Introducing: Common Goods, a new food court housed in shipping crates at Harbourfront
Introducing: Common Goods, a new food court housed in shipping crates at Harbourfront
Name: Common Goods (Blue Goose, Lobster Roll and Sully’s Honest Dogs)
Neighbourhood: Harbourfront
Contact Info: 235 Queen Quay West
Owners: All three restaurants are co-owned by Blue Goose Company, Jim Bailey and Michael Sullivan (Victor)
Chef: David Chrystian (Victor), for all three restaurants
The Place: Common Goods is a cluster of reclaimed shipping containers housing three separate restaurants: Blue Goose, Lobster Roll and Sully’s Honest Dogs. Tucked beside the Power Plant Art Gallery at Harbourfront Centre, the crates are designed by Montreal firm Muvbox and painted with cartoon cows and lobsters. Each fully equipped crate kitchen is solar-powered.
The Food: Organic street food including burgers, tacos and lettuce wraps from Blue Goose; clam chowder and lobster rolls from Lobster Roll; and gourmet hot dogs from Sully’s Honest Dogs.
The Drinks: Gingerale from Fresh Ginger and root beer from Henry Weinhard IPA.
The Numbers:
• 12 weeks to take the project from concept to completion
• 4 months the crates will remain open each year (from June through September)
• 3 eight-by-ten-foot custom shipping crates housing Blue Goose, Sully’s Honest Dogs and Lobster Roll
• 2–3 cooks in each mini-kitchen
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- The Common Goods food court at Harbourfront Centre: Sully's Honest Dogs (left), Lobster Roll (centre) and Blue Goose (right)
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- The Common Goods food court at Harbourfront Centre
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- The tiny kitchen from Blue Goose restaurant
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- Blue Goose restaurant
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- Blue Goose's roast chicken lettuce wrap and baked rainbow trout taco, each topped with heirloom tomato, apple, fennel slaw and chimichurri ($3 each or $8 for three)
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- Blue Goose's beef burger with aged cheddar, caramelized onions, lettuce and tomato ($8)
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- Sully's Honest Dogs
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- Sully's Banh Mi dog topped with mango salad, hot mustard, bean sprouts, sweet chili glaze and fresh cilantro ($5.50)
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- Sully's Little India dog topped with lentil-and-potato curry, yogurt and mint ($5.50)
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- Lobster Roll restaurant
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- Lobster Roll's namesake lobster roll ($10)
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- Henry Weinhard’s Gourmet Root Beer ($3.50), Fresh Ginger Ale in Jasmin Ginger Tea and Pomegranate with Hibiscus ($3.50), available at all three restaurants
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Name: Common Goods (Blue Goose, Lobster Roll and Sully's Honest Dogs)
Neighbourhood: Harbourfront
Contact Info: 235 Queen Quay West
Owners: All three restaurants are co-owned by Blue Goose Company, Jim Bailey and Michael Sullivan (Victor)
Chef: David Chrystian (Victor), for all three restaurants
The Place: Common Goods is a cluster of reclaimed shipping containers housing three separate restaurants: Blue Goose, Lobster Roll and Sully’s Honest Dogs. Tucked beside the Power Plant Art Gallery at Harbourfront Centre, the crates are designed by Montreal firm Muvbox and painted with cartoon cows and lobsters. Each fully equipped crate kitchen is solar-powered.
The Food: Organic street food including burgers, tacos and lettuce wraps from Blue Goose; clam chowder and lobster rolls from Lobster Roll; and gourmet hot dogs from Sully’s Honest Dogs.
The Drinks: Gingerale from Fresh Ginger and root beer from Henry Weinhard IPA.
The Numbers:
• 12 weeks to take the project from concept to completion
• 4 months the crates will remain open each year (from June through September)
• 3 eight-by-ten-foot custom shipping crates housing Blue Goose, Sully’s Honest Dogs and Lobster Roll
• 2–3 cooks in each mini-kitchen
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K. just got back. I must say: We had the Blue Goose Chicken Wrap. Blue Goose Beef Burger w/sauteed Onions. FLIPPIN AWESOME. Perfect. and you can order a COMBO which comes with Potato Chips and a drink. We chose the Root Beer and the GingerAle. LOVED how refreshing the GAle was….AND we had the Lobster Roll from the Lobster Box, which was packed with lobster. deeelish. This place will do awesome during the summer. AND very nice staff in both huts. WHOOP! :)
Looks like they have some kinks to work out.
http://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2013/06/this_week_on_dinesafe_blue_goose_sullys_honest_dogs_muvbox_lobster_sakura_korean_japanese/
The only reason bluegoose, sullys honest dogs and lobster box got that conditional pass was because the day the health inspector paid a surprise visit, the hot water tank broke. It was fixed the next day! They now have a pass.