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Pellegrini Dining Society Dinners

Come celebrate the life and culinary mind of Angelo Pellegrini with these specialty dinners at Café Lago! Beginning January 21st, Chef David Crutcher will set a menu the third Monday of each month with their Pellegrini Society Dinners – inspired by seasonal ingredients and local wine.

The late Pellegrini had immeasurable influence on local chefs and food producers alike after moving from Tuscany, Italy to McCleary, Washington. He lived and preached about the good life and encouraged everyone to slow down while enjoying the abundance around us. Did you know that is recipe for pesto, printed in the Sunset Magazine in 1946, is best known as the first recorded pesto recipe in America? Wow!

So make sure to buy your tickets in advanced for these d’lish dinners—cheers!

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