We are excited to welcome you to our Community Table all summer. This beloved event brings a renowned chef to our farm to design an ecological meal around our four seasonal rotations (market garden, milpa, fruit forest, cover crops) highlighting the bioregional cuisine of San Juan. By bringing these culinary artists back to the source, they have the chance to connect with new ingredients, unearth fresh inspiration in our bioregion’s historic foodways, and discover the rewards of relationship with the land.
24 Suns is named for the 24 Solar Terms, a solar calendar used by Chinese agriculturalists for thousands of years that acknowledges the subtle changes from week to week. We embrace this concept with local micro seasonal cooking inspired by Chinese technique and tradition mixed with our classical training and the bounty of Southern California.
I (Nic) was first inspired by Chinese cuisine while working at 3 Michelin Benu in San Francisco, where the chefs took me dining in Chinatown where I was fascinated by the intensity and depth of flavor. After meeting Jacob at a San Diego fine dining restaurant we came together hoping to start a food truck, where our R&D nights turned quickly into long tasting menus and instead we became a pop up! Today we’re proudly operating our restaurant in Oceanside, CA.
FAQ
DIETARY PREFERENCES
Community Table dinners are fixed course, family-style meals. As such, we cannot accommodate every dietary restriction. Please email us with any dietary needs. We will try to accommodate for vegetarian/vegan needs, gluten intolerance, and seafood/shellfish allergies but let us know if there are any specific dietary restrictions for any of your guests. We will do our best to accommodate anything beyond the 3 listed. If there are any life threatening allergies we recommend emailing before purchasing tickets.
SCHEDULE
Community Table Dinners begin at 6pm, when we’ll start with drinks and a farm tour. We appreciate timeliness as the dinner is coursed intentionally with just one seating. Dinners typically end around 10pm.
REFUNDS
We can offer refunds up to one week before the dinner. In the case that you need to cancel last minute, we would be happy to work with you to pass along your tickets to friends or family members.
MEMBERSHIP
If you are an active member of The Ecology Center, thank you so much for your support! As a token of our appreciation, we are pleased to offer you exclusive ticket pricing. If you are not yet a member but wish to take advantage of the discount, please visit our SUPPORT page to become a member today. If you’re unsure of your membership status, feel free to reach out to us at [email protected], and we’ll be happy to assis
