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customers could see new menu items because they’re increasing the number of line cooks, Forte said.

Upstairs, the new 1,500-squarefoot room overlooking Lake Superior offers space for meetings or group gatherings.

At Sara’s Table moved to the neighborhood in late 2002, replacing Taran’s Market Place. The restaurant renovation used salvaged lumber from the grocery store for its ceilings, booths, tables, wait station and bookshelves, according to its website.

The restaurant owners later reached beyond the restaurant walls, and built a mixed-use development next-door in the early 2010s. Dubbed the Chester Gardens, it was the former site of Snooty

Fox Tea Shop and currently houses McTavish Quilting Studio as well as Benchmark Tattoo and Fade Away Laser Tattoo Removal.

The restaurant garnered national attention in 2010 when it appeared on Food Network’s “Diners, DriveIns and Dives,” hosted by Guy Fieri.

Over its nearly 20-year life, At Sara’s Table has remained committed to locally sourced food, Blumberg said.

But the desire to stay locally sourced has become a concern for Blumberg, she said. The Earth lacks a sufficient amount of land and water resources to feed everyone in a natural and organic way, so a certain portion of the population

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