If you're looking for food that's good for you and the planet, look no further than the new Isle of Us café and marketplace in the Upper East Side. Cheddar's own Shannon LaNier is on the scene with more. 



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On the Scene: New Isle of Us Café Touts Health and Environmental Benefits 

If you're looking for food, that's good for you and the planet. Look no further than the new cafe aisle of us. Our own Shannon Lanier is on the scene with more. I think I'll take one of each. Just one of everything. Oh, hey, in here. That's right. We are here on the upper East side at Isle of us where it is all about sustainability. Don't you wanna do good for your body and the planet? Well, that's why we're here this morning. I'm gonna bring in the owner over here Lyle Richards. Thanks for joining us this morning. Talk to us about how all of us is sustainable. Yeah, sure. So all of us has like an active composting and recycling program. We have a lot of staff training with the employees about like what goes where um we source locally with nutrient dense food from upstate and Long Island. We work with a lot of farms um to engage in relationships with sourcing and how it gets shipped. So like uh what it gets shipped in and the waste that is allocated to that. Um And then we pickle a lot of stuff. So a lot of the stuff that like if you know that's available in uh in summer, it's not gonna be available in fall. We use it, we pickle it, we use it in fall. So how would you describe your menu? Because these items look amazing. And I guess some people say things that are locally sourced taste better as well. I, I personally would think so. I, I am a subscriber to that. Um, but um, yeah, our menu is like all day breakfast, sandwich salad bowls. We have like a deli case. You can like grab stuff to go. We have like we have all of our pantry provisions which is all made in house. Um, so it's a little bit of everything. It's like food for you, like for you all day, right? So, um, we have a lot of come in like breakfast and they come back for lunch and they come back for dinner. I'm definitely in a breakfast all day type of guy. So I want to taste these, this tell us about this first item. I'm, yes. So that is a yogurt parfait. Um The yogurt Parfait is our strawberry preserves which are made in house, the granola that's made in house and then a non fat yogurt locally sourced does taste better. It tastes fresh, it tastes clean. You almost can taste it in all the flavors. Yeah, I would think so. I would think so. I'm gonna finish that one later and talk to us about this here. Um, yes. So that's our avocado toast. Um, the avocado toast is made with our, uh, seasoning. This guy on top with our pickled onions. Speaking of pickled and then the fresh fennel and what is special about this from other? Because there's a lot of, of toast around in New York City. But what makes this one special? Sure. So the bread is made with, uh, both of our bakery. It's like a multi grain bread. Exactly. It's a multi grain Pullman bread. Do it like this, do it like this? Exactly. And then, um, it's just a lot of like fresh flavors, the fresh dill that's on top. Ok. And last, but not least, what does this do? Um, this is our, this is our, uh, this is one of our bowls. It's our big a bowl. Um, it's like the colors of the rainbow. But these are all just kind of like either cold or warm vegetables. They're all nutrient dense and super nutritious. Oh, my gosh, that is so good. And these are all locally sourced as well. All these vegetables come from. How, how far would you say is locally sourced? Have to be too. So, I, we do most if it's from upstate New York, um, like Lancaster farms is one of our larger like vendors that, uh, that we source from, um, and we get deliveries daily from, from all of them. So good. I can't wait to get to more of these dishes and to learn about how you guys are celebrating Pride Month. That means some specials are coming to you guys out there. If you stop by, we're gonna talk about that and some of these big sellers they have here right here at the store. Thanks Shannon. I love the sustainability factor here too that you can bring these jars back and get a discount on whatever else you're buying. Absolutely. And also the fact that this restaurant giving back to LGBT Q organizations go to LGBT Q uh restaurants and places bars, all that we're giving back this one. Oh, yeah, that is the big gay bull. Yes. Yes, that is. And it's got every color of the rainbow inside that. Ok, guys, because if you're looking for food, that's good for you and gives back look no further than the new cafe aisle of us. Our very own Shannon Lanier is on the scene with more good morning. I'm over here reading the book about how to be the cook you want to be. And hopefully that is cook that believes in equality. And that's what we're talking about here this morning because we are celebrating Pride Month out here at Isle of Us. I have Lyle Richard, the owner of this fantastic establishment with us and you have some amazing things to show us, but you're also celebrating Pride Month. So why is that important for you guys? Um Well, I'm an LGBT owner of a business. So for Pride Month, we did two things, one of which we decided to support some of our favorite products and highlight them as LGBT owned businesses. So these are some of our products. Andy began is a great chef. He has a cookbook. We have some hot sauces, some cookies, we have some cheese puff, but all of these are LGBT owned and then we also celebrated by donating a portion of our proceeds to two items. This is what is our, this is our big gay bowl Rainbow earlier. This is delicious. This is delicious. Um which is all really good. It's actually a vegan bowl. Um And then we have our, our big gay iced coffee which has little sprinkles because you know, who doesn't love some glitter, some edible glitter. Um And they go to Born Perfect. Born Perfect is a national campaign to end conversion therapy. So they do legislation across the U and beyond to end conversion thera. And why did you guys decide to partner with that organization? Um There's just an incredible organization um that uh that does a lot of work that does like really, really important work regarding like um uh legal rights for, for LGBT people across the globe. And I'm glad that you have that opportunity because people are gonna eat, they're gonna drink anyway. So it's like why not do something where, what you're eating can support an organization to give it back to the community. And I also love some of the things you guys do here with your products that you all have is these are, if you look down here, these are all the spices of different things that they have in the store. For example, this avocado toast right here. What does this have on it? It has one of this, is this the finishing spice which is like a avocado. You can put it on like roasted fish. Um But it's really great because you can come in and a lot of the stuff that we use, we also sell. So you can make the stuff at home. I'm about to say I'm sure a lot of people like, hey, that tastes great. What did you use on that? And now you can be like, oh, just get one of our spices. You can make it at home yourself. That's exactly right. Yeah, the um the, the, the granola that you had earlier, we also sell it as an item and I love and the gym. So I got it all and it's all sustainable, which I love what are some ways and some tips you can give us to be sustainable in our own kitchens. Yeah, that's a great question. So I would just say use everything right? So use um you know, whatever you buy from the grocery store, all of it can get used the tops of the carrots, you know, the other pieces of the chicken and then just be aware of the way things come in containers, right? So like what that looks like from a recycling perspective because, you know, it's not just the actual food itself that you can have waste, but the other stuff. And the last thing is source locally, like you buy from the farmers' market that really supports local businesses and it's always more nutrient dense food. It's better for you and it's better for the, I was gonna say I was tasting some of their local sourced food and it is delicious and I think you could taste the freshness of because it's not sitting on a truck for days and shipped across the country. So one of the things you talk about was containers and you have a program where you can reuse some of these jars, right? Yes. So you get a credit on your next purchase. So if you want to bring back in any of these jars, you get a credit on the next purchase. So it's just an effort. Um You know, because we then get to reuse it. So there's no waste associated with it. Um And uh and you get a discount, so you're being sustainable and you're practicing what you preach. It's right here in the store. Ok. So what do people need to know about getting these deals on giving back and also contributing to the Primark? Um You can come in store or you can order online where you can order through our website. I love dot us. Um and uh or any of the other Caviar door dashes of the world and then born. Perfect. Is born perfect Instagram. If you want to follow or if you want to go donate is at Born Perfect B O R NPE R F E C T. All right. And you can come taste some of this delicious food up on the upper East Side if you're in New York City. Alright. Alright. Thanks to Shan Lanier for that.