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Friday Night Suppers
The suppers are from 6-ish to 7.30 pm, outside by the bigger bake oven. There is always soup, a vegetarian or vegan entrée, a meat entrée, a side dish, a salad, and dessert. Most of the groceries are bought at the organic farmers’ market on Thursday, and most of the cooking is done in the outdoor wood-fired bake-ovens. It’s delicious food, and conforms largely to the 100-mile “locavore” boundary. There’s a suggested donation ($7 for the main dish), all of which goes back into the park, and to pay for the groceries. But if you can’t spare the cash, donate at some other time – nobody goes away hungry! (Of course, if you feel like donating more than the suggested amount, that’s fine too.) Note: there is always kid food too -- organic hot dogs and mini-pizzas and the park's chocolate-chip oatmeal cookies.

Meat: pulled pork (Beretta's) with caramelized onions (Ted Thorpe), apples (Plan B), and potatoes (Sosnicki's).
Vegan: Potato (Sosnickis') and kale (Greenfields) enchiladas.
Side: Corn (Sosnickis') on the cob.
Dessert: cupcakes with park elderberry (park gardens) curd
The cooks today are Mary Sylwester, Cassandra Miller, and Leslie Lindsay.
Menus of previous Friday Night Suppers
posted March 17, 2006, updated May 24, 2006
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Everyone Welcome. No reservations are necessary. Park cooks use ingredients from the Thursday farmers' market. Prices: By donation. Suggested donations (to cover cost of materials plus park program fundraising): soup $2, main dish $6 (choice of meat or vegetarian/vegan), salad $2, dessert $2 - $3 depending. |
During the winter rink season, tables are set up in the rink house. During spring, summer, and early fall, the Friday Night Suppers are held outside, by the bake ovens. |
