Comments on: Green Initiatives at Rendezvous

By: rendezvous

rendezvous — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 21:15:06 +0000

Several vegetarian options available, and a couple of vegan options. A couple other dishes are easily adapted to satisfy your preferences.

By: veganf

veganf — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:13:32 +0000

Are there options available for vegetarian customers? I eat a vegan diet myself, would my needs be accommodated? After all, it’s the ultimate green diet.

By: Judi Neu

Judi Neu — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:23:06 +0000

Hi Steve,
What a great article/interview in today’s Globe. We always knew you were a great guy, but it’s fun that all of Boston will know too, as of today!! We were in last week, missed you, but were told you were being interviewed for the article so we were on the look-out for it. Congratulations and we’ll see you soon!
Judi and Carlos

By: rendezvous

rendezvous — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:05:15 +0000

Very kind of you!

By: Steve & Tammy Brignoli

Steve & Tammy Brignoli — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:54:40 +0000

We have eaten at Louis XV, Alain-Ducasse/Le Bernadin, Eric Ripert, etc…We love amazing food and we love your restaurant!!!!! Fresh like coastal European cuisine-great wine selection-very courteous staff-nice setting. You were our first restaurant we ate at in Cambridge, and we are always back for more. Steve Johnson always greats his customers, and his staff takes ownership of their service and it is genuine. Pricing: could easily be %20 more (home grown/local organic)but it is not. A couple with wine is under $150.00. We love the food in the North End: Bricco, Mare, etc but for the price, proximity, and peace of mind – je prÈfËre le rendez-vous…

By: rendezvous

rendezvous — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:54:29 +0000

Cynthia – Thanks very much for your comment. In response to your suggestion about green certification, we have looked into that and decided not to pursue it. In order to obtain certification by the Green Restaurant Association, which is a consulting business, you need to hire and pay them to provide you with their handbook, comply with their checklists and have them send you a sticker for your front window or for use of their logo on your website.

We discovered in our research that we already knew about most of their ideas, and the rest we could figure out and pursue on our own. While I would agree with you that anything that promotes environmentally-conscious business practices would probably be a good thing, we didn’t feel the need to shell out the several thousand dollars they quoted us as their consultation fee!

Anybody who knows us well understands that we are constantly working on ways to improve our restaurant in this regard. And I congratulate you for being so vigilant on this subject!

By: Cynthia A.

Cynthia A. — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:37:23 +0000

Dear Manager,

I am a customer in Boston that cares greatly about the environment and would like to see your restaurant become a Certified Green RestaurantÆ just like Boloco, Upstairs on the Square, and other area restaurants have done.

The steps that your restaurant has already taken to care for the environment are great and I feel that this Certification would take your steps even further into the next level.

Thank you for caring,
Cynthia A.