Use of fresh vegetables and overall quality of food a hit
The Verde Café on the Verde Campus of Yavapai Community College has just opened and it appears to be a big hit with local residents. Those who have ordered lunch and commented on their experience say the food is delicious, well prepared, and overall terrific. They seemed especially pleased with the freshness of the vegetables and the baked bread being use for sandwiches.
The new café is called the Yavapai Community College Grilled Cheese. It has been described by the College as uniquely a laboratory for aspiring culinary artists and entrepreneurs as well as a showcase for the vegetables and herbs that horticulture students cultivate in an one-campus greenhouse.
“In culinary school you learn a lot of things, but unless you have a restaurant on site you don’t get a chance to know what it’s like to operate one,” Foy is an accomplished chef and artist who has launched several successful restaurants. Kelley decided to tackle creating the teaching restaurant on the Verde Campus this summer.
The Café excludes all things frozen and fried, instead offering signature grilled cheese and other specialty sandwiches and salads, coffee and pastries from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Thursday. (NOTE TIME ON AD IT RAN SAID OPEN AT 9 AM. BUT PRESS RELEASE BY COLLEGE INDICATED IT OPENED AT 10 A.M. ALSO LUNCH HOURS MAY RUN AT A LITTLE DIFFERENT TIME–PROBABLY FROM 11 OR 12 TO 2 P.M. BLOG STRONGLY SUGGESTS GIVING THEM A CALL IF YOU’RE PLANNING BREAKFAST OR LUNCH THERE AT 928-634 6554.) Its student staff also cater Community College gatherings and events, including those hosted at the Community College’s teaching winery, the Southwest Wine Center.
