What do you get when you mix Cajun-style cooking, Caribbean ingredients and BYOB?
Caribbean Pirate Night at Mill Valley Garden Center and Farmer?s Market in Remington.
Each Friday evening, the 7,500-square-foot market opens its doors to the community for a BYOB feast, offering huge servings of homemade island-style rice and beans, fried fish and other items.
“The idea behind it is it?s Friday night. You don?t make reservations. You grab a bottle of wine, you grab the kids, and for $10 a plate, it?s relaxing and fun,” said market owner Cheryl Wade.
Mick Kipp, a licensed caterer, founder of Whiskey Pirate Island Shop and the first vendor at Mill Valley, prepares the meals alongside Wayne Farrell of Gracie?s Gotcha Ginger.
“It?s a ball for various reasons. It brings a lot of new people [to Mill Valley], I love to cook and it helps to promote the vendors on site, and it?s great for families with kids,” he said.
Kipp has big plans for Friday nights in the coming year.
“We?ll have a lot of crawfish in February, and every other Friday, we?ll do boils throughout the spring,” he said. “In April, we?re going to alternate fried fish nights, and have some music, New Orleans-style, for dancing, and kids? activities.”
“People can look forward to the taste of the islands,” said loyal patron Cathey Allison, of Hampden.
“[Farrell, who is from Trinidad] does a great job on the cabbage, and for $10, you can get a plate of good food and sit back and enjoy the grassroots adventure,” she said.
Allison likened Mill Valley?s event to Belvedere Square?s summer concert series: “At last you can take the kids somewhere and bring your own bottle of wine,” she said.
In addition to Whiskey Island Pirate Shop and Gracie?s Gotcha Ginger, other vendors at Mill Valley include Stone Mill Bakery, Zeke?s Coffee and Erbal Body Worx. During the Friday night dinners, customers can purchase anything on sale at the market, including fresh produce and garden items.
What do you get when you mix Cajun-style cooking, Caribbean ingredients and BYOB?
Caribbean Pirate Night at Mill Valley Garden Center and Farmer?s Market in Remington.
Each Friday evening, the 7,500-square-foot market opens itsdoors to the community for a BYOB feast, offering huge servings of homemade island-style rice and beans, fried fish and other items.
“The idea behind it is it?s Friday night. You don?t make reservations. You grab a bottle of wine, you grab the kids, and for $10 a plate, it?s relaxing and fun,” said market owner Cheryl Wade.
Mick Kipp, a licensed caterer, founder of Whiskey Pirate Island Shop and the first vendor at Mill Valley, prepares the meals alongside Wayne Farrell of Gracie?s Gotcha Ginger.
“It?s a ball for various reasons. It brings a lot of new people [to Mill Valley], I love to cook and it helps to promote the vendors on site, and it?s great for families with kids,” he said.
Kipp has big plans for Friday nights in the coming year.
“We?ll have a lot of crawfish in February, and every other Friday, we?ll do boils throughout the spring,” he said. “In April, we?re going to alternate fried fish nights, and have some music, New Orleans-style, for dancing, and kids? activities.”
“People can look forward to the taste of the islands,” said loyal patron Cathey Allison, of Hampden.
“[Farrell, who is from Trinidad] does a great job on the cabbage, and for $10, you can get a plate of good food and sit back and enjoy the grassroots adventure,” she said.
Allison likened Mill Valley?s event to Belvedere Square?s summer concert series: “At last you can take the kids somewhere and bring your own bottle of wine,” she said.
In addition to Whiskey Island Pirate Shop and Gracie?s Gotcha Ginger, other vendors at Mill Valley include Stone Mill Bakery, Zeke?s Coffee and Erbal Body Worx. During the Friday night dinners, customers can purchase anything on sale at the market, including fresh produce and garden items.
If you go
Mill Valley Garden Center and Farmer?s Market, 2800 Sisson St., Baltimore;410-889-6842
» Hours: 4 to 8 p.m. Fridays
» More info: mill-valley.net
