CANCELLATION POLICY | MASK POLICY | PROOF OF VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS| WEATHER & COVID POLICY | BROOKLYN GRANGE COVID SAFETY PRACTICESCheck out this delicious menu inspired by the many variations of pollination! WASP: Fig sap curd, fig leaf nectar, lamb liver pate, ferments, cures & yeasted sheet-bread.BEE: Nightshades, Night Eyes mead lees, honeyed soy, garlic confit, egg.WIND: Starch skin, wheat tendon, mock chicken, shmaltz, sunflower. RUMEN: Pastured cow breast, beurre sambal, forage.TROPICS: white chocolate chaud-froid, banana milk sabayon, coffee caramel.
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RJ Gitter of Honey’s curates a botanically-driven omnivorous menu to celebrate the pollinating power of farm fresh food!
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Garden-to-glass cocktails curated with our pollinator pals in mind and our favorite ode to bees - MEAD!
As summer fades and fall begins, we'd like to take a moment to pause, reflect on the season, and offer gratitude to MONA and all her creatures. MONA, our heartfelt moniker for MOther NAture.
New York State is home to more than 450 wild pollinator species. They are responsible for pollinating most of our commercial crops AND maintaining the biodiversity of our environment. Quite a feat, but between climate change and poor agricultural practices, these beautiful insects and birds are at risk. So we felt it was important to highlight NY's living landscape and the symbiotic relationship that exists between pollinators and the local ecology.We'd like to tell this story by doing what we do best: gathering people around the table for a meal with a message.
We couldn’t pull this one off alone, so we’re bringing in the pros to show us how to live off the land and transform the unexpected into something botanically delicious! Enter: Enlightenment Wines Meadery- they’ve been creating small batch meads made with all NY State sourced wild yeast, foraged herbs, local fruits and of course, honey, since 2009. Their tasting room and cocktail bar Honey’s is low-key the best bar in Brooklyn, but maybe we’re biased. Guests will experience a unique tasting of their meads and natural wines throughout the dinner.
Joining us in the farm kitchen is RJ Gitter - manager and cook of Honey's. RJ seeks to emphasize the many metamorphoses entailed in edible things: from the cultivation of a plant, its miraculous shift (facilitated by pollinators) from seed to vegetable to inflorescence to fruit — to the many refinements and generations achieved in the kitchen with heat, salt, and time. The omnivorous menu will prominently feature farm produce so come prepared to take some risks, as your plate is transformed in unexpected ways. Think intense reductions and funky ferments, balanced with fresh fruit, veggies, and toothsome bites. A meal with all the transience and flair of a swallowtail.
Your plate will overflow with the local flora and fauna of the ecosystem these creatures support, and in turn, supports them. So come raise a glass full of mead as we toast the magic of pollinators — they bring what we eat to life!ABOUT FARM DINNER SERIES:
This dinner series is our way of celebrating our farmers, the talent of our favorite NYC chefs and local makers, and our love for food, community, and environmental sustainability. Growing food is a major part of our operation at Brooklyn Grange but our favorite part of what we do is being able to commune with you on our roofs! We invite you to gather, eat and learn with us at one of our four dinners: Veggiepalooza, a multi-course vegetarian feast, Sky High Tomato Dinner, an ode to our favorite nightshade, the Compost Dinner, a food waste focused and thought-provoking dining experience, and Pollinate Your Plate, a dinner, and love letter, highlighting the living landscape of our city!