Hi,
We are open Saturday and Sunday this Memorial Day weekend. Our summer hours are 11am-3pm for the cafe and farm store. Guest chef Robert Lugo will be in the kitchen Saturday. Come say hello! Saturday cafe menu below. Chef Rob and part of the staff will be catering a wedding off farm, and will return Sunday.
The first fresh chicken of the season! Whole chickens and parts will be available in the cooler. We are well stocked with our frozen beef, pork, and lamb (some specific cuts are sold out until the new harvest starts coming in). Lots of yummy regional cheeses from Cooperstown Cheese, Nettle Meadow and Brovetto Dairies.
Sunday BBQ! We'll start serving at noon and continue through 3pm. Slow roasted pork, smoked chicken and our new hot dogs! Lots of sides, dessert and beverages. Menu below. $25 per adult includes everything. Children under 15 pay their age. Please let us know if you plan to come. A head count is so very helpful!
Announcing Rob's farm-made hot dogs, at the BBQ and for sale in the store.
Farmer John will be at the East Durham Irish Festival this weekend with some of our favorite and friendliest sheep with their lambs. Our Mascot Heather and her triplets, Sweet Face and her triplets, and a few adorable Icelandic bottle babies will be grazing near the traditional Irish cottage. Go by and pet the sheep!
Coming up:
Fiber Arts Weekend, May 30 and 31. Free demonstrations. Saturday morning llama, alpaca and sheep shearing. Saturday afternoon, learn knitting and drop spindle with Maggie Corrigan. Sunday afternoon. Vicki and Skip will be taking fleece from the raw material, cleaning, carding, spinning, to the final product of yarn. Try your hand at it! For sale will be raw fleece, yarn, spinning wheels, pottery yarn bowls, pottery buttons, knitting patterns and more
June 13 Supper Club is sold out. Make your reservation now for June 27.
Upcoming Events:
May 23 (Sat) New summer hours 11am-3pm for cafe and farm store
May 24 (Sun) Memorial Weekend BBQ here. Starts at 12 noon. Headcount, please!
May 30 & 31 Fiber Arts Weekend: free shearing, spinning, knitting demos and more
June 13 (Sat) Supper Club (sold out)
June 21 (Sun) Father's Day Brunch
June 27 (Sat) Supper Club (make your reservation now)
July 25 (Sat) Supper Club (make your reservation now)
July 26 (Sun) Supper Club (make your reservation now)
Come enjoy our outdoor cafe. Saturday cafe and Sunday BBQ menus below!
Cafe menu Saturday, May 23, 11am-3pm
Chicken and Corn Chowder
File cabinet smoked chicken, peppers, and Keuka gold potatoes simmered in the last of our local corn stock and Cowbella milk. (GF) 7
Mushroom and Asparagus Frittata
Barber’s Farm asparagus, Bulich’s creminis and shiitakes, Brovetto cheese, and our own eggs (GF, Veg) 10
Crepes
Paper thin wheaten or buckwheat pancakes served savory with ramp and reisling sausage and mornay sauce, or sweet with port wine poached figs and farm made mascarpone cheese. Served with breakfast sausage or fruit salad. (Veg optional, GF optional) 11
Catalan Beef Stew
Pieces of grassfed beef simmered with white wine, tomatoes, vegetables, and ground almonds. Served over rice with a side salad. (GF) 12
Charcuterie Platter
A selection of our farm made charcuterie and local cheeses, including mortadella with dried cherries and pine nuts, chicken terrine with figs, port, and almonds, Cooperstown and Nettle Meadow cheeses, almond crackers, pickled Barber’s Farm beets, and farm made mustard. (GF) 18
Curried Chicken Salad Sandwich
Our own pastured chicken mixed with curry spices, vegetables, and raisins and served on a farm baked oat roll. 11
Farmhouse Salad
Local greens, red onion, cucumber, radish, and bell pepper tossed with yogurt and pink peppercorn dressing and topped with ramp and reisling sausage or a tea brined egg. (GF, Veg optional) 10
Dessert Cream Cheese Brownies 4.50
BBQ Menu, Sunday, May 24 serving starts at Noon, $25/pp all inclusive
Coffee Brined Chicken
Slow Smoked Pork
Nitrate Free Hot Dogs
Served with:
Sauces:
Rhubarb Barbecue Sauce
Farm made barbecue sauce flavored with tart rhubarb
Ramp and Chive Pesto
Wild ramps and chives blended with olive oil and local cheese
Sides:
Spring Slaw (GF, Veg)
Local cabbage with red onion, pea shoots, and a lemony vinaigrette
Sweet Potato Salad (GF, Veg)
Roasted sweet potatoes with leeks, walnuts, and sharp Toma Celena cheese
Wild Rice Salad (GF, Veg)
A hearty salad of wild and jasmine rices with asparagus, and local mushrooms
Drop Biscuits
Dessert:
Brownies
Lemon Panna Cotta
Beverages
Best,
Carol
Carol Clement
Eat local, wear wool, make or buy art
Heather Ridge Farm
& the Bees Knees Cafe
989 Broome Center Road
Preston Hollow, NY 12469
518-239-6234
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