Theme Dinners in the Barn Loft Grill

 

White table cloth events with menus to match the Broadway musical they celebrate.

On several Friday nights, preceding each musical in the Round Barn Theatre, savvy patrons are savoring the theme buffets that Amish Acres concocts that set the atmosphere for the evening of stage magic to come. Menus are carefully designed to reflect the life and times of the musical that evening. The spirit and locale of each musical is celebrated with its own menu. This dining experience is designed to provide a romantic interlude between your day and the magic of live musical theatre. Joseph Stein, author of Plain and Fancy and Fiddler on the Roof said, "Yours is my favorite of all the regional theatres with which I have worked."

The musical may be called Plain and Fancy, but these dinners will have "Plenty of..." everything, from Asparagus to Unions, including watermelon pickles, Swiss steak with mushrooms with juniper and roasted acorn squash with cinnamon in heaping portions to fill your plate.

The theatre inspired dinners have been designed by Amish Acres to complement and celebrate the musical theatre festival that has grown from the beginning of Plain and Fancy in 1986 to the present seven show, nine month, repertory season that has made the Round Barn Theatre one of the most important regional theatres in the country.

Menus are conceived by Richard Pletcher and created by chef Ruth Miller. Show references and double entendres, no matter how obscure or ridiculous, are often highlighted in bold letters. Recipes are prepared by Ruth whose sense of humor is stirred into the pot and skillet. All menu items are subject to change by the whim of the chef. The responsibility for such frovility rests soley with Richard Pletcher.

The Barn Loft Wine Tasting Room offers free tastings and special bottle pricing during each of the Theme Dinners.

Reservations are required for these theme dinners which are open to ticket holders for the Friday evening performance. Call the Box Office at (800) 800-4942.

 

 

Theme Dinner Menus

Church Basement Ladies, Plain and Fancy and State Fair Theme Dinner menus are listed here.
Hank Williams: Lost Highway, Sisters of Swing, Driving Miss Daisy, and Miracle on 34th Street Theme Dinners Menus are listed on page two.

View our wine menu online

Church Basement Ladies	Plain and Fancy	State Fair
Run Dates April 4 - May 13	Run Dates May 15 - October 13	Run Dates May 29 - July 8
Theme Dinners April 27 - May 4	Theme Dinners May 25	Theme Dinners June 15 - 22
Pot Luck Carry-In Dinner	Plenty of Pennsylvania	The Pride of Iowa
Soup	Soup	Soup
Chicken and Noodle	Broccoli Soup	Roasted Tomato Soup
Appetizers	Appetizers	Appetizers
Vegetables and Whipped Peanut Butter Dip	Glazed Grapes	Corn Dogs
	Watermelon Pickles	Pickles on a Stick
Salad	Salad	Salad
Spring Greens Celebration	Dandelion Greens and Escarole	Corn Tomato Salad
Ladies Aid Fruit Salad	with Tomatoes, Unions	Green Salad
	Iceberg Lettuce Quarters	Maytag Blue Cheese Dressing
Breads	Bread	Bread
Communion Bread	Zucchini Bread	Corn Bread
Hot Cross Buns	Quince Jam	Corn Cob Jelly
Entrees	Entrees	Entrees
Swiss Steak	Swiss Steak with Mushrooms	Iowa Pork Steak
Broasted Chicken	Pan Fried Chicken	Three Pepper Chicken
	Stuffed Squash with Ground Beef
Pasta	Pasta	Pasta
Spaggatti Cassarole		Spanish Rice
Vegetables	Vegetables	Vegetables
Brown Sugar Baked Beans	Asparagus	Garlic Roasted Summer Squash
Green Beans	Cauliflower and Peas	Cheesey Potatoes
	Candied Yams
	Cooked Dried Corn
Desserts	Desserts	Desserts
Lemon Pie	Honeydew Melon with Honey	Sour Creame Raisin Pie
Cherry Pie	Oatmeal Whoopie Pie	Quick Lemon Crisps
Chocolate Cake	Lemon Meringue Pie	Apple Pie
	Shoofly Pie
Ruth's Famous Crème Brule'	Ruth's Famous Crème Brule'	Ruth's Famous Crème Brule'
Beverages	Beverages	Beverages
Iced Tea	Iced Tea	Iced Tea
Lemonade	Lemonade	Lemonade
Coffees	Coffees	Coffees
Beer (extra charge)	Beer (extra charge)	Beer (extra charge)
Wine (extra charge)	Wine (extra charge)	Wine (extra charge)