birthdays, chicken, liquor and yuletide cheer.

Ned Ludd’s First Birthday!

Next Friday, December 11th, Ned Ludd will celebrate our first birthday.  It’s hard to believe it’s been an entire year already.  It seems like just yesterday Jason and Ben were discussing the opening night menu and Curtis was outside forging the iron for our curtain rods just hours before we were set to open.  It’s been a fantastic year, we couldn’t be happier with where we’re at, the people we’ve met, and everything we’ve accomplished.  We are so grateful to each and everyone of you who have come through our doors to share a meal with us.  Thank you.  In true Luddite fashion it will be service as usual on the 11th, so stop in, say hi, and let’s reminisce about those first meals a year ago.

Ned Ludd gift certificates
As the holidays draw near you’re probably wondering what to get that special foodie in your life.  Oh, what’s that? Ned Ludd has gift certificates available? And they’re beautifully hand printed on recycled card stock?!  Problem solved.

Purveyor Spotlight: Afton Field Farm

It’s only for the amazing purveyors in our area that we feel we can do what we do.  One such purveyor that we’re particularly excited about are our friends Tyler and Alicia Afton of Afton Field Farm in Corvalis, Oregon. In 2002-’03 Tyler Afton spent a year at Polyface Farm in Virginia as an intern with sustainable farmer extraordinaire Joel Salatin. When Tyler returned to Corvallis, Oregon he started Afton Field Farm on about 10 acres. They now own and manage 106 acres using Salatin’s methods; raising pastured poultry (for eggs and meat), grass-fed beef, oak savanna pork, turkey, lamb, and bees for honey.

All of their animals are raised on pasture or in the woods using Managed Intensive Rotational Grazing methods. The beef and lamb are strictly grass fed from birth to slaughter and all other animals, layer chickens, broiler chickens, hogs, & turkeys, get a large part of their diet from the pasture and woods – the rest supplemented with the farm’s own custom grain mixes.  Afton process all of their poultry on-farm, and the large animals are butchered at Dayton Meats, in Dayton, OR.  These are fantastic animals, treated with exceptional care and we are very honored to highlight their pastured chicken on our menu this month.  As we understand we are the last restaurant in town to have these birds until next season.

Cocktails
We are happy to report that the cocktail menu is in full swing.  Our bartender, Suzanne Allard, has been creating some fantastically delicious drinks and every week we are all excited to see what she is going to come up with next.  You can see the most recent cocktail menu here.

Thank you and happy holidays,

Ned Ludd
3925 NE MLK Jr. Blvd.
Portland OR 97212
503.288.6900
nedluddpdx.com