Homegrown Sandwich?

There's a little restaurant in the heart of Fremont called Homegrown and it advertises itself as the sustainable sandwich shop.  Now what could that mean? A lot of things in Seattle are green friendly and organic so that's what I assumed and that's what I got. Everything used is fresh, organic, local and recyclable from the napkins to the oatmeal containers.

I would never have tried Homegrown if it weren't for my roommate.  We tripped off at 7:45 am in the morning to Fremont to grab breakfast before work.  The commute wasn't so bad going local and parking on the sidestreet was relatively easy.  Walking into the restaurant your eyes are immediately drawn to the menu which stretches across an entire wall.  They have everything from breakfast sandwiches to regular sandwiches, oatmeal, salads, and soups.  They all were interesting and different sandwiches in a good way made with aioli sauces etc.

Crazy menu

We went with the oatmeal and breakfast sandwich combos.  My friend had the bacon, egg and cheese which was zoe's bacon, a fried egg, aioli and beecher's flagship on a griddled sesame roll, served with a mini cup of oatmeal  and I had the lamb sausage, egg, and cheese- homemade lamb sausage, a fried egg, sage aioli + beecher's flagship on a griddled sesame roll, served with a mini cup of oatmeal.  I must say it was filling and quite good.  The bun was slightly sweet and had just the right amount of crisp to it.  My friend's bacon was crispy and salty which worked well with the egg and cheese.  The aioli sauce we both really liked, it had a garlic flavor to it.  The only suggestion would have been to add more sauce to the sandwiches as we only had a taste of it.  My lamb sausage was a bit overcooked and salty, but with the rest of the things in the sandwich, it was fine.  Oatmeal was flavored with cinnamon and brown sugar and helped to balance the salty from the sandwich.

Bacon, egg, cheese

 zoe's bacon, a fried egg, aioli and beecher's flagship 

on a griddled sesame roll, served with a mini cup of oatmeal 

Lamb Sausage, egg, cheese

homemade lamb sausage, a fried egg, sage aioli + beecher's flagship 

on a griddled sesame roll, served with a mini cup of oatmeal

Overall, we liked the place.  There weren't too many other people in there, maybe because it was morning, but the restaurant is clean, friendly, and makes good local, organic, food.  I'm glad we got to try it!


Homegrown
3416 Fremont Ave N
(between 35th St & 34th St)
Seattle, WA 98103