Sâuçá drives into First Place

VSAG congratulates our client Sâuçá for nabbing first place in The Great Emerging Franchise Challenge.  The award comes with a capital grant for services to help the business launch a national franchise program. Sâuçá  is the globally-inspired mobile restaurant fleet that … read more

Dan Simons, Founding Farmers & Yelp

Founding Farmers celebrated its second anniversary in September. Since opening, the restaurant has been reviewed by Yelpers more than 780 times. Co-Owner Dan Simons has responded to every single one of those reviews. He and his commitment to interacting with every guest … read more

VSAG Client Wins Environmental Excellence Award

Founding Farmers, the Greenest Restaurant in Washington, D.C., was named as one of only two restaurants in the district to receive the Mayor’s Environmental Excellence Award in 2010. The annual awards recognize outstanding businesses and organizations for their environmental stewardship, … read more

VSAG Client Wins Craft Brewing Gold

…and silver, and bronze! Congratulations to The Covey Restaurant & Brewery in Ft. Worth, TX for their recent win of six awards for their incredible crafts beers at the 2010 Los Angeles International Commercial Beer Competition. Brewmaster Jamie Fulton’s own … read more

Restaurant Patrons Save Green, Eat Green

Can the promise of a free cupcake or some cold hard cash work better than dire predictions of dying polar bears and rising sea levels at getting people to cut their carbon footprint?  For diners at Farmers & Fishers and … read more

VSAG Cited as Industry Leader in Green Restaurants

Restaurants & Institutions magazine recognizes it, and so do VSAG’s clients – we’re a go-to expert for industry knowledge, experience and insight on how to grow a green restaurant – but more importantly, how to keep one going and use … read more

VSAG Client Wins Award for Retail Construction

VSAG client Founding Farmers has been recognized by Mid-Atlantic Construction, a bi-monthly magazine for the regional construction industry, as the 2009 Retail Project of the Year. Projects were recognized for achieving the goals set forth by the project team, overcoming significant … read more

VSAG Client Recognized for Award-Winning Design

VSAG is proud to share that DC’s Greenest Restaurant Founding Farmers has been featured in Hotel Magazine’s annual Gold Key Hospitality Awards as a finalist for the 2009 Casual Dining Restaurant Awards, as one of three international projects (and the only one … read more

VSAG Pushes For Tap Water at Every Table

It’s no wonder that environmentally conscious diners think twice about ordering bottled water from the restaurants that they frequent, but for patrons of VSAG client restaurants Founding Farmers and Farmers & Fishers, there’s not bottled water available.  At least not … read more