L'Etoile

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A fine dining destination for over 30 years, L’Etoile always features local, organic and naturally–raised ingredients, rendered with French technique. L’Etoile’s menus feature local ingredients all year round, thanks to their strong partnership with a large network of small-scale farms. Combined with the restaurant's strategy of putting up quantities of local produce throughout the growing season, L'Etoile's culinary options remain creative, delicious and regionally-reliant, even in the coldest months. Named ‘One of America’s Top 50 Restaurants’ by Gourmet Magazine; L'Etoile has superb service, an award-winning wine list, and an elegant second-floor dining room overlooking the Capitol. L’Etoile’s Café Soleil is a casual spot for breakfast and lunch featuring hand-crafted baked goods, specialty and deli sandwiches, soups, salads, full espresso bar, and daily specials. All menu items are made with locally-grown ingredients. Café Soleil is also going green – recycling, composting, using recycled content and compostable containers, reducing energy use, and more."

Better Eating, Better Communities

As Featured in the November 2007 Issue of Madison Originals Magazine.

Perhaps we should already expect positive change from L’Etoile. Known nationally for both its outstanding cuisine and its iconic founder, Odessa Piper, L’Etoile has successfully sown the seeds of change since 1976 with its seasonal, locally sourced menu. In the past two years, the restaurant itself has seen a significant transition, shifting ownership from Odessa Piper to its current co-proprietors, Traci Miller and her brother, Executive Chef Tory Miller. Sustainability and top-flight dining are still at the top of its list of priorities, but L’Etoile now brings those goals together with a fresh perspective and redoubled efforts at community outreach.

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Posted in Featured, L'Etoile on May 3 by nate