May 15th- Bûcheron @ Platform by JBF (prepay)
Details
Named for the French word for lumberjack, this French-American restaurant draws inspiration from Minnesota's North Woods and the generations of lumberjacks who shaped the region.
Please purchase your tickets here before they are sold out: https://www.jamesbeard.org/events/platform-dinner-bucheron-2025-best-new-restaurant . We will then all sit together. Events are not refundable. If you wish to pay me for this event to purchase said ticket, please DM me, but again, they are not refundable.
Price $218, including the site fee
The menu is as follows-
Hors d'œuvre/Cocktail Hour-
Pommes Dauphine- Gruyère, celery, and caraway
Venison Tartare- Poached egg yolk, spruce tips, and rye chips
Dinner
Course 1-Foie Gras Terrine- Amaretto gel, Door County cherry jam, warm scone, and Marcona almonds
Course 2- Roasted Turnips- Turnip Greens, rhubarb purée, turnip soubise, and beef bordelaise
Course 3- Celery Root Tortelloni- Acorn–chicken broth, hen of the woods mushrooms, and mushroom oil
Course 4- Wild Acres Duck Breast- Purple potato rösti, red cabbage purée, roasted honey crisp apple, and aronia berries
Dessert- Carrot Cake- Cream cheese frosting, carrot–ginger sorbet, candied pecans, and golden raisin purée
I will inform them of our group size so we can all sit together.