ChewPaca Dinner w/ Demeters

It started, like a lot of good ideas do, with a casual conversation.

The folks at Demeters have been part of this community for as long as we have. They know food, they know where it comes from, and they care about the same things we care about. We had a barn, a pasture, a herd of opinionated alpacas, and a feeling that the right kind of dinner would just about make itself.

Somewhere between “wouldn’t it be fun” and “let’s actually put a date on it,” the Demeters Dinner at Chewpaca Farm was born.

The idea is simple. Show up at 6:30pm, grab a drink, wander the farm, and get to know the alpacas (they’ll get to know you whether you like it or not). Dinner follows at 7:30, built around what’s good and what’s in season, sourced through Demeters. We wind down around 9.

It’s not really about the menu (but.. that is a huge highlight), as good as it’ll be. It’s about sitting down at a long table with neighbors, friends of friends, and a few faces you haven’t met yet. Slowing down. Being outside. Sharing an hour or two with the kind of company that makes a Friday night feel like the start of something.

We hope ya’ll will join us.

The Menu

Starters
– Demeter’s common grazing table
– RO Artisan Bread w/ hand-churned fresh butter
– Heirloom tomato sourdough Boursin torte

Salad
– “Strawberry Fields Forever” kale salad with past, present, and future local strawberries

Main
– 13-hour roasted beef with a parsley-carrot gravy

Sides
– Stone-ground Parmesan grits with a bay laurel foam
– Spring medley roast — sweet potatoes, Yukon Gold, red potatoes, rutabaga, and Brussels — finished with a brown-butter honey sauce
– Slow-cooked Southern greens in a triple-vinegar smoked-butter potlikker broth

Dessert
– Lemon poppyseed bars, lemon possets, and homemade vanilla whipped cream