This Christmas Eve we decided to celebrate with friends and some great tourists visiting Cafayate. Cafayate has very limited options during the holidays for places to eat out. Most families and businesses close up and spend it with family. That leaves us and the tourist left with very few options. This year we changed format a bit and decided to put on a big family style, reservation only feast of some of our U.S. home favorites (these always turn out interesting as finding the ingredients or close substitutes is very challenging) plus a sampling of great local meats and veggies and Chef Charlie’s specialties (always a treat - my favorite was the pumpkin/squash soup with a rich nutmeg flavor). Charlie and I cooked all day and everyone arrived around 9:30. We began our champagne toast and big table family style dinner with wine, drinks, and lots and lots of food, plus some great company. We were sold out with visitors from Belgium, several from the U.S., Germany, and Canada. All in all, everyone had a great time. Our staff decided to help us out for a couple of hours even though we gave them the night off - (lucky for us, we could have never done it with out them). Anyway, by the end of the night, I was exhausted and happy as we had made a few tourist traveling alone on a holiday, feel as if they were part of our extended Cafayate family. So to all of you who shared the evening with us, it truly was a pleasure! It was so successful, we hope to somewhat duplicate it for New Year’s Eve! If you are in town, stop on by to make a reservation and bring in the New Year with us! Felices Fiestas!
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