From her belief that food must please the eye, delight the palate, and satisfy the conscious, Mary Cleaver (from the farm to table catering company The Cleaver Co.) created The Green Table— an intimate and cozy restaurant nestled in Chelsea Market in New York City.
Having created The Cleaver Co., New York City’s preeminent green caterer over 30 years ago, Mary has become a pioneer in the sustainable food movement. She believes that the best foods are grown, tended, and harvested within a day’s drive to your table.
The Green Table prides itself on being organic and sustainable, meaning that the grower embraces crop rotation to preserve the soil’s vitality and eschews synthetic chemicals and genetically modified organisms.They also source everything they use from small, local purveyors and rely on the seasons to get the ripest ingredients. So expect über fresh, seasonal ingredients brought together in simple, but inventive ways in their ever-changing menu.
People who live and enjoy the gypset lifestyle typically prefer, as a growing number of people do, that the animals we eat live stress and cruelty-free lives before they are served to us on our plates. Simply allowing the animals to move freely in a natural setting, with a healthy diet, provides the best tasting quality meat.
The Green Table also ensures that their seafood is line-caught and not harvested by drag net or bottom trawling, which creates more unpredictability for our marine ecosystems.
Next time you are in Chelsea Market be sure to stop in to The Green Table where you will finish your meal with a clean plate and a clear conscience.
