Mile High Locavorist

Organic food is your birthright. – Marilyn Megenity Marilyn Megenity has run Mercury Cafe for 40 years. She’s been committed to local, organic food long before it became fashionable. Mercury Cafe boasts around 90% local products on their menu and beyond food, provides a joyous gathering place for art and poetry, much as you’d expect for a cafe named for the Magician in a Tarot deck. Marilyn combines her calming faith with a love for chaos when she comes to play at work, every day, “serving organic Colorado cuisine.” – IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN – How she started her first cooking job at the tender age of 4 What the dining public isn’t ready to go without How she tries to meet diner’s year-round expectations for fruit Why she thrives on the joyful chaos of a seasonal menu How and why she decides between local suppliers and organic suppliers Why good wool means tasty lamb What foods define Colorado cuisine from the rest of the countr