About Us
Origins
What started off as nothing more than just a dream, The Taste Garden Café & Catering has rapidly blossomed into a tangible form of reality. Bringing two of life’s most important elements together; food and family. Our family owned café and catering business provides a prodigious experience for everyone to enjoy. We provide a vast selection of food that are both rich in flavor as well as culture; we can take you from one end of the world to another with just one bite.
Freshness is one our main priorities, this is showcased greatly at our 35 Nutmeg Drive location in Trumbull, CT. We offer both vegetarian and gluten free options, we also support local farms by using their fruits and vegetables in many of our fresh salads located at our salad bar. All of the dressings are also made in house; from our salad dressings to the flavored mayonnaise’s and salsa’s used in your favorite sandwiches!
Aside from our amazing tasting food, we are complimented by a hardworking & welcoming staff. Our business was built on the foundation of family which is how we treat both our staff & our customers.
On a personal note…
Ever since I was a little girl, it was always my parents’ dream to own their own food business in which we as a family can operate. When we migrated from New York to Connecticut, I remember us driving by a deli not too far from our house almost every single day, and almost every single time we drove by, one of us always mentioned our dream to make sure that we’d never forget it. We saw numerous businesses open and close those same doors over the course of 10 years…saddened but also extremely motivated, we pushed ourselves to keep the dream alive. As the “Corner Deli” closed its doors one more time the summer of 2015 we decided to try to explore a few locations. That summer was very busy for our family; we were not only in the midst of trying to locate a place for us to open, but we were as a family were preparing to send my very ambitious brother to the University of Alabama to begin his collegiate career. We took a (very) long road trip down to Florida to spend some time away from home as a family before dropping him off at school. On our second day of vacation, we receive a very life changing phone call. We received an offer from Robert D. Scinto, and without hesitation, we accepted. Now going into our third year, we are currently running two locations and are looking to continue to expand.
The Taste Garden Cafe Supports Local Businesses
Buying locally grown and raised products comes with many benefits. For one, it allows us to help cut down on the costs and damages that come along with packaging food for long distance travel. When produce and meat are shipped, they are chemically engineered to withstand harsh weather during travel. They are injected with chemicals/hormones that allows them to appear fresh once they arrive to your grocery store. When buying at a local farmers market, you’re usually eating fruits/vegetables that have been picked within the last 24 hours, rather than a few days traveling in a large truck (which as you know, is usually traveling across the country and produces more pollution).
Buying local also allows us to help stabilize the economy within our very own community. We support many local farms by shopping at numerous farmers markets in our area, we also travel to farms in which we personally hand pick the fruits and vegetables. It allows us to spend quality time together as a family, all while providing even fresher ingredients to our customers!
We have proudly support Clover Farms, a local dairy farm. We purchase their half & half and whole milk to use in our food, as well as our coffee station. You can also find their whole milk and their chocolate milk in our coolers!
