$100/dinner + t-shirt
$150/dinner & t-shirt + 6pm reception with Ann Arbor Schools Superintendent Todd Roberts

James Beard-nominated Chef Alex Young began Cornman Farms five years ago as a verdant garden of heirloom tomatoes. This year, he’s cultivated crops to yield a cornucopia of heirloom tomatoes, pota­toes, beans, greens and herbs. Cornman Farms is unlike any around because it fo­cuses on heirloom varieties of produce in­cluding growing all strains of Brandywine tomato and beans whose seeds possess a rich, if little known, history.
The Heirloom Harvest Dinner features fall crops gathered from Zingerman’s Cornman Farms, including squash, beets, heirloom housemade sauerkraut and handmade sausage.
Proceeds from the dinner benefit the Ann Arbor Schools Educational Foundation, which provides funds to the Ann Arbor Public Schools with the mission to enrich public education.

[ October 28, 2009; 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ]

October 28, 2009
6:30 pm	to	9:30 pm

$126/person

A Benefit for Food Gatherer’s
Food Gatherer’s is a local, independent non-profit organization, founded by Zingerman’s, whose mission is to fight hunger in Washtenaw County. The fourth annual Vampire’s Ball is a collaboration between Zingerman’s Roadhouse and bestselling author Elizabeth Kostova, who is passionate about giving back to her community.

Elizabeth Kostova will hold an advance reading of her forthcoming novel, The Swan Thieves, to be released in early 2010. Her novel is the story of an art-loving…

[ October 7, 2009; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ]

October 7, 2009
6:00 pm	to	9:00 pm

Weekly live music concerts by local musicians serenade diners outdoors in our patio seating space. Reservations are encouraged because the event is popular!  This weeks band is  Lady Sunshine & the X Band.

[ October 13, 2009; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ]

October 13, 2009
7:00 pm	to	10:00 pm

$45/dinner
Special Dinner #80
We’ll explore the history and culinary traditions of the Ojibwe, Potawatomi and Ottawa Indians, known as the Three Fires Confederacy, or Anishinaabe peoples in the Great Lakes Region and learn how those traditions live among the people today. With a menu that highlights the history and foodways of the Great Lakes during the early years of the republic (when the entire region was known as the Michigan Territory) and a talk by our special…