Family Dinner Night

About

Family Dinner Night (FDN), the first chapter of Slow Food UW, began humbly as a monthly meal among a small group of students. We cooked as a group and shared the cost of the ingredients. The event quickly expanded when we started partnering with guest chefs from Madison’s restaurants. By the spring of 2009, we served meals every other Monday, and since the Fall of 2009, we have been serving dinner weekly.

Today, FDN still occurs weekly on Monday nights during the school year and sells to around 100 people.  A rare moment of silence fills the basement of The Crossing each night as the dinner menu is announced to the hungry campus and community members gathered to share a three-course meal.

How to Attend

When: Mondays beginning at 6:30pm

Where: The Crossing, 1127 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53715

What: We serve an appetizer, entrée, and dessert. The menu changes each week and is based on seasonality and locality. You can find our weekly menus on our Facebook or Instagram page. We often have a weekly vegan option as well as a gluten-free option each week, although we are not a certified gluten-free kitchen.

Cost: The cost of the meal is based on the ingredients for that week.

Want to volunteer this week?

Use this link to sign up for as many hour-long slots as you’d like. Go to the sheet for the day you would like to volunteer and add your name. No experience required, the FDN team will tell you everything you need to know.

Are you a first-time volunteer? We ask that you download the employee reporting illness document (as per the Dane County Health Department) & email a signed copy to the Kitchen Manager (kashiaher28@gmail.com) before coming to the kitchen. Volunteers only have to sign & send the document before their first shift.

Thank you for helping prep the meal. We can’t wait to meet you!