Hello!
I founded MetroFresh with the notion that fresh, healthy, and creative food should not be out of reach for the casual diner. With a daily menu of soups, salads, sandwiches, breakfast entrees, “after work” small plates (Uptown), and dinner entrees (Midtown,) MetroFresh uses the freshest in-season ingredients, locally grown and organic when possible, to build unexpected flavor combinations you don’t often find at a fast-casual cafe.
Our mission has always been to create a friendly “oasis” where our guests can take a break from their hectic lives. “People are going to come for delicious, healthy food,” I told my original crew in 2005, “but they’ll come back because they had a great experience.”
You’ll notice alongside the “FOOD” below, a column of “THOUGHTS.” I’ve always believed MetroFresh would succeed because it’s a personal and communal experience. That very first day when I sent out a mass email with our daily menu, I began with a personal story about how I loved fresh food as a child. I’ve started every day after that writing down these random thoughts about food, family, and life. I’ve been doing it as a daily ritual for so many years I figure, why stop now? I hope you enjoy it. And I hope you come see us.
Mitchell Anderson, Founder and Creative Chef
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- M: Meat
- Gf: Gluten-Free
- D: Dairy
- Vn: Vegan
- Vg: Vegetarian
- F: Fish
- E: Egg
- N: Nuts
Thought
by Mitchell
Very few people will understand this - it's only reserved for those who get up SUPER early as a matter of course for their job. Your alarm is set to go off, say, at 4:30am. And you wake up at, say, 3:30am, because you have to "use the facilities." You spend about 10 minutes hoping the feeling will pass before you decide to just get up and get it over with. Then you get back in bed and spend the next 45 minutes tossing and turning waiting for the alarm and sort of debating in your mind whether you should just get hell up and start your day. I can tell you it makes the day really long and by noon you really do need to re-rack. Hell, by 10am you want to re-rack. It's my sincere hope you never have to go through this sleep/lack-of-sleep scenario. That's how much I care about you. Take it from me, it's not super fun.
Nevertheless, things are moving quite smoothly here at MetroFresh Uptown as we prepare the Garden order and get things ready for the day. I know you're interested in how things are going. So I'll tell you, in the last few weeks, at both stores have gotten a bit busier! YAY. Keep it comin'.