Menu
We are excited to welcome you to our Community Table throughout the fall. 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.
Chef Juan Pablo Cruz, Executive Chef at Gema, showcases authentic Mexican gastronomy that heightens traditional flavors and indigenous ingredients to create innovative dishes. Chef Cruz has created a menu that focuses on the integrity of every ingredient – just like our approach to food at The Ecology Center.
With every dish at Gema, Chef Cruz brings a seasonal menu that praises the rich culinary history of Mexico while reflecting the high-level techniques and refined presentations that one could expect to find at the country’s top restaurants. Because our farm is situated within a similar bioregion as Mexico, we grow crops that are staples of Mexican cuisine with the height of harvest during the Summer months – right when Chef Cruz will be joining us for an unforgettable dinner inspired by the season’s freshest and most local ingredients. We hope you can join us for this special evening!
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
