Southern supper series coming to Lexington: 3 local restaurants to do oyster dinners
A new “supper club” is coming to Lexington, with a focus on Southern oysters.
Peat & Pearls is a regional supper club in eight cities across the South. Founder T.S. Strickland created the food events in 2017 to bring together producers of farm-raised Gulf oysters and chefs. The dinners are designed to showcase Southern oysters and whiskey, as well as other locally grown foods.
Strickland started the supper series after seeing the economic devastation that oyster growers were facing. He’s since expanded it to focus on a variety of farm-to-table foods.
“What we do is focus on culinary storytelling, relationship building, connecting people to the source of their sustenance,” Strickland said. “Now more than ever we are alienated from each other and from our supply chain. I hope telling the story of the ecosystems will reconnect people with the farmers who produce the food.”
Three Peat & Pearls dinners are planned in Lexington this fall:
▪ Coles 735 Main, 735 E. Main St., with chef Cole Arimes, Sept. 8, $175 per person.
▪ Lockbox, 167 W. Main St. in the 21c Museum Hotel, with chef Nicholas Fisherkeller, Oct. 5, $150 per person.
▪ Honeywood, 110 Summit at Fritz Farm #140, with chef Cody DeRosett, Nov. 3, $150 per person.
Tickets are available to buy — first to members and then to the public — online at PeatandPearls .com.
Menus vary by season. The fall supper series will be built around oysters; a winter series will focus on heritage grains.
Strickland also is planning a spring social in Lexington called the Hoecakes Throwdown that will focus on hoecakes and craft whiskey. Tickets for that event will be available later this year.
“We’re really looking to build a community of people who not only get excited about good food, but also want to build a community of people who care about where there food comes from, enthusiastic about building strong food systems, understanding their community,” Strickland said.
“We really have a big focus on food as a vehicle for story telling, building relationships and community. Hope to remind people of the things that bring us together and food is always at the top of that list.”
This story was originally published September 1, 2022 at 10:38 AM.
