A few months ago, a lovely friend and I were talking about restaurants and women and as a result I decided to start a list of local places that were owned or run by women.
Since then, the list has grown with a little help from my friends and we’ve used it as a basis for where we have been eating this year.
Of course, as always, there have been exceptions but in general we are eating what women cook or from restaurants owned by women or we are cooking it ourselves.
Over the next few posts, I’ll try to catch you up where we’ve been so far.
Anyone who would like the list or wants to contribute to it, please send me a PM here or on IG with an email so I can share it out to you.
The first foray was to Buttercup Diner with dad. Yup. Betcha thought I was gonna say something else. But we eat like the rest of the world and after a Dad Dr. appointment there is not much better for him than a slice of something Debbie made. Read on for more:
Buttercup is local, family owned and yes, at least one of them is a woman. Its owners Debbie and David (and their kids) have owned the chain for over 28 years and it has 5 locations around the East Bay.
Debbie’s desserts are all her own recipes and, well, my dad loves her bread pudding. Her seasonal pumpkin is great when it is the right time of year and most days you’ll see my honey and I racing for bites of her chocolate cream.
Every location is open 7 days a week for breakfast, lunch and dinner with no breaks in between . (And that is a feat in itself.) The food is consistent, homey and the atmosphere’s are all comfortable.
Well worth it and did I mention it is locally owned? 😉