Returnable glass bottles?

[wheatbean.livejournal.com]

Hello! I'm new to the area, and was wondering if there are any places I can buy stuff like milk and eggs in returnable bottles/containers?

Thanks very much! :)

Comments

[noradeirdre.livejournal.com]

I know that www.inseason.us delivers to Somerville and Cambridge and they have milk in glass quart bottles.

[chenoameg.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow, that service looks amazing. Local stuff, delivered by bike messenger!

[m-b-w.livejournal.com]

There's an article about it in today's Boston Globe:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/09/07/he_delivers_from_farm_to_doorstep/

[wheatbean.livejournal.com]

Thanks very much all! :) I'll definitely have to keep this place in mind!

[m-b-w.livejournal.com]

The Dairy Bar @ Kickass Cupcakes
378 Highland Ave.

[chenoameg.livejournal.com]

Open 10am-7pm most days (possibly all).

Milk from Shaw's farm for $1.75/qt plus 90cent bottle deposit.
skim, 2%, whole, and unhomogenized whole.

Eggs from Shaw's farm for $3.29/dozen

Dave's Fresh Pasta on Holland also sells local eggs.

[wheatbean.livejournal.com]

Thank you both. :) I actually stopped at The Dairy Bar at your suggestion-- had been there for cupcakes once, but hadn't really been in the adjacent part. And When Pigs Fly bakery is fantastic-- ah! I think I'll enjoy living around here!

[m00n.livejournal.com]

Crescent Ridge Dairy (http://crescentridge.com/) delivers. You can also buy their milk at some Whole Foods'.

[chenoameg.livejournal.com]

According to their delivery map, they still don't deliver to Somerville.
http://crescentridge.com/deliveryArea.cfm

Previous posts on the subject:check the local_food tag)

http://community.livejournal.com/davis_square/1060238.html

http://community.livejournal.com/davis_square/1157772.html

http://community.livejournal.com/davis_square/932979.html

http://community.livejournal.com/davis_square/1258763.html

[wheatbean.livejournal.com]

I think I've seen their milk before-- thanks!

[chenoameg.livejournal.com]

I bring my empty egg cartons to the farmers who provides me with my meatshare and they reuse them.

[jadelennox]

Yeah, Hanson's Farm at the farmer's market is done with eggs for this year but they reuse the cartons when I bring them back.

[wheatbean.livejournal.com]

Thanks! That's awesome!

[syntheticnature.livejournal.com]

They had eggs? Dang.

[jadelennox]

usually sold out by 12:15! They were gorgeous, too. She said they got a raccoon that killed most of the hens, which is why they are out now.

[readsalot.livejournal.com]

The Whole Foods at Alewife (and possibly others) sells milk in returnable glass bottles. I got cream that way once or twice. It was unbelievably delicious, but I found dealing with bottles to be more hassle than I wanted--they weren't resealable, and I don't go through that much cream at once.