Taste of the Town
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Help us build a strong local food system. Dine out during Local Harvest and tell your server you support their efforts to serve local foods!
Indulge your tastebuds and celebrate a bountiful season at one of Madison's excellent restaurants during REAP Food Group's Local Harvest: A Taste of the Town event. Fourteen participating restaurants will create unique, flavorful specialties to showcase the richness and diversity of food grown on local farms.
Local Harvest has become one of Madison's top local food experiences and an opportunity to contribute to building a more sustainable food system by supporting local establishments that buy locally. Please join us at any of the following restaurants to celebrate the season's bounty!
Participating Restaurants:
Check back for more updates on menus and special events!
Chef Matthia and the Alchemy Cafe feature three nights of tasty specials, locally-sourced from farmer friends such as Black Earth Meats, Jordandal Farms, Drumlin Community Garden and Emerald Meadows Family Farms. And be sure to check out the new seasonal Harvest menu, consisting exclusively of the bounty of freshness from community farms.
Be sweet during Local Harvest and visit Bloom Bake Shop in Middleton for their delicious treats. All three days, Bloom will be featuring Fresh Beet & Brown Sugar Pastry Pockets and Sweet Pumpkin Pastry Pockets in honor of the fall season!
Join Bunky's all three nights as they highlight the season's bounty with the combined flavors of Italian and Mediterranean!
Butternut Squash Bisque featuring Sprouting Acres Farm and Sassy Cow Creamery
Moroccan Lamb Shank w/Tuscan White Beans featuring Black Earth Meats
Visit Graze during lunch to sample the grilled cheese special or dinner for a taste of the burger of the week, or any of our other seasonal dishes, all featuring local ingredients, every day of the year! Our current menus can be seen here (http://grazemadison.com/main.
A local favorite! The Greenbush Bar will be featuring specials all three nights that highlight local meats and vegetables.
Smoked brisket pizza with BBQ sauce
Mushroom lasagna with bechemel
A seasonal soup (TBD)
A seasonal dessert (TBD)
Let Harvest bring you a unique dining experience and a menu enhanced by seasonal locally-grown, and organic ingredients.
First course: House-made Country-Style Pork Pate (Butler's Farm), Elderberries (Mary Ellen Frey/Farmers' Market), Mustard Greens (Harmony Valley Farm)
Entrée course: Grilled Hanger Steak (Lange Family Farms), Warm Potato Salad (potatoes from Garden to Be and Black Earth Organics, herbs from Harmony Valley Farm and Ridgeland Organics) and Chimichurri Sauce
Dessert: Poached Moonglow Pears (Future Fruit Farm), Crème Fraiche Semifreddo, (cream from Sassy Cow Creamery), Maple Candy and Hickory Nut Tuile (syrup and hickory nuts from Sylvan Disch at the Farmers Market)
Influenced by rustic European flavors, jacs Dining & Tap House brings you a wonderful selection of specials all three nights.
Homegrown Butternut Squash Bisque featuring Sassy Cow cream cup $3, bowl $5
Rushing Waters Rainbow Trout served with local vegetable medley and Dijon-cream sauce $19
Local Mac-n-Cheese with WI Cheddar & Swiss Cheese, Usingers Apple wood smoked bacon & black forest ham, bread crumb gratin $16
Locavore Burger: Pecatonica Valley ground beef, WI cheddar, Usingers apple wood smoked bacon, WI cranberry aioli, caramelized onions $12
Our seasonal menus, crafted by Chef Tory Miller, always highlight farm-fresh produce, cheeses and meats year-round, straight from the farmer's market to your table. Featuring old-world culinary techniques, our ever-changing menu emphasizes the delicious ingredients grown on our local farms. A sample menu can viewed here (http://letoile-restaurant.com/
Enjoy the ambience, music and cuisine of Liliana's as Chef Dave Heide has prepared a special three course menu featuring local food all three nights!
First Course: Mixed green salad with Eplegaarden honeycrisp apples, dried Wisconsin cranberries, Fantome Farm montrachet and spicy pecans with an apricot vinaigrette
Entree: Grilled Fox Valley Berkshire milk-fed pork with Yesteryear Farms organic butternut squash risotto, wilted Drumlin Community Farms collard greens and sage gravy
Dessert: Basil creme brulee made with Sassy Cow cream, basil from Garden to Be and eggs from Liliana's own chickens (She is very proud of them!)
Let Lombardino's take you on a trip to Italy when you dine with them during the Local Harvest event. All three nights, they will be featuring the following specials:
Squash Soup
Garden to Be butternut squash with autumn spice, topped with creme fraiche
Roasted Beet Salad
Garden to Be beets with gorgonzola, walnuts, greens and beet vinaigrette
Housemade Pappardelle with Jordandal Farm Pork
Slow roasted local pork tossed with golden raisins, toasted pine nuts and white wine, topped with parmesan
Always fresh, always local! Support the local food movement with Mermaid Cafe all three nights as they feature a $25 Prix Fixe menu including a salad, dinner and dessert. Take a look at their menu here!
Food that everyone's Grandma used to make! You can find just that and a whole lot more at Monty's with their local food menu found here.
Sardine has created a wonderful menu featuring Garden to Be, Primrose Community Farm and Fountain Prairie Farm.
Wisconsin Cheese Plate
Purée heirloom squash soup, whipped crème fraîche, crispy beets
Arugula salad, bleeding heart radish, red shallots, spiced pumpkin seeds, crispy sweet potato, apple cider vinaigrette
Breaded pork cutlet, sautéed Brussels sprouts, fingerling potatoes, braised fall greens, honey gastrique
In a fun and vibrant environment, join Umami Ramen & Dumpling Bar on Wednesday, October 19th only for a $25 Prix Fixe Menu. You can enjoy the tastes of the season as you decide on a three course dinner including an appetizer, dumplings and ramen. Click here for a preview of the menu!
