Get Fresh Table and Market
OTBKB explains the changes that Get Fresh has gone through: "The shop started with a shaky concept: a place to buy pre-selected localvore and organic ingredients pre-packed and ready to cook, including cooking directions. It wasn't ready-to-eat; it was ready-to-cook. I don't think locals ever really took to the concept... Now as a restaurant and market it makes total sense."
"Your order will come, no doubt, with a spiel: the name of the woman who made the crackers, the man who made the bread, the farm that supplied the beet tops garnishing your heritage-pork tenderloin... it’s hard not to appreciate the care that goes into the cooking and the genuine enthusiasm of the staff (who include, by the way, former Top Chef contestant Mark Simmons)," says New York magazine in their 2009 Cheap List.
"The walls are lined with an array of top quality groceries, cooking utensils, drinks, their own ‘Get Fresh’ cookie dough, cooking stocks, and chutneys to make you feel as if you were in your own kitchen. Not only is all the dairy and meat antibiotic and hormone free, but this is also a ‘Nose to Tail’ restaurant. The whole animal is purchased so that the farmer doesn’t have to waste meat and effectively slaughter more at less quality in order to run his business," says offManhattan. How would you rate Get Fresh?
Reviews (11)
11217 wrote a review on July 23, 2009 12:06 PM
I'm so happy that this place came up as ROTD. Ever since they made the transition from high quality prepared take out food to sit down restaurant, the place has been amazing. I've sent so many people here, and they all RAVE about it.
Hands down my favorite place for brunch in Park Slope. The food is SO incredibly fresh and beautiful, the portions are perfect, the prices reasonable, and they grow their own herbs out on the back deck.
The space is also light, airy and the staff are super friendly.
And they serve Stumptown Coffee (which I love).
I highly recommend you check it out if you have not already. This place is a real gem.
gemini10 wrote a review on July 23, 2009 12:22 PM
GOOOOD place!
I havent been here since they started the restaraunt, but went a few times while it was a take out joint and the food is incredibly fresh and well seasoned. They buy all of their ingredients from VERY locak farms. The staff is very helpful and nice
DitmasSnark wrote a review on July 23, 2009 1:07 PM
Glad to see they seem to have come up with a model that works.
Back when they were just a market, the place was a ghost town.
Then again, with the prices they were asking, that was no surprise.
Pragonetti wrote a review on July 23, 2009 1:31 PM
ordered from them twice, very good, want to try the Roast Pig Sundays
landlord wrote a review on July 23, 2009 1:42 PM
Great food. Amazing coffee. I love that place.
fsrg wrote a review on July 23, 2009 1:47 PM
Ill have to try it - I was scared away when it was a take-out place that charged $20 for a small entree.
On a separate note - how does it reduce the amount of animals slaughtered if you buy the whole thing??....it isnt buying the" nose-tail" that would reduce the slaughter - it is using the whole animal (including parts that people often dont eat) that would reduc the # of animals slaughtered. Which might be a good goal - or not if eating lots of offal leads to more incidence of human prion disease.
MR wrote a review on July 23, 2009 3:06 PM
I went once and liked it. Plan on going back. The food is good, the prices are not cheap but not outrageous, and the people are nice. It's easy to root for them.
bkn4life wrote a review on July 23, 2009 4:07 PM
went on opening weekend. enjoyed it.
sent some folks. they enjoyed it.
its a plus to the boro.
wishinone wrote a review on July 23, 2009 4:45 PM
We love this place. Love the pancakes with nutmeg butter, love the egg sandwiches, love the heuvos rancheros... LOVE the Stumptown coffee. I won't lie, my neighbor is the exec. chef, so I am a bit biased. But, I am also picky about my coffee and my restaurants, and this place doesn't disappoint. The wait for food can be a bit long on Sunday morning/afternoon brunch, but that's to be expected. So happy it's been well received by the press and the neighborhood.
jules wrote a review on July 23, 2009 9:42 PM
This place was such a rip-off in its first incarnation but they've pretty much got it right now. Before the overpriced food cost more than buying the same sorts of things as take-out from other neighborhood restaurants and you had to take the time to prepare it. Now the dishes are very inventive with incredible spice combinations and artful presentation. It was a real joy to eat here. It would do a lot for their ambience if they got rid of the refrigerator cases in the front. Those make it seem like a low-end deli kind of place while the food is cutting-edge gourmet. There was also something a little strange going on where the owner was presenting himself as chef instead of Mark Simmons, who other staff said was really the chef.
crimsonson wrote a review on July 24, 2009 9:55 AM
Food was above average. Fresh. Some where tasty some where a bit on the bland side (my wife's complaint). The big downside was the limited menu for brunch.
Service was a bit spotty at times.
Would go again.
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