February 2012 American Way Magazine - page 23

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RestaurantBuzz
Forget rooftoppatiosandgardens. Thenewestdiningcraze? ROOFTOPAPIARIES.
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itssalthas jumped
onthe localand
seasonalbandwagon.Butmany
aretaking itastep further
byaddingon-siteapiaries,or
beegardens, totheiroutfits.
Whetherrestaurateurswantto
help increasethebeepopula-
tionor justharvesttheirown
honey(orboth!), this isone
trendwithstayingpower.Even
theWhiteHousehas itsown
apiary,whichharvestshoney
for itshome-brewedHouse
HoneyAle.Checkoutthe fol-
lowingpioneers—they’re just
assweetascanbe.
PETERPRATT’S INN inYorktown
Heights,N.Y.,andsisterrestau-
rant UMAMICAFE inCroton-on-
Hudson,N.Y.,eachyieldmore
than100poundsofhoneyeach
yeartoflavorhomemade ice
creamandpizzadough. “The
honey ismade from [pollen,
which] folksareallergicto,
andas longas it’sraw, it’sgood
for [treatingthoseallergies],”
saysco-ownerJonPratt. In
SanFrancisco, MISSIONBEACH
CAFE ’srooftopapiaryharvests
honey for lavendercheesecake
andhouse-madeEnglishmuf-
fins.And FOUNDINGFARMERS,
inWashington,D.C., joined
forceswithTheGeorgeWash-
ingtonUniversitytocreate
the largestknownrestaurant-
ownedurbanapiary inthe
country. InPhiladelphia, the
MILK&HONEYMARKET hostsa
rooftopapiary inpartnership
withUrbanApiaries, thefirst
—andonly–commercialurban-
honeycompany inthecity.
Restaurantsaren’ttheonly
ones inontheaction, though.
Eighteen FAIRMONTHOTELS&
RESORTS keepapiaries, from
AmericatoCanadatoKenya.
The FOURSEASONSHOTEL
ATLANTA uses itsfifth-floor
terraceapiarytosourcehoney
forsaladdressingsandsauces
at itsrestaurant,aswellas
foruse inspatreatments.
Andthe CHICAGOMARRIOTT
DOWNTOWN houseshalfa
millionbeeson itsninth-floor
rooftopapiary,usingthenec-
tar forhoney-rosemaryshort-
breadcookies, invinaigrettes
and inbeverages likehoney
lemonadeand itssignature
RooftopHoneyWheatBeer.
PETERPRATT’S INN, (914) 962-4090,www.prattsinn.com / UMAMICAFE, (914) 271-5555,www.umamicafe.com / MISSIONBEACHCAFE, (415) 861-0198,
www.missionbeachcafesf.com / FOUNDING FARMERS, (202) 822-8783,www.wearefoundingfarmers.com / MILK&HONEYMARKET, (215) 387-6455,
www.milkandhoneymarket.com / FAIRMONTHOTELS&RESORTS, (800)257-7544,www.fairmont.com / FOURSEASONSHOTELATLANTA , (404)881-9898,
www.fourseasons.com / CHICAGOMARRIOTTDOWNTOWN, (800) 228-9290,www.marriott.com
FROMLEFT: Milk&HoneyMarket;
wild-mushroombenedict at
MissionBeachCafe; theapiaryat
Umami Cafe; Peter Pratt’s Inn