Going organic at Greenhouse Grille
Restaurant Review
Paulette Pearson
Issue date: 9/13/06 Section: Life & Style
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At the Greenhouse Grille, you can have your cake and eat it, too. Drink filtered water or natural soda, and enjoy organic food with a delicious, modern twist.
On the menu? Dishes like crispy crab cakes and portobello mushroom and scallion cheesecake appetizers; a savory fruit and berry salad with walnuts and honey-yogurt dressing; a free range buffalo burger with sweet potato fries; and spinach and black bean blue corn enchiladas with tropical fruit salsa and apple-pear slaw. Located just south of the Fayetteville Square at the bottom of the "S" curve, the Greenhouse Grille has a jazzy, comfortable atmosphere suitable for families, a mid-week lunch with co-workers, or a weekend night out.
Planning a romantic dinner? Choose from a selection of wines and share a piece of bourbon chocolate chunk pecan pie with chocolate sauce and vanilla ice cream.
Treating your family to dinner? Kids dine on grilled cheese with foccacia bread, penne pasta with red sauce, or blackbean burgers.
The Greenhouse Grille, which opened this summer, attracts health-conscious patrons and, evidenced by its typically full parking lot, anyone hungry for a delicious meal.
Friendly staff members greet patrons promptly and seat them at any one of the tables lining the restaurant's floor to ceiling windows, or at the bar to order drinks and appetizers until a table becomes available.
Experienced chefs prepare food quickly and give each dish a special touch, sending out colorful culinary creations almost too pretty to eat.
I first visited the Greenhouse Grille this summer and left, admittedly surprised, that healthy food could look and taste so good. Now I visit regularly and have introduced it to my family and friends. I met three friends there for lunch yesterday. I ordered the grilled romaine Caesar salad with chicken and a sautéed mushroom medley, my favorite. They ordered crispy crab cakes, a Cuban black beanand rice salad, and a free range buffalo burger with sweet potato fries. When I asked how the food was, each raised her eyebrows, nodded her head, and, while eating, mumbled an unintelligible, "It is delicious." One of them finished chewing and said, "I love these sweet potato fries, and I don't even like sweet potatoes!"
A first-time visitor at the next table apologized for staring at our food. "It looks so good," he said, "Everything here looks so good." That says it all. We laughed, and admitted to eyeing at his guacamole before our lunch had arrived a few minutes earlier.
For all you salsa-lovers out there, participants in Fayetteville's 2006 Salsa Festival gave the Greenhouse Grille the blue ribbon for its locally grown organic peach-nectarine-blueberry salsa. So, jump on the bandwagon and eat at the Greenhouse Grille if you want to enjoy delicious and healthy food. Separate checks take a little bit longer to process, but that should not be a problem if you have good company and time to wait.
The Greenhouse Grille is open Tuesday through Saturday, lunch hours are 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and dinner hours are 5 p.m.-9:30 p.m. It also provides full-service catering to Northwest Arkansas.
On the menu? Dishes like crispy crab cakes and portobello mushroom and scallion cheesecake appetizers; a savory fruit and berry salad with walnuts and honey-yogurt dressing; a free range buffalo burger with sweet potato fries; and spinach and black bean blue corn enchiladas with tropical fruit salsa and apple-pear slaw. Located just south of the Fayetteville Square at the bottom of the "S" curve, the Greenhouse Grille has a jazzy, comfortable atmosphere suitable for families, a mid-week lunch with co-workers, or a weekend night out.
Planning a romantic dinner? Choose from a selection of wines and share a piece of bourbon chocolate chunk pecan pie with chocolate sauce and vanilla ice cream.
Treating your family to dinner? Kids dine on grilled cheese with foccacia bread, penne pasta with red sauce, or blackbean burgers.
The Greenhouse Grille, which opened this summer, attracts health-conscious patrons and, evidenced by its typically full parking lot, anyone hungry for a delicious meal.
Friendly staff members greet patrons promptly and seat them at any one of the tables lining the restaurant's floor to ceiling windows, or at the bar to order drinks and appetizers until a table becomes available.
Experienced chefs prepare food quickly and give each dish a special touch, sending out colorful culinary creations almost too pretty to eat.
I first visited the Greenhouse Grille this summer and left, admittedly surprised, that healthy food could look and taste so good. Now I visit regularly and have introduced it to my family and friends. I met three friends there for lunch yesterday. I ordered the grilled romaine Caesar salad with chicken and a sautéed mushroom medley, my favorite. They ordered crispy crab cakes, a Cuban black beanand rice salad, and a free range buffalo burger with sweet potato fries. When I asked how the food was, each raised her eyebrows, nodded her head, and, while eating, mumbled an unintelligible, "It is delicious." One of them finished chewing and said, "I love these sweet potato fries, and I don't even like sweet potatoes!"
A first-time visitor at the next table apologized for staring at our food. "It looks so good," he said, "Everything here looks so good." That says it all. We laughed, and admitted to eyeing at his guacamole before our lunch had arrived a few minutes earlier.
For all you salsa-lovers out there, participants in Fayetteville's 2006 Salsa Festival gave the Greenhouse Grille the blue ribbon for its locally grown organic peach-nectarine-blueberry salsa. So, jump on the bandwagon and eat at the Greenhouse Grille if you want to enjoy delicious and healthy food. Separate checks take a little bit longer to process, but that should not be a problem if you have good company and time to wait.
The Greenhouse Grille is open Tuesday through Saturday, lunch hours are 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and dinner hours are 5 p.m.-9:30 p.m. It also provides full-service catering to Northwest Arkansas.
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