Susan and I have always loved to cook.

For me, my earliest memories of cooking are those I associate with the wonderful family gatherings of my childhood where all the family would gather together at my grandparents house to celebrate the holiday de jour.

There was always roasted turkey, succulent hams, casseroles of potatoes with gobs of hot melted cheese and sinful amounts of cream, mashed potatoes, and of course pies and cakes of all description size and shape. To this day, whenever I smell chocolate chip cookies baking, I am immediately transported back to my mother’s kitchen, and recall with vivid detail the practiced ritual of baking cookies. Undoubtedly it was a rainy day, and the dog was being shooshed away from the kitchen damp and stinking. Maybe it was November; maybe a cold spring rain in April, no matter, the warmth of the fresh cookies always brightened any day.

When I was old enough to help I was put to work peeling carrots, potatoes, mixing batter. I can think of few activities in life, which seem so rewarding as cooking for people. What could be more primal, more satisfying? Once you have air to breathe, a place to sleep, what comes next – food.

Our Goals

When Susan and I first discussed the dream of having a restaurant, we had some very specific goals in mind.

The restaurant had to be small and easy to manage, it had to be a place of warmth and comfort, an oasis for the weary and worn customers who would come to us for shelter and sustenance.

The restaurant had to be romantic but at the same time accessible, not so formal that people would feel uncomfortable there if they came in wearing shorts or jeans, and yet with enough sophistication to welcome someone in a business suit.

We wanted more than a restaurant; we wanted to create a community of diners, people who would interact with one another and with us, together in a collective celebration of food.

Food For Life – The Menu

When we discussed the menu we were committed to presenting foods that were at once both unique and flavorful, and yet at the same time, no so far removed from the normal diners experience as to be too challenging.

We also tried very hard to maintain a range of foods both in style and in price that ranges from quite simple and inexpensive to fairly elaborate.

Truly "food for life" – food for the way we live and for the   people we share our world with.

Dharma

"Dharma" is an ancient Sanskrit word. There are literally thousands of definitions of Dharma, owing in part to the subjective nature of translations, context, usage, and the somewhat ethereal nature of the study of Buddhism. Susan and I are both students of Buddhism, that is to say, we study Buddhism, we are not Buddhists, we are maybe not anything, but seekers of the truth.

Dharma for us could be best defined as the spiritual work that you do in your life to return to yourself, your center.

Using this model, you could say the Dharma of the sun is to produce light and heat, the Dharma of a dog is to lay about and sleep.

Our Dharma is to be of service to others - to feed our friends.

Namaste – I honor that in you which is the divine

We are honored and delighted by all of our guests.

Thank You!