=greenrestaurantguy.wordpress.com&blog=4210578&post=152&subd=greenrestaurantguy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reclaimed Wood</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:19:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re sourcing reclaimed barn wood to use as the face of our counter, cabinetry and shelving in the restaurant.  Sounds cool, right?  How hard can it be to find old wood?  We can&#8217;t hit the broad side of an old barn.  Trying to find 250 board feet and having a tough time.  If anyone has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=greenrestaurantguy.wordpress.com&blog=4210578&post=150&subd=greenrestaurantguy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Selling Bottled Water</title>
		<link>http://greenrestaurantguy.wordpress.com/2008/08/24/selling-bottled-water/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Internal dilemma &#8211; do we sell bottled water or not.  I say no, others disagree citing lost sales opportunities.
Developing a case to plead &#38; came across an article on Mother Earth News citing the following:
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s standards for tap water are slightly more stringent than the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=greenrestaurantguy.wordpress.com&blog=4210578&post=144&subd=greenrestaurantguy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Green Market-ing</title>
		<link>http://greenrestaurantguy.wordpress.com/2008/08/23/green-market-ing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[interesting article about Green Marketing from Dan Dunlop on his blog Brand Expeditions. 
&#8220;One lesson that green organizations and their marketers need to learn is that if you stake out a ‘green’ position, you need to be green. It’s another example of living the brand. I know it sounds simple, but it’s not. These companies [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=greenrestaurantguy.wordpress.com&blog=4210578&post=140&subd=greenrestaurantguy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>pos(sibly) the worst</title>
		<link>http://greenrestaurantguy.wordpress.com/2008/08/22/possibly-the-worst/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:33:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[so we were meeting with some potential pos (point of sale) providers yesterday &#8211; aloha &#38; pixel point.
pixel point seemed very nice, you can use their machines on any windows-based machine and their code is open source&#8230;according to the sales rep, anyway.   still making sure all claims are true.
then we met with  the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=greenrestaurantguy.wordpress.com&blog=4210578&post=137&subd=greenrestaurantguy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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