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Spaghetti Bolognese at The Clean Plate features meat from grass-fed cattle and pigs, along with locally-grown tomatoes, herbs.
Spaghetti Bolognese at The Clean Plate features meat from grass-fed cattle and pigs, along with locally-grown tomatoes, herbs.
The Clean Plate, one of San Antonio’s unappreciated delights, has closed.
That’s a definite loss for the city’s dining scene, as owners Cat New and Melissa Polinard presented simple, homey and tasty cooking using only sustainable ingredients.
“We don’t have enough business to keep going,” New said during a phone interview. “I’m fighting a constant uphill battle.”
The restaurant at 1022 N. Main Ave. changed its menu often, but some staples stayed on, such as a spaghetti Bolognese, a pork belly gua bao (steamed bun) and a satisfying burger.
A 2013 review praised the restaurant and its dishes that “any home cook or restaurant would be proud to serve.”
“Simple and homey, the food doesn’t show off chef-driven manipulation,” the review said. “Instead, New, who also is chef, focuses attention on the ingredients themselves, using an understated competence to demonstrate a simple truth: Clean food just tastes better.”
Right now, New doesn’t know what’s going to happen next.
“I’d like to get a food truck going,” she said. “But I don’t know.”
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