Join River Tavern and Feast Market for Dinners at the Farm, a series of benefit dinners celebrating Connecticut's local farms, food and community. Each dinner is a unique experience held in the very fields from which the evening’s menu is sourced.

Chef and owner Jonathan Rapp of River Tavern restaurant and chef and owner Drew McLachlan of Feast Market created Dinners at the Farm as a way to generate awareness of the importance and vitality of our local farming community and the delicious, wholesome and abundant food it provides us.

The menus are spontaneous and bountiful, highlighting the richness of our local traditions of farming and fishing and the often forgotten value of eating fresh, vibrant food that was just harvested by a dedicated farmer you know and trust. Recreating a sense of connection to farming, cooking and eating is what Dinners at the Farm is all about.

Dinners at the Farm also strengthens our community by helping to raise funds for local agricultural and humanitarian non-profit organizations. Our first season held last year was an enormous success with sold-out dinners and waiting lists. But our true measure of success was the donation made to our ten beneficiaries of close to $17,000. Plus, over $30,000 was paid directly to farmers for their products. Among some of last year’s beneficiaries included Connecticut Farmland Trust, Slow Food Connecticut and Working Lands Alliance. We are again donating a percentage of the proceeds of each dinner to that evening’s non-profit partner.

The beneficiaries this year include Connecticut Farmland Trust, CitySeed, one of three nationally acclaimed urban farmers markets accepting food stamps from lower income individuals and families; Shore Line Soup Kitchen and Pantry and Working Lands Alliance, an advocacy group dedicated to the preservation of farm land in Connecticut. Working together we have created an event that helps support our farms, farmers and community. We hope you will join us.