Sustainability

Working to Tread More Lightly on Our Planet

Like many small businesses today, we’re constantly looking for ways to reduce our impact on the environment. This process didn’t begin suddenly; it has taken place in incremental steps going back many years. From the day we opened, the spent grain and hops from our brewery have been picked up by a local farmer to be used as animal feed. Over fifteen years ago, we joined with our next door neighbors at the Portsmouth Gaslight Company to recycle the metal, glass, plastic and cardboard that both restaurants produce.

Wherever possible we’ve eliminated plastic by switching to compostable takeout containers, straws and disposable utensils. At the same time, we have looked for other ways, large and small, to reduce our consumption of gas, electricity and water: installing programmable thermostats, replacing incandescent bulbs with LED’s, upgrading our kitchen lighting, putting a low flow nozzle in our dish pit. All those little things add up, and they’ve saved us lots of money, too!

Sourcing out local food suppliers and supporting local farmers is another way we’re both shrinking our footprint and supporting our local economy. More recently, we’ve dramatically reduced our solid waste stream, working with Mr. Fox Composting, a locally owned and operated company, to separate out compostable waste, which is sent to local farms where it eventually becomes fertilizer for some of the very same produce we purchase from them.

What We Compost

What is Used for Farm Animal Feed

Spent malt & hops from brewing process

What We Recycle

Trash (Not compostable or recyclable)