BYOTOB - Bring Your Own Take Out Box
I was in Asheville this past weekend as my husband and I bopped around the mountains for a belated anniversary trip. We clambered around on Chimney Rock and even taught one of our dogs to swim in the pond next to the cabin we rented outside of Rutherfordton (she did not enjoy it). We had a grand time, but by Sunday, Asheville’s plethora of delicious restaurants was calling our name, so we headed there for lunch.
As we walked around, humming and hawing on increasingly empty stomachs, I noticed a sign that I couldn’t resist at a casual little Mexican-Caribbean cafe called Salsa’s, something about habanero margaritas. Now that’s a way to get my attention. I had to try one.
Then, as we opened the door, I noticed another sign. At Salsa’s, you’ll get a 10 percent discount on your avocado-tomatillo salsa (really, like a guacamole) or crab and beef enchilada if you bring your own take out container from home. You can recycle an old one, or you can bring Tupperware and its kin. That’s a great deal, because surely the take out containers don’t cost Salsa’s that much to begin with, at least, individually. But they’re trying to cut back on their waste, and yours.
This, and really fresh, not-afraid-of-flavor food is I loved about Salsa’s. Watermelon mojitos, that awesome gac laced with mango and lots of garlic (a huge bowl for $4!), even the margarita that nearly put hair on my chest...oh, yeah, and noble intentions to reduced just a little bit of what lands in a landfill - good for them.
