Locality is everything, especially these days. And one person’s problem is another person’s solution.

For example, if you’ve got a restaurant and dirty grease is accumulating everyday, you have an issue. If you’re selling green diesel cars, you got to fuel them. And if you’re human, you’ve got to eat and drink.

There it is : a green business symbiosis just waiting to happen.

Who are we talking about? The Blazing Chef (coffee and ‘fish and chips’ house) and “Green Eye” autos.

The Blazing Chef is owned by Ms. Haven Sundstrom, and has done fish and chips at our local Saturday market for over 7 years. And she always hung out with Green Eye people. Sooner or later, they realized a synergistic opportunity.

The staff of Green Eye said to her, hey, why don’t you open up a fish and chips place on our parking lot…and we can take that extra oil off your hands.

It’s one year later, and the mutually beneficial partners are rocking: coffee in the morning (River Road drivers, take note!) and fish and chips till 7pm.

Jonah her son: “My mom made (the shop)…and it took her a long time. Well it’s cool to work so hard at something, then have it happen.”

“I use as much local stuff as I can…Bread Stop bread, Fisherman’s Market fish , Wandering Goat coffee…”, Haven explained.

So, if you’re thinking fish and chips, and you’re aiming for something green, check out her shop, just after you go over the bridge where Chambers turns into River Road. If you’re heading North (towards River Road), just look for the big “green eye” sign on the right side–her shop is in the corner of the parking lot. It has fish painted on it. And the fish and chips were tasty–I wish everyone’s tartar sauce tasted like that!