Snow Hours (starting 2/8)
7:30am-6pm
M-F
February 8, 2010
February 7, 2010
February 6, 2010
We have soup!!
Genevieve’s Carrot Ginger Soup
carrots, red onions, garlic,
ginger, cumin, cinnamin, lemon,
salt, olive oil
January 29, 2010
January 28, 2010
Voted 2nd Best Barista in the Nation!! -Collin Crowe
Bus Stop?
NCMS told us we’ll be on the walls of bus stops
and the sides of Metro buses.
This is the photo they should use.
(by ms. le)
January 23, 2010
January 6, 2010
New Soup?
The new induction cooktop has arrived
and Genevieve is experimenting with new items for the menu.
Her soups are delicious.
(Chef Genevieve)
January 2, 2010
November 25, 2009
November 24, 2009
Thanksgiving Hours
Below are Big Bear’s hours for this week.
Eat turkey/tofurkey, drink and be merry!
Thanksgiving holiday hours
Wednesday, November 25
7:30am-1:00pm
Thursday, November 26
CLOSED
Friday, November 27
CLOSED
Saturday, November 28
7:30am-6:00pm
(regular business hours)
Sunday, November 29
8:30am-6:00pm
(regular business hours)
September 6, 2009
April 30, 2009
garden. 4/30
Yesterday we won a green award, and today we had our first garden harvest! well, sort of. I plucked a radish out of the ground and ate it.
photos:
I had no idea that they poked their tops up like that.
radish, fresh from ground.
Beautiful, just before being eaten. This was a French Breakfast Radish, from Seed Savers Exchange. Very tender and buttery.
Overall, lots of exciting garden growth over the last week. For instance, I think we’re actually growing arugula instead of a patch of weeds:
Aaaand we have lettuces!
More pictures, as always, here.
April 28, 2009
DDOE Mayor’s Environmental Excellence Awards
update: here’s a picture!
We were one of the winners!
Please join us and all the other winners (list below) in an Awards Ceremony/Press Conference outside our cafe tomorrow at 10:30am.
Mayor Fenty and Director George Hawkins will both be handing out the awards. We’re so honored to have won and to be in such good company!
List of winners:
Akridge
Big Bear Cafe, LLC
Casey Trees
Circle Yoga, LLC
Clean Currents, LLC and Latino Economic Development Corporation (joint award)
Green Builders Council of DC and Miller & Long Company, Inc. (joint award)
The Fairmont Washington, D.C.
Flow Yoga Center
GreenShape, LLC
Guest Services, Inc.
Live Green
Natural Body Spa & Shoppe – West End
Poste Moderne Brasserie
Restaurant Nora
The Tower Companies
Willard InterContinental Hotel
Zipcar
April 21, 2009
garden, as of yesterday
The most rewarding change has been the radishes (above). They look like real plants.
Other than that, the lettuces have come up:
the nasturtiums:
and the snap peas:
Beets are also coming along, but still look boring:
And the kale is starting to exhibit some leaf distinction:
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Today I’m planting the onion seedlings I’d started earlier indoors. Unfortunately, the eggplant and peppers I’d started died, so I’ll be getting transplants from Caitlin and trying again next year.
All the other plants (corn, tomatoes, bush beans, etc) will be planted in May, once the weather is consistently warmer.