“You shall have camels, horses, an armed escort, provisions, desert vehicles and tanks.”
The public market. Early a-morn on a weekday, it’s slightly abandoned, slightly just a-wake. But go on a market day, and you’ll hear a cacophony of clamourings about food, market things, and other things that are sold at and talked about at a market:
“Good day, mais oui
You call this bacon?
What lovely grapes
Some cheese, ten yards
One pound, ‘scuse me
I’ll get the knife
Please let me through
This bread, those fish
It’s stale, they smell
Madame’s mistaken
Well, maybe so”
Public Provisions is situated within one of the side buildings, next door to Cure/Flour City Bakery (with which it has a business relationship).
The interior is well-apportioned for those market days. Come on a quiet weekday morn, and it’s a-quiet, though. Come on a market day, and it’s a-bustlin’
There’s a coffee menu for coffee, and a food menu for food. The breakfast menu is quick and to the point. It speaks to you. And what it is saying is: “Get a breakfast sandwich, dummy.”
The Red Eye was a welcome dose of caffeine in a sophisticated flavor delivery system. Enough complexity to provide wonder while not overloading your taste buds. It also has the added benefit of waking you up! The iced coffee was delicious as well. One of the owners tells us that they splurged a little and got beans from the Pacific Northwest. Not only that, but the PacificNorthwestCoffeeFolk came to Public Provisions and trained the employees on all of the specialized coffeemaking equipment! You can detect this in the flavor. It’s coffee, just… better.
The breakfast sandwich can be gotten with bacon or with sausage. Either is recommended. The breakfast sandwich can be gotten with croissant or biscuit. Either is recommended, although the croissant is sort of the specialty of the baker who baked them! The sandwich had an adult taste with an undercurrent of recreation. Simple. Elegant. Savory. Definitely a through-line of local, fresh ingredients. Again: it’s a breakfast sandwich, just… better.
There are options aplenty for the other meals of the day, and we are told that rooftop seating will be arriving in spring of 2024.
Don’t Miss: Dude, have you even been paying attention? The breakfast sandwich!
Pro tip: Go next door to Flour City Bakery to get some chocolate croissants (or some other croissant) when you’re done eatin’!
