SPARGELFEST 2010!

The Germans go crazy for asparagus (spargel) every May. There, as here, asparagus is a sure sign of spring, or, as the Germans say, asparagus is the "Joy of Spring".

In late May, the Black Forest Inn will devote a menu to asparagus! We’ll serve fresh, local asparagus in as many delicious ways as we can think of. We will have asparagus with pork, with steak or with shrimp. We'll be making asparagus pizza, soup, and salad. We will wrap asparagus, roast it, candy it and we will infuse vodka with asparagus to make the delicious Spargeltini. If you aren't an asparagus lover already, you will be at Spargelfest!

» Download our Spargelfest menu (.pdf)

» View our Spargelfest Poster and Menu art contest winner!

WIN A CSA SHARE!
Enter our Spargelfest drawing for a Summer Share from Turnip Rock farm. Enjoy 3/4 bushel of farm-fresh produce every week for 16 weeks this summer! Convenient drop sites metro-wide. A $500 value! Drawing entries available at the restaurant. Entries taken through May 30. Winner will be drawn June 1. For more info about the farm and their CSA program visit www.turniprock.com

FRESH AS FRESH CAN BE!
We are pleased to serve the freshest possible asparagus. Our green asparagus is brought to us by the Southeast Minnesota Food Network, a collaborative effort to change the way southeast Minnesota purchases and consumes food. The participating farms operate under guiding principles of sustainability, land stewardship and fair prices.

For more info visit www.southeastmnfoodnetwork.com

Live music!

Friday, May 21, 2010
6:30 – 9:00 p.m.
Dreamland Faces
an accordion & saw duo

Saturday, May 22, 2010
7:00 – 9:30 p.m.
Hank Thunander on accordion

Friday, May 28, 2010
6:30 – 9:00 p.m.
Skeets Langley on accordion

HARVEST FOR THE HUNGRY BENEFIT
Friday, May 28, 2010

On May 28, we will donate 25% of our food sales to Harvest for the Hungry, a program of the Emergency Foodshelf Network. Our support helps them deliver fresh, local produce to food shelves and meal programs in the Twin Cities.

With the money raised, EFN purchases produce from Minnesota and Western Wisconsin farmers. So Harvest for the Hungry both supports local growers and provides fresh produce to hungry families! For more info visit www.emergencyfoodshelf.org

The Black Forest Inn will be closed Monday, May 31, for Memorial Day

Black Forest Inn - established May 15, 1965.
Celebrating forty-five years of "Guten Food"