What
Grange Within Range Dinner Series
When
5:30 p.m., Friday, October 27
Where
Tohono Chul Garden Bistro
7366 N. Paseo Del Norte
More Info
(520) 742-6455
tohonochulpark.org
Chiles, chocolate, and chemistry are on the menu for round two in the three-part dinner series.
Tohono Chul Garden Bistro is hosting another “Grange Within Range” at 5:30 p.m., Friday, October 27.
If you’re not familiar with Tohono Chul, the park encompasses 49 acres featuring a number of unique gardens and desert life. Some of the ingredients Garden Bistro uses are grown on the property.
This second addition of the three-part dinner series features chiles and chocolate flavor profiles from local purveyors in a 75-mile radius.
Cocktail hour will begin at 5:30 p.m, so grab a drink and appetizers before the big dinner kicks off at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets are $75 per person, and it’s always a good idea to snag them ahead of time to reserve your spot.
‘Grange Within Range’ Cocktail Hour Menu
First Course
- Goat Cheese Marshmallow – dark chocolate dust and gournay cheez-it
- Buckalew Corn and Oddballz Farms Chicken Rolled Taco – with lemon basil cremoso
- I’itoi Confit – San Xavier cholla tea and torn pepita bread
‘Grange Within Range’ Dinner Menu
Second Course
- Pumpking and Dumplings – local potato chochoyotes, grilled Buckalew Farms pumpkin, white sage and chocolate, pistachio brown butter
Third Course
- Fire Braised Pork Belly – Walking J pork belly, Ramona Farms tepary bean, ancho broth and aromatics dried corn vinaigrette
Fourth Course
- Braised Beef and Hand Rolled Noodles – coco rubbed beef cheek, cascabel fideo, heirloom tomato, carrot soubise
Fifth Course
- Nitro Sorbet and Juice – prickly pear and pasilla negra cryosphere, sweet basil and dried market apple, local raisin syrup
Make sure to catch the third dinner in the series, too.
- Friday, November 24 – “Present to Past” featuring flavors within 50 miles.
Tohono Chul Garden Bistro is located at 7366 N. Paseo Del Norte. For more information, call (520) 742-6455 or visit tohonochulpark.org.
Article written by:
Matt Sterner
More about MattAt a very young age, Matt Sterner was gifted with the artistic ability to masterfully roll a burrito to the highest of standards, but the wrapped medley of delicious innards wasn’t his first love. Matt’s first true love was a combination of reading, writing, and creating. He grew up reading comics, the ingredients list of his shampoo and conditioner bottles, choose-your-own-adventure books, and the Scrabble dictionary — something he found useful when challenging his grandmother to a game.
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