Spend a summer evening dining alfresco at The Morton Arboretum. On Thursday, August 13, savor a five-course menu that highlights fresh and flavorful ingredients from Midwest farms and food artisans.
Courses are expertly paired with spirits from Midwestern organic distillery Journeyman Distillery, including their signature collaboration with The Morton Arboretum, Oak Rye Bourbon.
The Farm-to-Table Dinner will take place from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. in the Arboretum’s Firefly Pavilion, a sustainably-built three-season event venue with a scenic patio.
Guitarist Jim Perona will perform throughout the evening from a repertoire that spans flamenco, classical, baroque, and contemporary styles.
Tickets
Purchase Farm-to-Table Dinner tickets and member tickets.
Cost: $120
Member cost: $110
This event is for adults aged 21 and older. No children, including infants in strollers, will be permitted.
Your ticket purchase helps support the Arboretum’s vision of a greener, healthier, more beautiful world where people and trees thrive together.
Farm-to-Table Dinner Menu
Amuse Bouche
Whipped Blue Cheese and Bourbon Peaches (GF) (V)
Whipped local blue cheese, Journeyman Distillery bourbon-infused roasted peaches, fresh thyme, micro arugula
Appetizer
Smoked Chicken Meatballs
Slagel Family Farms smoked chicken, Alabama barbecue sauce, collard greens
Paired with Journeyman Distillery, Featherbone Bourbon Lemonade
Salad
Heirloom Tomato and Stone Fruit Panzanella (V)
Heirloom tomatoes, cherries, nectarines, plums, torn burrata, basil, julienned red onion, ciabatta, shallot vinaigrette
Paired with Journeyman Distillery, Pit Spitter Cherry Old Fashioned
Entree
Fire-Roasted Hanger Steak (GF) (NF)
Slagel Family Farms hanger steak, herb compound butter, purple potato and parsnip puree, blistered green beans, roasted heirloom tomatoes, crispy fried leeks
Paired with Journeyman Distillery and The Morton Arboretum collaboration, Oak Rye Bourbon
Dessert
Sweet Corn Panna Cotta (GF) (V)
Local Indiana sweet corn-infused panna cotta, Michigan blueberry compote, chili-roasted popcorn
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GF–Gluten Friendly NF–Nut Free V–Vegetarian
Farm-to-Table Dinner Vegetarian Menu
Amuse Bouche
Whipped Blue Cheese and Bourbon Peaches (GF) (V)
Whipped local blue cheese, Journeyman Distillery bourbon-infused roasted peaches, fresh thyme, micro arugula
Appetizer
House-Made Beyond Meatballs (V)
Beyond Meatballs plant-based meatballs, Alabama barbecue sauce, collard greens
Paired with Journeyman Distillery, Featherbone Bourbon Lemonade
Salad
Heirloom Tomato and Stone Fruit Panzanella (V)
Heirloom tomatoes, cherries, nectarines, plums, torn burrata, basil, julienned red onion, ciabatta, shallot vinaigrette
Paired with Journeyman Distillery, Pit Spitter Cherry Old Fashioned
Entree
Stuffed Farro Sweet Peppers (V)
Purple potato and parsnip puree, blistered green beans, roasted heirloom tomatoes, crispy fried leeks
Paired with Journeyman Distillery and The Morton Arboretum Collaboration, Oak Rye Bourbon
Dessert
Sweet Corn Panna Cotta (GF) (V)
Local Indiana sweet corn-infused panna cotta, Michigan blueberry compote, chili-roasted popcorn
Icon Key
GF–Gluten Friendly NF–Nut Free V–Vegetarian
