Special Menu and Tour of Veggie Van at Highlawn Pavilion
Special Menu and Tour of Veggie Van at Highlawn Pavilion
Special Menu and Tour of Veggie Van at Highlawn Pavilion
Special Menu and Tour of Veggie Van at Highlawn Pavilion WEST ORANGE, NJ – Tuesday, March 09, 2010 .
Highlawn Pavilion, which was recently named Essex County’s “Best Romantic Restaurant” by both Suburban Essex and NJ Savvy Living magazines is making the case for being the State’s most eco-friendly restaurant.
Earth Day Menu
To honor the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day, which is celebrated every year on April 22, Chef Mitchell Altholz has created a four-course, prix-fixe menu that will be available from April 19 – 22 and will feature locally sourced ingredients including cheeses from Valley Shepherd Creamery in Morris County and chickens from Griggstown Farm in Somerset County. As usual, the herbs, some vegetables and honey will come from the Farm at Pleasantdale Château located within two miles of the restaurant. Both the restaurant and the farm are owned and operated by the same family. The full menu follows below.
Veggie Van
On April 22 at 12:00pm, Kurt Knowles Jr., grandson of Harry Knowles, owner of Highlawn Pavilion as well as The Manor and Pleasantdale Château in West Orange, and Ram’s Head Inn in Galloway, NJ, will be offering a tour and discussion of the restaurants’ eco-friendly “Veggie Van”. The Veggie Van, a diesel-engine Dodge Sprintliner used to make deliveries between the four properties, one of which is more than 100 miles away, was reengineered to run on used (but filtered) vegetable oil from the restaurants. The van has saved the Knowles thousands of dollars in fuel costs and reduced the carbon footprint that frequent trips would have generated.
New Website
Highlawn Pavilion is proud to announce a new website that features more information about our Veggie Van, our Farm at Pleasantdale Château and other eco-friendly best practices. For local history buffs, information regarding how Highlawn came to be, from its storied past as an open-air casino one hundred years ago to the fine dining establishment it is today, is also featured on the website. The URL is www.highlawn.com.
Earth Day Menu
Earth Day’s 40th Anniversary Menu
Highlawn Pavilion
Chef Mitchell Altholz
First Course
Creamless Organic Asparagus Soup
Garlic-herb Croutons
*****
Local Baby Greens
Breakfast Radish, Shaved Baby Carrots, Sherry Vinaigrette,
Valley Shepherd Creamery Goat Cheese
*****
Main Course
Griggstown Organic Chicken
Spring Onions and Garlic, Natural Jus with Tarragon Essence
*****
Dessert
Crème Brûlée Tasting
Honey from the Farm at Pleasantdale Chateau, Local Eggs and Milk
$32.00+ tax and gratuity
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