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The Mixing Bowl: Farm to Business Trade Directory

The Purple Onion

About Us

Located in Historic Saluda, with outdoor dining available and live music on Thursday through Saturday nights. The Purple Onion features a variety of ethnically inspired dishes with an emphasis on the Mediterranean's simple, flavorful and healthful cuisine. Utilizing local trout, beef, lamb, chicken and produce, the menu offers pizzas, pastas, seafood, and meat dishes. Fresh locally roasted coffee and espresso are available as well as a selection of fine wines and beers including biodynamic and organic selections.

Product Needs

  • Vegetables
    artichoke, arugula, asparagus, beets, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celery, celeriac, chiles, chinese greens, cucumber, daikon, edamame soybeans, eggplant, fava beans, garlic, green beans, kale, leeks, lettuce, mustard greens, parsnips, pole beans, potatoes, radish, rutabagas, salad greens, salad mix, shallots, sun chokes, sweet potato, swiss chard, tomatoes, summer squash, winter squash, sweet corn
  • Dairy & Eggs
    cheese, eggs, goat cheese
  • Flowers
    fresh flowers
  • Meat Fish & Fowl
    beef, bison, chicken, duck, gamebird, geese, goat, lamb, ostrich, pork, rabbit, turkey, venison, emu, trout, seafood, other fish
  • Nuts & Seeds
    chestnuts, flax, hazelnuts, peanuts, pecans, sunflower seeds, walnuts
  • Processed
    beer, cider, wine, corn meal, grits
  • Specialty Products
    landscape plants
  • Herbs
    fresh herbs
  • Forest Products
    mushrooms, ramps, honey, firewood
  • Fruits and Berries
    apples, blackberries, blueberries, cherries, figs, grapes, melons, peaches, plums, strawberries, raspberries, nectarines

Comments About the Products We Need

We prefer hormone and antibiotic free meats. Lamb, beef, chicken, duck, rabbit.Interested in heirloom, cherry, sungold, yellow pear, and gold roma tomatoes; chinese eggplant, and oriental greens as well as squash of all types, peppers, berries, cheeses,

Contact Information

Susan Casey

8287499561
16 Main St
Saluda, North Carolina
http://www.purpleonionsaluda.com

Best Time to Contact

9:00-11:00AM, 2:00-6:00PM

Delivery of Goods

Packaging: Informal
Delivery: 1

Volume

Customers per week: 1200-1800

Vendor Approval Process

Purchasing

We buy from:
  • 10 local farms
  • 3 local distributors
  • 2 local tailgate markets test