An auspicious meating

Plus cream, eggs and protein with ethical particulars

By BEN WHELAN

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Bloc 11 Café

Cage-free organic egg & cheese sandwich, $4 (with prosciutto, $6)

Café owners Jen Park and Tucker Lewis provide a handy (and socially responsible) meal on the go, uniting bread baked at local yeast wizard Iggy's with eggs laid by liberated chix. Mass-produced McBreakfasts worldwide shudder, carving deep inferiority complexes. Yay: It's working.

[11 Bow St., Union Sq., Somerville. 617.623.0000]

The Dairy Bar at Kickass Cupcakes

Local Shaw Farm ice cream, $5.50/quart

While owner Sara Ross calls its source "straight from the farm," we'll call it one of the best in town. Available in a slew of flavors (like M&M, pictured) Dracut's Shaw Farm ice cream can melt over our faces anytime. Like now.

[378 Highland Ave., Davis Sq., Somerville. 617.628.CUPS. kickasscupcakes.com]

Persephone

Grilled Niman Ranch prime angus beef bavette steak with french fries, beef jus and aged balsamic vinegar, $26

Considered a classic bistro cut in France, bavette has more intense and flavorful marbling than its close relatives, flank and skirt steak—especially when it's naturally raised. Hand over the house-made frites and no one gets hurt.

[283 Summer St., Boston. 617.695.2257. achilles-project.com]

Mare

Organic half chicken under the brick with creamy polenta, red mustard greens and smoked portobello, $24

Executive sous chef Francesco Martini marinates half of a free-range chicken in chive butter for up to two days before pan-searing it under a brick until golden brown and crispy. Mmm, kinda like yer ... sorry. We'll stop. Promise.

[135 Richmond St., North End, Boston. 617.723.6273. mareorganic.com]

Lionette's Market

Pork chop from Bob Clark's Pigs, Ferrisburg, Vt., $11.50/pound

Freshly butchered from pigs raised on a pastured farm, the chops are "cleaner than anything you can get in a supermarket," according to owner James Lionette. "If it's grown locally in New England, it's going to be what people imagine 'organic' to be."

[577 Tremont St., South End, Boston. 617.778.0360. lionettesmarket.com]