First: -Bruschetta di pepperoni, arugula, acchiugie e balsamico (Grilled bread, with roasted red bell pepper, arugula, anchovies and balsamic reduction) -Brodo di frutti di mare con raviolo al granchio (Seafood broth, with house made crab raviolo) -Insalata di spinaci, mandoria, l’arancia e miele (Spinach , almond, orange and honey salad, with parmigano-reggiano) Second: Spaghetti con vongole, peperoncino, sedano, e briciola di panne (Spaghetti with clams, chile

We will be celebrating our 9th Anniversary in November! We will be hosting a very special Wine Dinner for the occasion. In fact, this will be the one and only wine dinner of 2011. Larin Culp from United and Elizabeth Mall from Delta will be hosting the dinner with us on this special night. The dinner will start at 6:30pm. There will be 6 wines paired with 5 courses for $75 a person. We hope you can join us! Jason & Rebecca Severs The wines for the evening: Foss Marai Prosecco (United), Villa Mathilde Greco di Tufo (Delta), Villa Mathilde Falanghina (Delta), Monte Faliesi Aglianico (United), Monte Faliesi Taurasi(United), Felsina Vin Santo (Delta)

Bari Ristorante e Enoteca  hosted its first ever Slow Food Dinner titled “Primavera in Puglia” on Tuesday March 29th.

The five course dinner was locally sourced from Urban Farms as well as from the Slow Food producers in Italy, paired with five Italian wines.

Robin Rodriguez, the leader of the local chapter of Slow Foods was there to talk about the Slow Food movement, as well as, Carolina Sanchez who is the official spokesperson for Slow Food Rome for the United States and is a student at Rhodes College. Mary Phillips from Urban Farms was also there to talk about the farm to fork experience.

 

What is Slow Food?

It all started in Italy in 1989 to resist a McDonalds opening near the Spanish Steps in Rome. Today Slow Food is a global, grassroots organization with supporters in 150 countries around the world who are linking the pleasure of good food with a commitment to their community and the environment. A non-profit member-supported association, Slow Food was founded in 1989 to counter the rise of fast food and fast life, the disappearance of local food traditions and people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from, how it tastes and how our food choices affect the rest of the world. Today, Slow Food has over 100,000 members joined in 1,300 convivia – our local chapters – worldwide, as well as a network of 2,000 food communities who practice small-scale and sustainable production of quality foods.

It IS the very same thing that people in our own community are doing, like Cooper-Young Community Farmers Market, Urban Farms, Eat Local, I Love Memphis, Project Green Fork, Memphis Farmers Market, Midtown Farmers Market, & so many others, but on a Worldwide scale. In fact, Slow Food Memphis has been around for years but not many people have heard about them or know what it is. Up to this point, restaurants have not had any involvement, except for fundraisers.

We hope to change all of that, not with one dinner of course, but it’s a great start. We would love to see restaurants, that source locally and ethically, be able to become members to support this movement.

Join us Thursday Feb. 17th for an online Wine/Cheese Tasting with Jennifer Biggs (Commercial Appeal) on her Whining & Dining blog. Elizabeth Mall from Delta WHolesale will be talking about the wine, Inama Soave and Jason Severs will be talking about the cheese, Formaio Ciok al Vino Rosso. Pick up a bottle of wine from any retail store in town and pick up some cheese from Bari anytime after 4. It is $7 plus tax for a 1/4 a pound of cheese. 

We will also be offering a glass of the wine and the cheese at a special price at the bar if you want to come in and participate, you can bring your laptop and log on.  

Please log on and join us, it will be fun!

You can buy a gift card fast and easy right here on our website and have it shipped to you!

Or stop by Bari and pick one up any night, they are great presents!