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Fifth Annual Graze: Birmingham

by | May 21, 2019

 

FIFTH ANNUAL GRAZE: BIRMINGHAM

Don’t miss this opportunity to be a part of the 5th year of Graze: Birmingham, ASAN’s annual farm-to-fork fundraiser celebrating the best in Birmingham food! Over 15 farmer-chef pairs collaborate each on a single dish, which they serve in sample sizes to picnickers as they graze from booth to booth in the grassy backyard at Avondale Brewing Company.

“A picnic with your favorite local farmers, chefs, and friends”

Sunday, September 8, 2019
5-8pm
Avondale Brewery
201 41st ST S.
Birmingham, AL 35222

 

TICKETS

Graze tickets are sold on a sliding scale.  Name your own price within the ranges given.  Please give as generously as you can!
>> Adults: $25-75 (recommended price: $45)
>> Kids <13: $5-15 (recommended price: $10)

Online Pre-Sale ends at 11:59pm tonight!

Click here to purchase tickets!

 

THIS YEAR’S PAIRINGS:

Chef Doug Allen of Pelham HS Culinary Arts + Greene Prairie Aquafarm, LLC
Crestwood Coffee Company + DSR Farms
Lucky Cat Kitchen + Creamery + Stillwater Farm
Magic City Sweet Ice + Marble Creek Farmstead
Little London Kitchen + North Alabama Wagyu, LLC
Avondale Common House + Ireland Farms
Downstairs Diner + Anchors of East Lake Market
American Culinary Federation + Blue Rooster Farms
Fit Biscuit + Sweet City Micros
Red Sea Ethiopian and Mediterranean + Common Ground 
Chez Lulu/Continental Bakery + Snow’s Bend Farm
Ash Neighborhood Bar and Grill + BDA Farm
The Veggie + Mattie’s Garden
Good Health To Be Hail + Belle Meadow Farm
Ashlee Jenkins of Roots & Revelry + Walden Farmacy + Sweet City Micros 
Bitty’s Living Kitchen + Hamm Farm
Underground Cooking Academy + Corella Farms
Decor Contribution:
Jones Valley Teaching Farm
Musical Act:
We Are Wolves Birmingham-Acoustic Duo

SPONSORS:

 

 

 

 

Interested in sponsoring?
Show your support for Alabama farms, Alabama food, and Alabama communities!  Sponsors gain recognition from an audience passionate about supporting people, organizations, and businesses who give back to their communities  — an audience that appreciates and supports high-quality craft, stewardship, innovation, and service, whatever forms they might take.

By sponsoring Graze: Birmingham you show support for your neighbors who, like you, are working to build and sustain their communities and to make Alabama a healthier, more equitable, and more prosperous place to live.

For information about sponsorship please contact Alice at [email protected].