Sept 30 Update: We have just heard that the Cafe Rouge benefit dinner has been canceled, due to unforeseen circumstances and slow ticket sales. This is very disappointing — the menu looked great, and we had high hopes for raising funds from it.
To receive a refund for this event, contact 1-800-838-3006 or e-mail at Support@BrownPaperTickets.com before OCT. 8 and BrownPaperTickets.com will then provide you with instructions for receiving your refund.
Berkeley’s Café Rouge (1782 4th St.), whose butcher shop has carried Soul Food Farm eggs for years, is hosting a prix fixe family-style dinner ($50 including wine) on Monday Oct. 5, from 6-9:30pm, to raise funds for Soul Food Farm.
The dinner is shaping up to be an over-the-top fantastic meal, with the best area farms donating the ingredients: vegetables from Full Belly Farms, and meats from Devil’s Gulch Ranch and Red Hill Farms. Cafe Rouge’s Marsha McBride and Rick DeBeaord and Christopher Lee (of the recently closed Eccolo) have created this inspired menu:
Soul Food Farm Benefit Dinner at Cafe Rouge
Schiacciatta with Vegetables a’la Grecque – grape-studded focaccia served with pickled vegetables
Breaded and Deep Fried Farm Egg with Mixed Chicories and Romano Beans
Chris’s Fish Soup
Mixed Grill Platter of Locally Raised Meat and Poultry
Fresh Shell Bean Ragout
Roasted Late Summer Vegetables
Roasted Figs with Honey Ice Cream
Homemade Cookies
