I’m not sure I need to say much more than that, but ok.

We love the Haley House Bakery Cafe in Roxbury. They’ve been a very generous in letting us use their space for our events, plus, they’re just cool. They host programs that teach kids how to cook, and provide job training skills to people coming out of prison.

Every year, they partner with the Color of Film Collaborative and the Roxbury International Film Festival for an outdoor dinner and a movie. This year’s Dinner and a Movie is Friday, July 30, 6:30-9:30 at the Haley House.

Last year, the Haley House manager, Bing Broderick, asked us to help make the event all local. And he wasn’t kidding. Just about every single menu item was: cheese, beer, bread, burgers, chicken (which was made so delicious by our friend Erik that the people there christened him “The Bird Man”), fruit, cabbage, carrots, onions, garlic - everything.

We really assumed that the local BBQ was a one time theme, but this year, they’ve just kept it largely local again. It’s so cool. This is how change happens.

Here’s the menu (The event is Friday, July 30 from 6:30-9:30):

-Haley House Homemade chicken dogs topped with our homemade sauerkraut
-Hardwick Beef cheeseburgers with all the fixings
-Haley House’s own special veggie burgers
-Haley House potato salad with local potatoes and vegetables and Noonday Farm eggs
-Haley House special healthy slaw made with Chinese cabbage from Noonday Farm
-Fresh local tomato salad
-Sour Cherry Upside Down featuring Roxbury/Dorchester cherries, courtesy of Earthworks, topped with whipped cream
-Watermelon punch
-Organic beer & wine will be available for purchase

You can buy tickets here.

We’ll be volunteering at the event. Hopefully we’ll see some of you there!

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