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Blue Suede Foods at Noble Roots

5/19/2022

The first weekend of 70 degree weather in Green Bay is a sacred one. If you waste it in your home, you’ve let the world pass you by. My husband and I couldn’t do that. We spent very little of our time at home last Saturday, and we found ourselves at Blue Suede Foods’ truck outside of Noble Roots Brewing Co. on our first visit to either business. There are few better ways to enjoy a warm afternoon.

Noble Roots has been around since 2016. I’ve sampled some of their beers at local bars since I first moved to Green Bay, but I never made the effort to take myself to the far eastern side of town and see their facility. Anything east of where I live somehow seems very far off. The closer to the college, the less it registers on my radar. Blue Suede Foods convinced us to make the trek, however, after watching their journey from sitting outside a bar just a few blocks from us night after night to making near weekly trips to breweries outside of town to serve.

So we went. The start of a true food truck season loomed for the first time really since we moved into town. COVID guidelines and precautions extending into last summer changed the way we might interact with a food truck culture in town, and let’s face it. Our food trucks have faced some hard regulations trying to do business in our downtown area. Supporting them through brewery stops is the best way to do it right now.

We pulled up to Noble Roots and saw a full parking lot and yard. Extra tables had been put out to support visitors for the food truck, and there were even some folks that showed up with their own fold out chairs and picnic blankets to get cozy and have a beer or two in the overcast, warm weather we were having. My husband and I had to park a ways down a residential road not far from the brewery due to the amount of visitors they had at Blue Suede’s open.

Event Special Burger celebrating the new stout release

The menu is stand out on its own. There are several dishes that employ the fusion of different cultural techniques to create something wild and new in Green Bay’s food truck scene. They’re also among the first I’ve been to that employ a beeper system so that you can return to the truck for your meal once its ready rather than wait around outside for the cooks to yell at you. This method let my husband and I sit and enjoy a whole beer in the meantime. Nearly every table surrounding us also had these beepers, so we didn’t mind the wait.

Wisconsin Rolls served with Beer Cheese

Our food finished after a leisurely beer on the lawn, and when I opened up that styrofoam container, I looked down upon crunchy fries and Wisconsin Rolls. The Wisconsin Roll is one of their standout items on their menu as far as I’m concerned- an eggroll skin stuffed with grilled chicken, brats, cheese and bacon. They serve it with a cup of beer cheese for dipping, and I’ll be honest– I didn’t need it. The fat content in most of the fillings served to keep things moist and tasty. The chicken balanced it out.

A good french fry is a hallmark of a good cook to me, and these fries are among some of the best I’ve ever eaten from a food truck. A light batter helps keep the crunch even after a little time in a styrofoam container. I finished all of my fries before we left. They’re salty and crunchy enough to get you through a second beer.

Blue Suede regularly opens for delivery via Eatstreet if you can’t make it out to their events that they announce on facebook. Keep an eye on their page to know exactly where they are and when they’re open, and you too can enjoy their innovative Wisconsin focused menu for yourself. My husband and I greatly enjoyed eating with them on one of the first nice days of the year, and we will be doing so more and more as food truck season ramps up properly.

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Kavarna Coffeehouse - A Downtown Oasis

5/3/2022

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The first warm Saturday of the year invigorated me to go out and enjoy the great City of Green Bay as well as I possibly could, and the best way to start a day of exploration is with a cup of coffee. Kavarna has been on the radar for a long time. The Broadway district is home to many different restaurants and shops I have yet to explore during my time here in town, and Kavarna was no exception. While my husband and I waited for the shops in the mall to open, we stopped in for a quick breakfast and drink.

Upon first glance, it looks like a very small coffee house. There is, however, significant seating behind the counter. The front area of the building is deceiving. Don’t be too scared if you arrive and find most of the first tables you see completely full. There may be somewhere to sit left yet. We showed up in the odd moment between the early risers and the brunch crowd, so getting a seat wasn’t so hard for us.

We didn’t have to wait long for our delicious drinks that would carry us through a day of adventure. I ordered a simple oat milk cold brew like I often do at Green Bay’s coffee houses, anticipating the warm day to come. Without a flavor shot, it provided me with the opportunity to sample their house cold brew unadulterated. The sharp, slightly bitter taste of the coffee was exactly what I wanted. I didn’t need any additional sweeteners or flavor shots to enjoy myself. It was exactly what I was looking for in my cold brew.

Their cookie for the day was a chocolate chunk cookie that I ordered for myself as a waystation between the early morning and the anticipated early dinner my husband and I would have at the end of our west side adventures for the day. The name tells you what you’re getting: chunks of chocolate, not little chips. Just enough dough to hold them all together and enough salt in it to counter balance the sweetness of the milk chocolate.

My husband was not so conservative in his morning choices and ordered a mushroom and spinach egg scramble wrap to get him going for the day. I stole a few bites of the creation and slightly regretted my own choice. The wrap was crunchy in contrast to the egg scramble of the interior, all of which was well seasoned. Every bite had spinach and mushroom. What a great quick breakfast!

Kavarna is slightly out of our way for a frequent experience, but as far as Green Bay’s coffee houses go, their breakfast options are among some of the best that we’ve enjoyed with local coffee. Any daytime excursion to the Broadway district would be incomplete without a visit to Kavarna. Keep an eye out for them during the farmer’s market season. They’re often out on the street during the Wednesday night market serving drinks to keep you wandering the vendors.

We’ll be seeing them again very soon for just that. Thanks for a great start to a great day.

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Blue Suede Foods at Noble Roots

Kavarna Coffeehouse - A Downtown Oasis

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