Beverly's Update, January 2025
HAVE A MAGICAL 2025
As we experience beautiful nights and days of January, I hope all of you have a cozy winter.
*** The Restaurant will close on January 2 and re-open for service on January 11, 2025 ***
A Message from Beverly
January - the month of new beginnings! I love that the days are getting longer. This weather is a tease. Challenging to grow and yet I am not complaining because I love the warmth, tolerate the cold and look forward to a new growing season. Seed catalogues have arrived, orders are being made, and plan we must, as we think of all the possibilities. We continue to experience many blessings because of you and your support of our restaurant. We are grateful and embrace your kindness and support. I am honored and humbled that I have been able to live my dream. Meeting and speaking with you throughout the years lifts me to heights I would never have believed that I could achieve.
May 2025 bring you blessings way beyond your expectations and embrace wisdom and looks forward with hope. I hope you stretch your wings and fly. Look for the positive in every moment, breathe deeply, accept unconditionally, listen intently, embrace life with passion, nurture and above all understand.
The Restaurant at Patowmack Farm continues to bring the earth-to-table culinary experience to you as we embrace what Patowmack Farm has always offered, honoring where our food comes from, promoting our cuisine as a bridge from the natural world to humanity and cultivating a sense of place within our ecosystem. Our focus will always embrace local ingredients, offering an exceptional experience while providing the finest culinary experience.
From the earth to your table, we offer you a rare experience with a breathtaking view and natural setting overlooking the Potomac River. Each course presents inspiration for the seasons and harmony with the earth. The chefs draw from what the region has to offer, crafting a tasting menu of what our farm and local farmers, foragers and artisan producers provide. The elemental base of fresh ingredients serves as inspiration for our cuisine. Regardless of the season, you will experience contemporary, local cuisine that "excites the palate and nourishes the soul."®
From all of us at the farm, our most sincere thanks for your continued support.
"It's time for greatness - not for greed. It's time for idealism - not ideology. Its time not just for compassionate words, but compassionate action." Marian Wright Edelman, Children's Rights Advocate
We have many events coming up in the near future.
We hope you will join us
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OCTOBER ONE WINERY DINNER
THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 2025
Indulge your senses and immerse yourself for a delightful evening of wines form October One (O1V) paired with a 4-course dinner hand crafted by our chefs. Come unwind and raise a glass celebrating the new year.
6:00 p.m.
$195.00 per person plus tax and gratuity
Seats are limited, so we encourage you to reserve yours today for an unforgettable culinary experience!
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BRUNCH/LUNCH
SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 2025
12:00 - 2:30 p.m.
$100.00 per person plus drinks, tax and gratuity
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Chef Colby will participate in Chefs Cycle, a No Kid Hungry event to be held in Bend, Oregon, June 2 - 4, 2025.
Chefs Cycle isn’t a race - it’s a celebration of your dedication to fundraising for No Kid Hungry. Whether a professional chef, a food enthusiast, a hospitality professional, or a No Kid Hungry advocate, anyone can participate.
During the two-day ride through Bend, Oregon, riders support one another, with experienced cyclists helping beginners, and everyone crossing the finish line at their own pace. They can do daily 100-mile routes or opt for the slightly shorter (approx. 60-mile) route that still offers a great challenge.
With a mission-driven focus, Chefs Cycle riders commit to an individual fundraising minimum of $4,500. These funds cover accommodations, ride entry, and support No Kid Hungry’s mission to end childhood hunger in America.
Colby believes no one is more entitled to food than our youth. He wants his personal purpose to mean more than just cooking and this is a step in that direction. He would truly appreciate your generous support of his Chefs Cycle campaign benefiting No Kid Hungry. Your contribuion will truly make a difference in the fight against childhood hunger. He also has a facebook page with a link to the fundraising page. Access the fundraiser here.
We would all like to express our heartfelt gratitude for your generous support of Chef Colby's Chefs Cycle campaign benefiting No Kid Hungry.
With all of that, we will be holding a few events to help Colby meet his goal - the first on January 26, 2025.
"FROM TABLE TO CHEFS CYCLE"
Special Meatloaf dinner to raise funds for Chef Colby's No Kid Hungry Chefscycle
Reservations 6:00 p.m.
$75.00 per person plus drinks, tax and gratuity
All profits to support this event.
No Kid Hungry
No child should go hungry in America. But millions don’t know where their next meal is coming from. No Kid Hungry is ending childhood hunger by helping launch and improve programs that give all kids the healthy food they need to thrive. This is a problem we know how to solve. No Kid Hungry is a campaign by Share Our Strength, an organization working to end hunger and poverty.
Every child deserves three meals a day to grow up healthy and achieve their dream. Unfortunately, 9.3 million kids may face hunger this year in America. As fierce advocates for children and family, No Kid Hungry brings together experts, parents, teachers, decision makers and leaders to end childhood hunger in America.
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FEBRUARY - A MONTH OF LOVE
Don't forget to make your Valentine's Day reservations early - there are still seats available - it fills up quickly
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4-COURSE DESSERT TASTING
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2025
Delicious Desserts - Sweet and Fresh - by Mykel
Today's special - Eat Dessert!!
Reservations 6:00 p.m.
$150.00 per person plus tax and gratuity
$50.00 optional wine pairing
We are having a Patowmack Dessert Day - the sweetest form of self-love! What a perfect way to relax. So come in and celebrate the season of love - while delighting in indulgent desserts. Like Beverly's Mother used to say - "one can eat dessert whenever one wants."
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VALENTINE'S DAY DINNER
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2025
Reservations taken 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
$200.00 per person plus drinks, tax and gratuity
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BRUNCH/LUNCH
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2025
$100.00 per person plus drinks, tax and gratuity
12:00 - 2:30 p.m.
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LOST CREEK WINERY DINNER
SUNDAY - MARCH 9, 2025
Always surprising, sustainable and exquisite flavors. Join us for a 4-course dinner paired with the wines of Lost Creek.
Sure to impress - experience an evening of gourmet cuisine and wine that will surely tantalize your tastebuds.
Reservations: 6:00 p.m.
$225.00 per person plus tax and gratuity
Aimee and Todd Henkle's philosophy is to let the fruit speak for itself. They seek to make their wines from the fruit of the vineyard and minimize as much intervention in the cellar as possible. They embrace sustainable vineyard practices that utilize organic and minimal environmental impact practices which promotes sustainable farming and living soil. They focus on showcasing the local fruit of Loudoun County and using high quality winemaking techniques to produce elegant and complex wines with acidity and fruitiness. Their fruit is harvested from their Meridian Ridge Vineyard along the Blue Ridge Mountains in Loudoun County near the town of Bluemont, Virginia. The "mountain" as they fondly call it, ripens and expresses fruit that is rarely seen in Virginia.
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THE MISTY MUSHROOMS DINNER
SUNDAY - MARCH 23, 2025
Join us for a 4-course mushroom dinner with mushroom farmer, Chris Petro of Misty Meadow Mushrooms Farm and experience fantastically flavorful mushroom dishes by Executive Chef Colby and team.
Reservations: 6:00 p.m.
$125.00 per person plus drinks, tax and gratuity
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EASTER LUNCH
SUNDAY - APRIL 20, 2025
Reservations taken at 12:30 & 1:00 and 2:30, 3:00 & 3:30 p.m.