First 100% Organic, 'Green' Restaurant Opens in NYC

by Jarrett Martineau | January 24, 2008 at 04:16 pm

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Not that there's any shortage of great places to eat in New York, but a tasty (and certified) organic, 'green' restaurant, like Gusto Grilled Organics, is bound to do extraordinarily well in the Big Apple.

Gunning for a national presence, New York City's first green- and organic-certified restaurant has opened its doors.

Gusto Grilled Organics is a Greenwich Village eatery serving 100 percent, organic, Latin-inspired cuisine for eat-in, takeout and delivery.

Argentinean native Alberto Gonzales, who is majority shareholder of Gusto Grilled Organics Inc., told Sustainable Food News: “We are completely organic.”

That’s almost an understatement; employees aren’t even allowed to [bring] non-organic food into the restaurant, which is certified organic by NOFA-NY Certified Organic, LLC.

Gusto opened about 10 days ago with no fanfare or public relations campaign, Gonzales said. And the place has been mobbed, he said.

The restaurant goes beyond just organic fare. All packaging is eco-friendly, and most of it biodegrades in 90 days, Gonzales said. All the furniture was made with recycled wood from old barns in the region.