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14 | theburg | 06.16 M aybe the chalkboard notice at Zeroday Brewing Co. says it all. "Add a scoop of Urban Churn vanilla to any beer/soda!" Or perhaps it's the Elementary Coffee mocha made with Frederic Loraschi chocolate. Oh, and you can enjoy Yellow Bird Café cookies at Midtown Cinema, and One Good Woman coffee at Yellow Bird Café. Can't get to Little Amps for coffee? Enjoy a sip at Garlic Poet restaurant or at the new Dalicia Bakery. If you haven't made it to Midstate Distillery yet, try their Iron and Ice vodka on Café 1500's summer cocktail menu. As the Harrisburg-area craft food scene reaches a nice al dente, more and more vendors are partnering up to serve products created by their neighbors. ey aren't just sourcing from local suppliers. ey're cooking up new food pairings, cross-marketing their names, and cultivating new audiences hungry for unique tastes. rough it all, they say, they're lifting the city's entrepreneurial spirit to new heights of innovation. Harrisburg's new craft food producers have formed a culture of cooperation, a web of support. bY M. DIANe MCCorMICK SuPPort grouP Andrea Grove dreamt of more than just roasting coffee. The founder of Elementar y Coffee Co. sought "to functionally be part of a community, and, with that, is finding solid partners to meet up with." "ere's a lot beyond just local ingredients," said Grove at her Broad Street Market stand. "You become more than business partners. You become friends." Grove flavors her hand-roasted beans and brews with spices from Calicutts Spice Co. in Lemoyne (" You can smell the difference," she says). Elementary Coffee is served at such establishments as the Millworks, City House B&B, Midtown Cinema and Chris and Val's Café in Lemoyne. And the hot chocolate and mocha on the Elementary Coffee menu are flavored with mixes from the local, nationally known Frederic Loraschi Chocolate. Grove reached out to chocolatier Loraschi before launching her business in 2014. She found they could talk about business and life, establishing the Food Network hbg SMALL buSINeSS ArtICLeS Are ProuDLY SPoNSoreD bY:

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