Title: Summer’s Eve Dinner
Location: Osteria Via Stato
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Description: Kick off dinner for the Chicago Tomato Fest! Reception and family style dinner featuring local food!
Start Time: 17:30
Date: 2009-08-23

Kick off Dinner for the Chicago Tomato Fest 2009

Summer’s Eve Dinner

Join Executive Chef David DiGregorio for “A Summer’s Eve Dinner” with Slow Food Chicago, Kinnikinnick Farm and Candid Wines. Our “Summer’s Eve Dinner” will begin at 5:30 p.m. with a brief reception followed by a family style dinner beginning at 6:00 p.m. The evening will include an informal talk about the Midwest tomato season led by David Cleverdon, farmer & owner of Kinnikinnick Farm.

Date: Sunday August 23, 2009
Time: 6:00 PM Reception
6:30 PM Dinner
Place: Osteria Via Stato
650 N State Street

For Reservations: Osteria Via Stato Events Manager, Allison Gallese 312-642-8450
Cost: $35.00 includes a donation to Slow Food Chicago. Excludes tax and tip

Menu

Passed Hors D’ Oeuvres
Mini BLT with Applewood Smoked Bacon
Roman-Style Pizza with Eggplant, Fontina and Oven Dried Tomatoes

Wine: Tenuta Santome Prosecco, NV 100% Prosecco grapes from Treviso, fermented using natural yeasts.
Baconcello~bacon infused vodka~

Antipasti
Caprese with Fresh Tomatoes and Hand-Pulled Mozzarella
Panzanella Salad with Farmer’s Market Vegetables
Housemade Tomato Foccacia

Secondi
Tagliatelle with Tomatoes, Garlic and Fresh Basil
Slagel Farms Pork Tenderloin with Local Bacon, Onions, Peppers and Balsamic

Dessert
Almond Cake with Local Peaches and Raspberries; Housemade Vanilla Gelato

Wines
White: Jasci Trebbiano 2007~This Trebbiano is a dry, but rich wine that tastes like a combination of citrus and hazelnuts. Made from organically grown grapes from the Adriatic Coast.
Red: Jasci Montepulciano di Abruzzo~Montepulciano is the name of the grape. A perfect pair with Osteria Via Stato’s food this wine has good weight and bright, juicy fruit flavors. Like its white companion, Jasci’s Montepulciano is made from organically grown grapes.