Welcome to Emerald Greens. Founder Barry Dunlop grew up on the coast of Northern Ireland and moved to Jasper 7 years ago after meeting his wife, Jasper-native Brittany, in Chicago. After finishing culinary school, Barry came over to America in 1997 and worked in a variety of hotels, restaurants, and bars across the US.
Itching to start a new venture, shortly after moving to Jasper, he co-opened and co-ran Brew for over 5 years. For his next chapter, Barry is excited to return to his roots of small-town catering and simple, fresh, delicious food. Emerald Greens offers a variety of fresh-made salads, soups, baked goods, charcuterie, and more for your next meeting, event, or party. The Emerald Greens food truck is open at Schroeder Complex in Jasper each week Weds-Fri from 10am-2pm. Join our email list below to get a weekly update on our schedule, specials, and be entered into our monthly $10 gift card giveaway. With a focus on fresh food and eco-friendly options, we look forward to serving you soon.
“If you had asked me six months ago, I would have told you I was never opening another restaurant,” Barry said.
However, the food truck’s success affected Barry’s life/work balance. He pointed out that with a food truck, he has a tremendous amount of prep time, mainly on his own. Instead of a single space to maintain and keep up to safe food standards, he has two spaces and has to clean them both daily. Then there is the loading and unloading of everything that also happens daily.
“I do love doing the food truck, but, you know, it is a lot of work,” he said.
Then, the Heart of Jasper reached out to him — his wife, Brittany, is on the nonprofit’s board of directors — to see if he would be interested in checking out some empty spaces. He was considering the former Azura building when he got connected to Andrew and learned about his project on Vine Street.
“I kind of felt like it was meant to be because we have Broken Tee with Emerald Greens,” Barry joked. “It’s basically tee to the green.”
To accommodate the new café, Barry plans on operating from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. The breakfast menu includes oatmeal, homemade granola parfaits, danishes, a breakfast panini and plenty of coffee options. On the weekends, he plans on offering chicken and waffles, biscuits and gravy, and some other added items that won’t be on the weekday menu.
He will offer the salads many of his customers are used to for lunch while adding four paninis and a few other options.
He and Brittany want to create an attractive and comfortable space where people want to hang out.
“We are looking to create a cool coffee shop vibe,” he said.
The food truck will continue showing up at Schroeder Sports Complex on at least one day that the café is closed.
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