Events for May 15, 2012

From 7:00pm to 9:00pm.

$50 per person.

Five course tasting menu.

More details.

Email lighthorseprivatedining@gmail.com for more information or to reserve a spot.

The Light Horse
715 King Street
Alexandria, VA

"Please tell them you heard about it from Don Rockwell"

Every Tuesday:

50% off all bottles of wine
Bar 901
Grapeseed
Zest Bistro

50% off selected bottles of wine
Addie's

50% off selected bottles of wine at the bar only, 5-7 PM
Fiola

30% off all bottles of wine
The Lighthorse (dining room only)

25% off all bottles of wine
a la Lucia

20% off all bottles of wine
Wine Bar upstairs at Bistrot Lepic (also features a complimentary wine tasting, 6-8 PM)

Free corkage
Argia's
Dino
Petits Plats (5-10 PM)

Food Specials
Clare & Don's Beach Shack - Haddock Sandwich (fried, blackened, or grilled), fries, and slaw for $7.50 all day long

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Eatonville Restaurant’s Food & Folklore: Dinner Series raises a Mint Julep to the Kentucky Derby with a 3-course prix fixe dinner and special presentation by artist Tim Hinton with his portraits of African American jockeys on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 6:30 PM.  “The Legends:  A Tribute to Historical Black Jockeys” series includes portraits of nine racing greats including Oliver Lewis, one of 13 African American jockeys from the inaugural Kentucky Derby in 1897, who rode the colt Aristides to victory; Isaac Murphy who rode in 11 Kentucky Derbies starting in 1884, winning 3; and James Winkfield who won the Kentucky Derby on His Eminence in 1901, and Alan-a-Dale in 1902.  Winkfield emigrated to Russia and later France retiring at age 50 with over 2500 wins in his career.

Tim Hinton has exhibited his work at the Smithsonian Institution Museum of African Art, Anacostia Community Museum, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, New York International Expo, McKenna Center for African American Art in New Orleans and many other venues. Mr. Hinton was born in Chicago, but spent most of his life in Orlando, FL (not far from Eatonville, FL).  Mr. Hinton is a self-taught artist and a Vietnam veteran.  After being honorably discharged with two Purple Hearts, Mr. Hinton was employed as an illustrator with the Naval Ship Engineering Center where he worked for several years. Collectors of his work include former Virginia Governor Doug Wilder, and boxing champions Larry Holmes, and Muhammad Ali.

The price for Food & Folklore is $45/person (plus tax and gratuity).  For reservations, call 202-332-ZORA (9672) or purchase from Brown Paper Tickets.  

MENU

APPETIZERS
Skewered Shrimp, Andoullie Sausage and Potatoes w/ Peach Bourbon Glaze
Succotash Tarts

DINNER
Striped Bass Fillet wrapped in Potato, served over Grilled Polenta, Smoked Tomatoes and Haricot Vert Ragout in a Capers Bourbon Butter Sauce

DESSERT
Pear Strudel with Hot Bourbon Caramel served with Vanilla Ice Cream

Food and Folklore is a monthly series at Eatonville Restaurant that intertwines storytelling and fabulous food.  Food and Folklore is wrapped in the spirit of gifted storyteller and folklorist Zora Neale Hurston’s brand of hospitality – a generosity with food.

About Eatonville Restaurant

Eatonville Restaurant, “The Soul of Southern Food,” opened in 2009 by Andy Shallal, founder of Busboys and Poets. Located in the historic U Street Corridor at 2121 14th St. NW.  The Zora Neale Hurston inspired restaurant is in the heart of where Hurston and fellow writer/poet Langston Hughes enjoyed a lively social and cultural life during the early 1920s. Eatonville pays homage to Hurston’s D.C. connections. It is named for her childhood hometown in Florida, the setting of her most famous novel “Their Eyes Were Watching God”.

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