In addition to being a world-traveling food writer, I also offer marketing consulting to individuals and entities of all sizes and styles. No matter where I go or with whom I work, a few things are consistent. One is that my clients initially think that they can do their own marketing or that outreach is not that important. The other is that, at least among my preferred customers, the meeting is catered by Milk Street Café (www.milkstreetcafe.com).

Though it had been many years since I was a the Cafe almost daily while serving as an editor for The Jewish Advocate, I figured that it was high time to drop in for ein bissel of lunch. 

Boy am I glad I did!

Since my last visit, the Café (which despite its grand spread accounts for only a small part of the businesses’ businesses, most of which consists of catering and all of which is run from an underground bunker that resembles Mission Control) has blossomed into a three-kitchen (milk, meat, and pareve), multi-countered, single-roofed food court that offers everything from egg-based breakfast toasts and bowls to some of the best BBQ beef around. Among the latest additions are a Ripple 3-D coffee printer (from Israel, of course!) and a new personal cooking program that will allow and encourage even more businesses to offer Milk Street’s healthy foods while allowing and encouraging their employees to linger with colleagues during meals instead of running off to grab who knows what.

Though the Café puts out over 3,000 sandwiches a day for corporate clients, each meal is handmade with care by professional bakers, sushi chefs and other kitchen wizards. As the Café is kosher, all foods are also processed in-house- from the hand-butchered meats to the dutifully-washed produce, the latter of which is available either in a DIY salad bar or a sumptuous selection of pre-made salads and other ready-to-go nutrition boosters and both of which can be similarly combined in diner’s choice meals or prepared packages that offer every food group and flavors from all over the world. There are also daily selections of soups, pizzas, and even an impressive board of Impossible burgers that will make a believer out of any carnivore!

So the next time you want a nosh that is healthy, convenient, nutritious and Oy is gut! Or if you have an event to manage or a client (or new communications manager) to impress, head down Milk Street to the place where Greater Boston gets its favorite foods.