Contact Information

Email

ssanders@browntro...

Twitter

BrowntroutSean

More Details

Job Start

May 27, 2009

Age

36

Hometown

Elmhurst, IL

Current City

Chicago, IL

Last updated: Nov 29 2011

Title(s)

Summary

In early 2009, while on his honeymoon in New Zealand, Sanders came up with the idea for Browntrout while preparing a fresh caught New Zealand browntrout combined with all local ingredients. "Fresh & sustainable ingredients put together in an elegant yet simple fashion." Upon return he went to work to find the perfect location to open his restaurant. It had to be somewhere easily accessible without all the downtown hype. He wanted to have enough space to fulfill his vision of a comfortable dining, enough kitchen space to create as much of the menu preparation in-house as possible & enough space to grow all his herbs in an on-site garden. He finally found it and today, together with his wife Nadia, he operates Browntrout and everyone can share in his vision.

Specialties

Farm-to-table, Vegetable gardening, Sustainable fish, Canning/preserving, Housemade sausage, Housemade bitters, Molecular gastronomy, Tea cocktails, Butchery, Biodynamic wines, In-house charcuterie, Local spirit cocktails, Housemade condiments, Housemade pasta, Farm-to-bar, In-house breads, In-house ice creams, Vegetarian, Vintage-style cocktails, Whole animal, Housemade sodas, and Cheese Expert

Cuisine(s)

American (New)