Brooklyn restaurant Marlow & Sons is offering diners handbags, belts, and wallets made from their lunch! The eatery’s owner Andrew Tarlow has commissioned his wife, designer Kate Huling, to make leather goods from the same cows he serves.
It might seem like a morbid idea, but Huling says it allows customers to “honor the animal” they’ve just consumed.
“Look at how quickly you can eat a burger, and that animal sacrifice for you is just gone,” she explained. “Whereas with the bag, that’s something that can last for generations and generations.“
Marlow & Sons is committed to sourcing local, grass-fed cows. After a quick trip to the slaughterhouse the meat is delivered to the restaurant and the skins sent to the tannery. It’s turned into a stylish accessory at Midtown’s Fashion District, and then returned to the restaurant.
Personally I love this no waste approach, although I’m sure it’ll still make some women squeamish. Marlow & Sons seems committed to the project though, as it plans to introduce rabbit-fur hats and lambswool goodies next fall.
