Blank Page Café 200 Leduc Farm Dr., Shelburne, blankpagecafe.com
Blank Page Café has been serving coffee and gluten-free pastries at Bread & Butter Farm on the Shelburne-South Burlington town line since 2016. In early June 2020, the café started brightening Friday mornings with breakfast tacos — complete with farm-fresh ingredients and on-farm seating. When the weather’s right, the taco operation stands under a tent in the driveway just outside the combined café and farm store. Blank Page chef-owner Mike Proia and the café’s team crack organic eggs from Shoreham’s Doolittle Farm onto a cast-iron grill and hand-press balls of All Souls Tortilleria’s heirloom corn masa to order, crisping each tortilla’s edges on the flat-top. The hefty tacos feature a different local protein every week: pulled pork from Agricola Farm in Panton, chorizo from Vermont Salumi in Barre, or barbacoa made with Bread & Butter’s beef. Slightly melted Cabot cheddar holds it
all together, while scallions, red cabbage and cilantro pack a punch of flavor and crunch. The café and farm store will be open Monday through Saturday this summer. Breakfast tacos are available for pickup every Friday from 8:30 a.m. to noon; online preordering is recommended, but walk-up orders are welcome until the tacos sell out. Blank Page will also be adding once-a-month Saturday brunch, with offerings such as a Vermont Salumi maple breakfast sausage and root vegetable hash with wild ramps. The café’s maple cold-brew, made with beans from Brio Coffeeworks in Burlington, goes particularly well with a breakfast taco and a sweet treat. Bring it all to one of the farm’s picnic tables. The experience of sitting near a greenhouse full of growing plants and taking in the buzz of a busy morning on the farm might be the most magical ingredient of them all. OUT TO EAT
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From left: Outdoor dining at Sissy’s Kitchen; breakfast tacos and coffee from Blank Page Café; Mike Proia (left) and Alex Gemme preparing breakfast tacos outside Blank Page Café; and Blank Page Café breakfast taco
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