[dropcap]L[/dropcap]ooking for a finer, healthier alternative to fast-casual dining? Dig Inn, a popular Manhattan-based eatery, has opened its largest and first suburban location in Rye Brook.
With 12 locations in Manhattan and another in Boston, Dig Inn focuses on seasonal vegetables that are “mindfully sourced,” according to Matt Weingarten, the franchise’s culinary director. The menu features bowls for breakfast, lunch and dinner, filled with grains, fruits and/or vegetables—a trend that has exploded onto the food scene over the last year. The restaurant also features “the Melting Broth,” made with no waste ingredients and kombu seaweed.
According to Adam Eskin, founder and CEO of Dig Inn, unique to the new Rye Brook location, which officially opened its doors on Jan. 12, is a kids’ menu, a “chef’s table” menu featuring a cheese board and a vegetable charcuterie, a deli and open seating space. The kitchen area takes up most of the restaurant, and includes a barista station and an intimate, 10-seat bar with a selection of beer, cider and wine.
Weingarten said Dig Inn’s philosophy is the pleasure of food, and sharing it with loved ones. It is provides for six core menu changes over the course of the year.
While this more nutritional cuisine is vegetable-based, there are options for meat lovers as well, such as charred or herb-roasted chicken, wild Sockeye salmon and herb-grilled steak. The menu also clearly indicates which dishes are vegan and whether they contain soy, dairy, gluten or nuts.
There is an array of drink options as well, with espresso drinks, including a seasonal rosemary latte; the beans are courtesy of well-known Counter Culture Coffee. A lighter, refreshing option that may also catch your eye is the iced matcha from MatchaBar, another New York City favorite.
Eskin said he wanted to open a suburban location for some time, as he has friends who are Manhattan transplants that still work in the city but have moved to Westchester County to raise their families; hence the kids’ menu and a family meal option that serves four to six people.
The question Eskin had in mind with the Rye Brook location was, “What is it we can do to have leverage in the area?” And the answer appears to be fresh, locally sourced food for all ages, at any time of the day.
Dig Inn
112 S. Ridge St., Rye Ridge Shopping Center, Rye Brook
305-8463
diginn.com
