Pretty Things Beer Dinner
Ok no big deal, just the coolest brewers you’ve ever met, making some of the most important beer being made are gonna come and have a beer dinner with us.
Pretty Things Beer and Ale Project is not a brewery at all but the efforts of a brewer, Dann Paquette and his wife Martha. What they do is basically go into other people’s breweries and make beer wherever they’re welcome. To date that is happening in Massachussetts. Pretty Things beers are routinely sold out of production because they have such a hard time keeping up with demand. For our dinner, team Pretty Things will roll out four beers to be paired with four courses.
Where: The Farm
When: Wednesday July 14th, 2010 @8pm
What: $55 Four Beers, Four Courses
To Reserve: Reservations available ONLY online at Brown Paper Tickets
If you want to learn more about Pretty Things and see some of the quirkiest, passionate most idiosyncratic people making beer, then check out www.prettythingsbeertoday.com
Ommegang Beer Dinner
Set on a former hop farm in the Susqehanna River Valley, Brewery Ommegang has become somewhat of a legend for their Belgian style ales. Join us while we taste a selection of four of their brews and pair food to match.
Where: The Farm
When: Thursday April 15th 2010
What: $45 Four Beers, Four Courses
To Reserve: Call the restaurant at (718) 287-3101.
Good Spirits
Catch us at this Edible Brooklyn Event taking place at the the Bell House. Chefs from Brooklyn restaurants The Vanderbilt, No. 7, Fette Sau, Walter Foods, Fort Defiance, Mile End and Palo Santo will also be there. Each of us will be paired up with a Spirits producer and match a dish to a cocktail. We’ll be working with French vodka producer Vertical Vodka. Some of our favorite distillers will be there too; Tuthilltown Spirits, Death’s Door, Rhum J.M., Ilegal Mezcal, Compass Box, Chartreuse and Warwick Valley Vineyard & Distillery. Such a solid lineup of food & drink, can’t wait!
Where: The Bell House
149 7th Street
Brooklyn
When: Tuesday April 6th
6-9pm
What: $40 Hors d’oeuvres & Cocktails
To Reserve: Tickets available through Event Bee or at the door.
Winemaker’s Dinner
Join us for a five course dinner with wine pairing. We’ll be sitting down with winemakers from the portfolio of Importer Jenny & Francois Selections. Jenny and Francois have been trailblazing the way for natural wines for over ten years now. By “natural” we’re talking about wines with little to no technology used in the vinification and farming of the grapes. These winemakers are driven by a passion for the process not a penchant for profit. They reject many of the cellar practices you’ll find in commercial wines like: reverse osmosis, the use of grape extracts for coloring, cold stabilization, the use of spinning cones, acidification, the use of enological enzymes, the use of enological tannins, the use of aromatic additives. These winemakers are more interested in tradition and a “low-touch”, non-interventionist approach to winemaking. They are often interested in the principles of biodynamism. Their vineyards do not use herbicides or pesticides, there are no engineered plants or genetically modified clones, there are no synthetic chemicals used in the winemaking whatsoever. The wines are often unfiltered and unfined. Their harvesting is done by hand not machine so as not to compact the soil. They do not purchase yeast from a catalog as do most wineries, they allow the natural indigenous yeasts present on the grapes to spontaneously ferment. These folks are the real avant-guarde of winemaking in the world right now and they tend to be mostly from France. Although this year we’ll be having dinner with Toni Coturri from Sonoma and a new winemaker from Chianti! Taste these exciting wines next to local food that’s been prepared especially for each wine.
Where: The Farm On Adderley back dining room (communal table)
When: 8pm Wednesday March 10th, 2010
What: Five course dinner paired with five wines
Pre-Fixe $65
To Reserve: 718-287-3101. These events fill up fast so reserve early…seating will be limited.
For a full listing of happenings during “Winemaker’s Week” check out the Jenny & Francois itinerary: Jenny & Francois Winemaker’s Week
Valentine’s Day
Sunday night we’ll be offering a special menu to celebrate Valentine’s Day. Reservations will be accepted for parties of all sizes. Those diners who are less than five and would like a reservation will be limited to the pre-fixe menu. If you’d like to stop by without dining on the pre-fixe we suggest coming during off-peak hours; between 5:30 and 6pm or after 9:30pm. The Valentine’s Day menu pre-fixe is $45 for three courses. Check out the menu in our “Menus” section.
Meat-the-Butcher Dinner
Josh and Jessica have almost single-handedley brought back the lost art of whole-animal butchering. All of their meat is sourced from within 20 miles of their shop in Kingston, NY. Have dinner with them and see why it is so important to know where your meat comes from. Find out why whole animal butchering is not a fashionable trend so much as a necessary step in cooking sustainably. Yes we’ll be having a meat-centric dinner that night! I’ll bet you didn’t know they were both vegans for 17 years.
Where: The Farm On Adderley, back dining room, communal table
When: 8pm Tuesday February 9th, 2010
What: Dinner, four courses, $59
Reservations: 718-287-3101 limited seating
Slow Food’s “Paint the Town Green”
If you’re not doing anything this Thursday and want to rub elbows with other Brooklynites with local food on the brain, you might want to check out this cocktail soiree. It’s a benefit to raise money for the Abib Newborn Garden youth farm in Brownsville, Brooklyn.“Paint the Town Green” will feature “slow” cocktails by mixologists from the Clover Club, PDT and Death & Co. Dave Wondrich author of Imbibe will be there. The Farm On Adderley along with some other slow food restaurants will be providing local food. There will also be live music!
Location: Home of Sandra McLean, SFNYC Leadership Committee Chair
53 Wyckoff Street (bet. Smith & Court)
When: Thursday December 3rd, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Tickets: Donations start at $75
(100% of your donation will go to support the farm)
Tickets Available ONLY on-line at
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/88824