Coming on August 24th from 6-9PM, The Revolutionary Fare at The Old Stone House sounds like a fun event at everyone’s favorite local history museum in everyone’s favorite  Park Slope park (JJ Byrne-Washington Park).

This event will feature classic period cocktails (included in the $12 price of admission), colonial-inspired dishes from top Brooklyn restaurants, as well as beer and cider for sale along with a special cocktail tasting hosted by mixologist Dave Arnold of Booker and Dax.

Expect a very convivial social evening with a professional and amateur pie baking contest judged by Sarah Lohman of the blog Four Pounds Flour, period music by Glover’s Marblehead Regiment, as well as Brooklyn’s own Parlour Game and a special performance, The Age of Pain(e), the evening will surely transport you back to a more revolutionary time.

And that’s not all. The event will also honor Heritage Radio founder Patrick Martins. HeritageRadioNetwork.org is committed to archiving, protecting, and advancing our country’s rich food culture through programs that give voice to America’s leading food professionals, farmers, policy experts, artists, and tastemakers. The Old Stone House is pleased to count Heritage Radio among their friends and supporters and is thrilled to have them as a media sponsor for this event.

Leading up to August 24th, Heritage Radio will do a series of interviews with The Old Stone House team along with Revolutionary Fare’s participating food, beverage and baking participants.

As with all things old becoming new again, this Revolutionary Fare event, while having an old time vibe will appeal to the retro-revolutionary in us all.

For those who don’t know: The Old Stone House is a modern reconstruction of the Vechte-Cortelyou House, a 1699 Dutch stone farmhouse that was the site of the largest battle of the Revolutionary War – the Battle of Brooklyn on August 27, 1776, and in the late 1800’s the home field for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Located in Washington Park/JJ Byrne Playground in Park Slope, Brooklyn, the Old Stone House presents more than 100 varied cultural events annually, creating a strong sense of community through history, environmental education and the arts.