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Restaurant Review Friday – Bouldin Creek Coffee House and Holy Cacao

6th August, 2010 - Posted by katherine - 2 Comments

Over the weekend I stopped by Bouldon Creek Coffee House for a light dinner.  Bouldin Creek Coffee House is a really cool little place on South 1st, with a lot of outdoor seating – it’s a great place to relax and  talk with friends. Along with having delicious food (an all vegetarian menu), Bouldin Creek is also a good business to support because they take little extra steps to be green, such as having compostable straws (which I took home with me and added to my compost bin!)

I had the “Chick Pea “Chik’n” Salad Sammich” which is described as “homemade mock chicken salad on toasted rye, with lettuce and purple onion.”  My husband had the ”Kool Summer Sammich” which the menu describes as “grilled ciabatta bread layered with chipotle-pecan pesto spread, stuffed with roma tomato, red onions, sprouts, cucumbers, field greens, and carrots.”  Everything was very fresh, a must-have at a vegetarian place.  I really liked my sandwich  – the mock chicken salad was a little spicy and creamy, and I liked that it wasn’t trying to imitate meat’s texture or flavor a whole lot, but rather was just a tasty, satisfying filling.  And the asian coleslaw that came with it was also nice and light – not too mayonnaise-y, and nice and tangy.

My husband also really liked his sandwich and agreed he would go there again.

We got both sandwiches and 2 drinks for about $17  – a pretty good deal too.

Then we walked to Holy Cacao, which, although there didn’t seem to be anything notable about it being green, I thought I would write about since it’s a cute local business.  Holy Cacao accepts the “Go Local” card, and they are very friendly people.  The cake balls come in 6 flavors, and I think the best are the brass cake balls – “peanut butter cookies mixed with chunky peanut butter, then dipped in chocolate and topped with crushed peanuts.”  Each little cake ball is served on a stick and wrapped in a little plastic baggie  - it would be great if they changed their policy to only wrap to-go balls in baggies, or to offer customers the option of picking one that’s not bagged.

Update: I thought I would add the following comment from Holy Cacao since the comment section only shows up if you click on the entry:

Thanks for the visit and the mention. We are strong believers in keeping Austin green at Holy Cacao. In fact, it’s one reason we opened a trailer as opposed to the traditional “brick-and-mortar” restaurant concept which will carry a heavier footprint. Your suggestion is good on the wrappers though presents some challenges. We’ve been researching post consumer recyclable wrappers. Further, we are working with Torchy’s (the landlord at the Trailer Park & Eatery) to explore a composting station for our paper products. The company that we’ve been talking with about this is working on one that works even with meat products. I should also mention that Holy Cacao attempts to source as much LOCAL product as possible in the creation of all our desserts.

Very cool!