Our friends over at Fast Casual Nation recently stopped by Modmarket Boulder and interviewed us for an upcoming documentary on the changing restaurant landscape in the US. Check it out below – we talk a bit about why Modmarket exists, our thoughts on the restaurant business and why we believe Modmarket is the type of place that is going to resonate with people all over the country.
Modmarket won the Best of Boulder People’s Choice award for the “best salad in Boulder”. Here is text from the article:
“Modmarket is a restaurant company serving farm fresh salads, pizzas, sandwiches and soups. The fare is made from simple, whole ingredients and is healthy delicious and affordable. Their many vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free menu options have made them a hit. You can order online, and pickup in the store. One of the founding owners, Anthony Pigliacampo, is excited to have won the award for the best salad in Boulder. “This is our third year in business, and we have improved our food exponentially. Our customers appreciate it. Every ingredient has gotten better; we’ve found better sources. We use more local, seasonal food. For example, we’ve been using Colorado peaches recently in a salad. We use extremely high-quality ingredients, like our Colorado natural, antibiotic free steaks. Our mission is to make salads something people want to eat. We make a salad that is more like an entree, even how we plate the salad is better. He stresses that customers appreciate that”we make everything from scratch, from simple whole ingredients. It is not a like typical fast food kitchen”
Sweet corn is pretty darn close to peaking in Colorado this week. To take advantage, Nate whipped up a salad containing sweet corn from Munsun Farms, anaheims and onions from Isabelle Farms, black beans, cilantro, and chipotle lime dressing. This replaces our Peach Orzo dish from last week. Hit up the market this evening and try it out!
Local produce availability is really starting to pick up. Our menu this week has a bunch of great items including:
Pappardelle’s rainbow orzo, roasted Cure Farms carrot, cucumbers, beet greens, Rancho Duranzo Peach –vegan
Quinoa, roasted tomato vinaigrette, Far Out Farm summer squash, kale –gluten free, vegan
Slaw – Rocky Mountain Pumpkin Patch beets, Cure Farms carrot, champagne beet aioli –gluten free, vegetarian
Rye berry, Pastures of Plenty wax beans, Far Out Farm applemint pesto, 2R’s grape tomato –low-gluten, vegetarian
So there is a cool radio show in Denver called “The Restaurant Show“. Basically people call in and talk restaurants. It has been on for 34 years and is on every Saturday morning. Modmarket has been getting some good buzz from callers recently, click the link below to here a call from last Saturday. A great example of how Modmarket can feed a diverse group of diners – vegans, gluten avoiders, carnivores and weight watchers can all dine together at Modmarket and have a great experience!
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Just read something interesting. The burger chain Sonic recently decided to add two new milkshake sizes to their menu. They currently offer a 14oz and a 20oz size. They are adding a 10oz and a 32oz size. The CEO said they don’t think they are going to sell many of the 32oz size, however, having that size on the menu will make more people order the 20oz size because they will feel that it is ‘medium’ now. Awesome.