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The Glass Jar Inc. is a farm to table restaurant group founded in 2009 by Kendra Baker and Zachary Davis and is dedicated to the nexus between sustainable food and community.
This concept was first introduced to Santa Cruz, California in 2010 through the Penny Ice Creamery. Making ice cream completely from scratch and using local, seasonal, and organic ingredients, the Penny was immediately embraced by the people of Santa Cruz. Codified in the business plan was the mission to have a “net regenerative impact on the community,” and this began at the time of construction through the use of a local bank, the hiring of all local labor, and the following of LEED remodel standards. Once open, the sourcing from local farms and food artisans, the support of local philanthropic initiatives, and an active role in civic life furthered this mission.
In the summer of 2011 the Glass Jar added the Picnic Basket, an eatery located in the beach boardwalk area of Santa Cruz. The Picnic Basket dramatically expands on the local and seasonal sourcing philosophy of the Penny Ice Creamery, offering breakfast, lunch, light dinner, full coffee service, local beer and wine, as well as ice cream.
In early 2014 the Glass Jar opened Assembly, a full service restaurant with a menu of rustic California cuisine, dedicated to the celebration of food and community.
Assembly is the place you are meant to be. Welcoming, comfortable, and strangely familiar with a subtle undercurrent of celebration. Nourishment abounds. You may engage in the revelry at the long community table anchoring the heart of the dining room, or seek out a quiet corner for reflection. Arriving alone you soon meet now or future friends. With family you linger over your meal. Quality conversation is matched only by the wholesome, bountiful, freshly in season menu; served in portions to satisfy one or share with many.
The food is rustic Californian; traditional preparation techniques rediscovered and given a fresh twist. Slabs of newly baked bread, large leafy salads, roasted vegetables, and hearty meats tantalize and satisfy. A complex glass of wine, or intriguing draft of craft beer compliments the cuisine perfectly. You know it’s here you will reconnect over lunch with an old friend from out of town, spend afternoons working on your laptop, engage in long debates with total strangers, and bring the family for Sunday brunch. This is your Assembly, welcome to the table.
What we can do with your funding
Your participation in our Credibles prepayment initiative, helps to launch our new community dining space and to involve even more local craftspeople and artists in this project.
You can use your Glass Jar edible credits at the Picnic Basket ,Penny Ice Creamery and Assembly.
Please join in our Food + Community!
The Penny Ice Creamery: or How a Small Business Should Be Run from Ross Williams on Vimeo.