Shopping the Farmers’ Market With Three Saints Revival Chef John Broening

During the summer months, chef John Broening of Three Saints Revival, at 1801 Wewatta Street, creates a special tapas menu each Saturday night inspired by what he can find at the Union Station Farmers Market — even when his initial ideas are waylaid by missing vendors and ingredients that are no longer available.

Such was the case on August 13, when two of the chef’s favorite farmers, Furst Class Fungi and Near & Dear farm, weren’t there. At first, Broening wasn’t sure what direction he wanted to go in, but after a quick look around, he created a plan. He is a pro, after all, with years of experience at restaurants like Avelina, Duo and Spuntino.

First up, Lazy J, a ranch outside of Longmont that raises heritage pigs and feeds them locally grown non-GMO triticale, a wheat-rye…