Celebrate the Harvest Week in Hunt Country
Next Week September 25th - October 4th, many of the restaurants in Virginia’s Hunt Country will recognize the year’s bountiful harvest by offering special dishes on their menus featuring fresh and local produce, meats, cheeses, wines and other edibles. The “Celebrate the Harvest Week” aims to bring together local farmers, vintners and food artisans with the area’s restaurateurs, who are excited to showcase locally produced goods. Following the success of last year’s inaugural Celebrate the Harvest, which highlighted two weekends later in the Fall, this year’s event is being held earlier in the season and has been expanded to include restaurants in Middleburg, Upperville, and The Plains, Va. The campaign is part of an ongoing cooperative effort to promote local, fresh and seasonal foods. The restaurants and farms hope the effort to use more local products will help their clients understand the importance of knowing where their foods come from and eat more local, seasonal and fresh foods.
“Many of the products that will be used by the chefs during this week are available to consumers at their local farmers’ markets, or directly from the farms through a simple visit or a community-supported agriculture (CSA) program, Alyson Browett, owner of Edible Complex, LLC, and an organizer of the event, said. She added, “We’d like consumers to realize the nutritional, economic and environmental benefits of eating locally produced foods and begin demanding more of it in their favorite restaurants and grocery stores.”
Call your favorite Middleburg, Upperville or The Plains restaurant to inquire about specials or to make a reservation. Walk-ins are welcome, but reservations are recommended. Whatever you do get out and Celebrate the Harvest.
Annie’s 540-687-4754
Back Street Cafe 540-687-3122
Blackthorne Inn & Restaurant 540-592-3848
The Coach Stop 540-687-5515
Forlano’s Market 540-253-5456
The French Hound 540-687-3018
Girasole 540-253-5501
The Goodstone Inn 877-219-4663
Hidden Horse Tavern 540-687-3828
Home Farm 540-687-8882
Hunter’s Head Tavern 540-592-9020
Market Salamander 540-687-8011
Mello Out 540-687-8635
The Rail Stop 540-253-5644
Red Fox Inn 540-687-6301
Posted under: Events, Farms and Farmers, Fauquier County, Gourmet Food, Land Conservation and Environmental Stewardship, Local Products, Loudoun County, News, Restaurants, Wineries by Margaret McCann on September 22nd, 2009
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