Are the founders of Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food and Agriculture planning a 100-seat restaurant at Woodlawn?
The founders of Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food and Agriculture reportedly have plans to expand their agricultural services at Woodlawn Plantation with proposals for a restaurant that would eventually take over space now occupied by Woodlawn Stables. Among those plans, Arcadia could be planning to create a restaurant at Woodlawn to make the National Trust for Historic Preservation property more financially feasible for the struggling property. Woodlawn has laid off a number of employees due to budget constraints. Although the people behind Arcadia would not comment about any possible restaurant plans, Mount Vernon District Supervisor Gerry Hyland told Patch he thought Arcadia wanted to partner with Woodlawn in order to help Woodlawn's …
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To celebrate Mother's Day, the Neighborhood Restaurant Group hosted a farm dinner to benefit the Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food and Agriculture.
In the middle of a vegetable garden on the grounds of Woodlawn Plantation, Vermilion's Executive Chef Tony Chittum prepared a fresh spring dinner for guests as a benefit for Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food and Agriculture. Arcadia is a non-profit organization founded by Neighborhood Restaurant Group owner Michael Babin in 2010. The organization's goal is to create a sustainable food system throughout the D.C. area through education and by creating logistical connections amongst local farmers and the urban and suburban communities. The Mother's Day four-course dinner was made on the grounds of the historic Woodlawn Plantation, where Arcadia houses an educational farm. The farm is designed to provide opportunites for those in the D.C. …
monkeyrotica
7:02 am on Wednesday, February 13, 2013
The restaurant sounds awesome. Definitely need more along Route 1. Bonus points if they serve sustainable horse meat. more ›