Homegrown Fort Collins is a month long celebration of our local food and agricultural roots. We hope you'll join us at the following Homegrown Fort Collins events!

Battle of the Burners - Sept. 25, 2010:

Six well known local chefs compete for best first, second, and third course using locally sourced ingredients. Attendees will enjoy plates of all six of the chefs’ creations, each paired with a great local beer.

Adventures in Food - Sept. 18, 2010:

Join Chef David Daggett, owner of Tastebuds Epicurean Café, as he teaches you how to prepare the locally sourced, multi-course meal he’ll be serving you for dinner. Chef Happy, Scott Hapner, will cook lunch with your kids at Youth Adventures in Food.

Downtown Tasting Tours - Sept. 10-26, 2010:

Eighteen downtown restaurants offer custom menus highlighting foods prepared by local chefs, featuring locally sourced ingredients.

PARTNER EVENTS:

Sustainable Living Fair - Sept. 18-19, 2010: Featuring nationally acclaimed speakers, 250 exhibitors, and more than 50 workshops and demonstrations.

Harvestival - Sept. 11-12, 2010: Featuring live music, local food and drink, fun for the kids (hay rides, pumpkin bowling, straw bale maze), and farmer’s market.

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Downtown Tasting Tours: Sept. 10-26, 2010

Experience the taste of our local ingredients while you feast in Downtown Fort Collins restaurants. Participating restaurants are creating menu "specials" that feature and primarily use locally sourced produce and meats.

Participating restaurants include:

1. Austin's American Grill

2. Beach House Grill

3. Bisetti’s

4. Café Ardour

5. CooperSmiths Pub & Brewery

6. Crown Pub

7. Enzio’s Italian Kitchen

8. Fish

9. Fort Collins Food Co-op

10. Jay’s Bistro

11. La Luz Mexican Grill

12. Mugs Coffee Lounge

13. Rustic Oven

14. Snooze

15. Sonny Lubick Steakhouse

16. Spoons Soups & Salads

17. Starry Night Cafe

18. Tasty Harmony

Restaurant Menu Items:

Austin's American Grill	Entree: Mojito Leg of Lamb with Mint Pesto:Leg of Lamb- Locally raised lamb slow roasted on the rotisserie and hand carved. Served with mint pesto , brown rice Quinoa pilaf and Grant Farms Vegetables. $18.95 Dessert: Traditional crème brulee baked with Colorado Palisade peaches and topped with caramelized sugar.
Bisettis	Appetizer: Local beer battered veggie plater, served with house made dressing Entree: pasta, saute veggies, in an heirloom tomato sauce, topped with local dairy cheese. Dessert: Pallisade peach and rubarb tart, topped with fresh whip cream
Cafe Ardour	Appetizer: Gazpacho - chilled cucumber and tomato soup, garnished with a dollop of sour cream (featuring Native Hill and a local tomato grower's produce) Entree: Roasted Beet and Goat Cheese salad - served over a bed of mixed greens and garnished with toasted walnuts (featuring Native Hill produce)
CooperSmith's Pub & Brewery	Pub Side Entree: Grilled chicken breast over wilted spinach. Topped with marinated Heirloom tomatoes and sauteed mushrooms. All of these products were supplied by local venders. Pool Side Entree: A traditional Margherita pizza topped with fresh Mozzarella cheese, Heirloom tomatoes and fresh basil.
Enzio’s Italian Kitchen	Entree: 6 oz Hand cut Lamb Sirloin topped with homemade mint pesto and served with a side of risotto and Grant Family Farms spaghetti squash.
Fish	Entree: Pan seared Colorado trout drizzled in a Windsor Dairy Glendlevy fondue sauce (made with Guy Drew unoaked Chardonnay, Cortez, CO) served over locally sourced spinach, beans and leeks. $22
Starry Night	Breakfast: 1. Rustic Udi's Breakfast sandwich featuring local Eggs, local cheese and local tomatoes $4.95 2. Noosa Yogurt Parfait $3.25 Lunch: 1. Quich de Jour $4.95 Dessert: 1. Pumpkin Spice Tart with Toffee Crunch $3.85 2. House made Granola Bars
Sonny Lubick Steakhouse	Appetizer: Smoked colorado trout salad Entree: 8 Oz. Sterling silver prime rib Dessert: Colorado peach cobbler with vanilla ice cream
Tasty Harmony	Entree: Raw-violi - Paper thin beet and zucchini stuffed with pumpkin curry cashew ricotta in a fresh tomato thai basil sauce. Comes with a side of marinated vegetables. 12-

Price of menu item varies based on location.

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