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Local Night Out is September 9, 10 and 11!

This annual event is so much fun we are expanding it to three nights this year! You have three chances to get out and try some of the best food in town. Options are bountiful- there's something local on the menu for everyone. Read below for a sampling of the delicious specials...


		Local Night Out is our annual celebration of local foods and the chefs who turn them into delicious meals. Join us by going out to eat at one of our participating restaurants from September 9th-11th. Each is featuring special menu options or events. By enjoying a great meal at a Local Night Out restaurant you get a terrific local meal, you show your support for businesses that buy local foods, and you contribute to building a more sustainable food system. Each restaurant is donating a portion of the proceeds from Local Night Out back to REAP's Buy Fresh Buy Local program- helping restaurants and farmers connect. Local Night Out is also working with the Wisconsin Eat Local Challenge to encourage Wisconsinites across the state to spend 10% of their food budget on locally grown foods. Take the Challenge and sign up today at www.eatlocalwisconsin.com Also, don't foget about REAP's Food For Thought Festival September 19-20th!


		LOCAL NIGHT OUT PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS: Bluephies Bunky's Cafe The Dardanelles Fresco The Greenbush Bar Harvest Ian's Pizza and Salad L'Etoile Lombardino's The Madison Club Monroe Street Bistro The Old Fashioned RP's Fork and Spoon Cafe The Weary Traveler Washington Hotel Coffee Room For full restaurant profiles including contact information and a list of all our BFBL Partner restaurants committed to local food, check our Spotlight page. Although previously listed, Brasserie V is unable to offer a special for this year's Local Night Out. But you are welcome to visit them anytime of the year for good food from local farms.			What are our partners offering for Local Night Out? Here's a sampling! Check back often as our chefs decide what to feature for their Local Night Out special... Join The Madison Club at 5 E Wilson Street as they open up to the public just for Local Night Out! This is your chance to taste how Chef Dan prepares Fountain Prairie Farm beef, Jordandal chicken, and vegetables fresh from the Dane County Farmers' Market. Call 608 255 4861 for reservations. Stop in for a slice of pizza at Ian's Pizza and Salad at 115 State Street. With fun pizza special and a delicious salad bar bursting with fresh local ingredients, Ian's Pizza is a truly unique local food experience. The Local Night Out menu at Bunky's Cafe at 2827 Atwood Avenue reflects their Italian and Mediterranean focus, but with local ingredients. Choose from starters, entrees and desserts all prepared with farm fresh food. Beet salad, Moroccan chicken, carrot cake... you'll have a hard time deciding. No local food experience is complete without a meal at L'Etoile, 25 N Pickney Street. Try their $39 prix fixe 3-course dinner and learn why they are a leader in the nationwide local foods movement. The menu will feature some of the finest Wisconsini producers and reflect the late summer season. Reservations are recommended: 608 251 0500


					Newcomers to the restaurant scene, the Monroe Street Bistro at 2611 Monroe Street is celebrating with their 3-course prix fixe dinner complete with wine pairings from Botham Vineyards. For $45 you'll enjoy an artisan cheese sampler with selections from Hook's Cheese and Pleasant Ridge Reserve, an hierloom tomato salad from Shooting Star Farm and either a flatiron steak from Fountain Prairie Farm or farm-fresh vegetable marinara pasta entree with 2 glasses of wine- all from Wisconsin growers. Call Savor heirloom tomato napoleons - crisp parmesan wafers layered with colorful tomatoes - at the Washington Hotel Coffee Room at 420 W Lakeside Street. C. This coffee shop regularly features bread made with wheat grown on Washington Island and other local delicacies handmade at the Washington Island Hotel. Meet the farmer at Bluephies! (2701 Monroe Street) Farmers John and Dorothy from Fountain Prairie Farm and Carrie and Eric from Jordandal Farm will be joining local spirits distiller Nick from Yahara Bay in Bluephies newly expanded space. CHECK BACK AS NEW DETAILS ARE POSTED!
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