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Say What? The Heathman Hotel Has a Root Cellar

Where: 220 Kirkland Avenue [map], Kirkland, WA, United States, 98033

As a hardcore foodie and big believer in the local/sustainable/seasonal movement, we’re fascinated with Trellis restaurant's Executive Chef Brian Scheehser’s root cellar. Housed underground The Heathman Hotel, the famed farm-to-table chef stashes the likes of onions, potatoes, beets, carrots, fresh crushed tomatoes and canned peaches from his 5-acre organic garden in Redmond in the 40-degree subterranean storage facility.

Trellis has become a bit of a fixture within the Kirkland community. The Heathman Hotel is a popular boutique hotel for business travelers as Microsoft visitors are within the freeway-free proximity of the tech mecca.

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