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January 2014
LOCAL INFORMATION & ADVERTISING
Gourmet cuisine, local ingredients at Homespun
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By Laurel Robertson
hen the folks at Homespun Kitchen and Bar say they like to source their ingredients locally —they mean sometimes from just across the street! Dripping Springs’ newest restaurant, located across from the Triangle and the Farmers Market, prides itself on using the freshest ingredients from local vendors to create its “gourmet, yet unpretentious food.” Many Wednesdays, Chef Mitch Rutland walks across the street to select ingredients for that evening’s menu from the bounty of locally-grown veggies in the vendors’ stalls. This farm-to-table approach to serving food started in the imagination of selfprofessed “foodie” Candace Thompson – who easily talked her accountant mother,
Jennifer Walker, into venturing into the restaurant business with her. The pair teamed up with chef Mitch— a seasoned veteran of several area restaurants—to transform the building all three of them had enjoyed eating in over the years into the restaurant they knew it could be. Mitch sums it up: “Quality is what counts most.” The trio added a few new features to maximize their restaurant’s customerfriendliness: a back patio with a playground for the kids (“We’re a familyfriendly place,” stresses Candace.) and a storage building to house walk-in coolers and dry storage, freeing up kitchen space to give Mitch the room to work his creative magic. There’s even a screened porch for See HOMESPUN, page 2
LEFT TO RIGHT Chef Mitch Rutland, Candace Thompson and Jennifer Walker welcome you to their new restaurant, Homespun Kitchen and Bar. Photo by Laurel Robertson.
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