THEY’RE HOMEGROWN, all right.
Brad Gillis and Ben Friedman. Born months apart. Met in Mrs. O’Neill’s kindergarten class on Mercer Island where (bet you a peanut butter and jelly sandwich) they were the kids most likely to succeed.
Don’t know Homegrown? Imagine a sandwich shop with a social conscience. A very green machine: certified organic ingredients when available, local when possible, packaging that’s recyclable or compostable.
Yeah. These guys grew up here, apples falling from fruitful trees.
“Both our dads were entrepreneurs,” in real-estate development and biotech, explains Friedman. “We grew up around startups, risks. That was always the discussion around the dinner table.” Ditto for nonprofit work and philanthropy.
They call their calling “sandwich environmentalism.”
“Our market is not an economic market, it’s an idealistic one,” says Friedman. And Seattle idealists are voting with their pocketbooks.
These two dynamos just opened their fifth Homegrown shop at 208 Westlake Ave. North today. It's a beautiful space and the food is very tasty. Stop down for lunch, you won't be disappointed.
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