Dig into Local at Relish
Updated: Sep 12, 2021
July 14th through 23rd, 2014
Grown. Raised. Caught. Made.
Got To Be NC
We are pleased to be a part of the NC Department of Agriculture's first annual "Dig Into Local" Restaurant Week (July 14-23) which requires participating restaurants to create a special menu where each item offered is tied to a North Carolina product or ingredient. As you all probably know, we at Relish try to use local NC products every chance we get (just as long as we can keep the menu prices in the range that you all have come to expect from us).
We are so lucky in North Carolina to have such a diverse range of agricultural choices coupled with such a creative group of culinary entrepreneurs. So when we were invited to participate in this special ten day event, we decided to go all in and completely toss out our current Test Kitchen menu (so sorry to all you Chicken Taco, Key Lime Pie and Fried Avocado lovers, but they'll be back soon enough) and replace it with one where every menu item has at least one and often multiple ingredients that were either grown, raised, caught, or made right here in North Carolina.
Check out the rest of our emailed "Dig Into Local" newsletter here.
That NC Restaurant Week menu sounds like a solid deal—hard to beat ten days of local ingredients without the usual markup. I used to live near a spot that tried something similar but couldn't keep prices reasonable, so it's cool Relish actually pulled it off. If anyone's into number-crunching games on the side, a friend sent me Scritchy Scratchy the other day for that scratch-card incremental thing—way more depth than I expected with the prestige systems and all.
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What a lovely feature celebrating Relish’s local-focused mission in Raleigh! It’s awesome to read about all the regional farmers, breweries and vendors you partner with to craft your Southern comfort dishes. Your dedication to sourcing nearby ingredients makes dining here feel meaningful and community-driven. This post perfectly captures why Relish stands out as a staple local eatery—great work shining a light on Triangle area food producers! --glow up
Love that Relish is leaning into the whole “Grown. Raised. Caught. Made.” idea for Dig Into Local — that’s exactly the kind of thing that makes a menu feel special. It’s a little like a Choicer Voicer round where every choice matters, except here it’s all about North Carolina ingredients doing the talking.
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