Went to one of the Outstanding in the Field dinners recently, and boy was it a big disappointment! You’d think that they’d have everthing down to a science, since they’ve done hundreds of them around the country…..I went to the one in Queens. It was supposed to be in Brooklyn, but a week before the event, after paying $125 for a non-refundable ticket, I was told that it was going to be in Queens near the Nassau County border. Thanks guys!
The next great news was when I got there and asked about the evening’s menu, I was told that it was an ALL PORK MENU. They neglected to mention this when selling their dinner tickets. Folks, unless you love standing around for hours and sitting for hours and eating only pork, don’t bother going to one of these events. The range of local products used on the menu was VERY LIMITED. The wine was from California and France. Note to organizers: The North Fork of Long Island has wonderful wines. Use them. Serve them. Check out Schneider Vineyards. Check out Martha Clara.
The “brilliance” of the evening continued when they waited 2 hours to start a tour of Queens Farm at sunset, so that no one could see anything and they had to abbreviate the tour.
The evening started at 6 p.m. By 9:20 p.m. when all I had eaten were tomatoes and some sauteed cabbage, I left to make the trek back into Manhattan to relieve my babysitter. I had begged for a piece of chicken or fish over 3 hours before, but they hadn’t been able to deliver.
The nicest part of the evening was something that the organizers had nothing to do with — the weather. It was a perfect early autumn evening under the stars.
I don’t get what all the fuss is about Oustanding in the Field. It was like going to an unorganized and underfunded wedding reception. Do yourself a favor — have dinner at Community Food & Juice, Hundred Acres or Cookshop instead.
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