The garden that Carla Blumberg started in 1982, by trucking in organic compost from her farm in Bertram, Texas, is still gardened today using only organic methods and practices. Although we buy the vast majority of our vegetables from conventional sources, we feature the vegetables, herbs and fl owers that we
grow, in our favorite soups, sauces, and vegetable side dishes, and as garnishes to brighten every plate.



  


In 1988 Eastside Café took the recycling baton from Carla’s restaurant and has been running with it ever since.

We’ve been recycling all cardboard boxes, all aluminum cans, wine and beer (and all other) bottles, newspapers, office paper, and recyclable plastic for 20 years!

And we make our own compost. We add an average of 35 gallons of vegetable scrap from our prep kitchen to our compost system every day to make our own garden fertilizer and keeping our kitchen scrap out of the landfill.

Our cooking oil is collected and converted to biofuel.