Press P A U S E then R E S E T. We need to take a break.  You are invited to a  BREAK of an evening for an energy […]

Join Community Dining and Native Foods Cafe for a unique vegan holiday dinner with a special guest speaker. WP is our incubator space, from new menu items to a marketplace, […]

Join Community Dining along with Kimberly Jung and Emily Miller, the co-founders of Rumi Spice, for an evening of delicious appetizers and desserts incorporating Rumi Spice's saffron prepared by Chef […]

Join Community Dining and Alderman Joe Moreno for dinner prepared by Chef Eric Vollono and a discussion of gentrification, which has been an issue of serious contention throughout our neighborhoods.  […]

We live in an era that is begging for innovative activism approaches.  Food has always been a bonding agent in the history of humanity and its potential as a conduit […]

Join Community Dining, Factory Farming Awareness Coalition (FFAC), and Smoke & Fire Supper Club for an evening of substantive dialogue and delicious, nutrient-dense dishes sourced from sustainable farms that treat […]

Join Community Dining and Native Foods Café for dinner and discussion with Wendy Irwin, founder and CEO of Yellow Tractor, and co-founder of The Yellow Tractor Project. Sign up here: […]

Join Community Dining, The Yellow Tractor Project, and Dr. Geeta-Maker Clark who will speak about the value of engaging in the means by which we fuel oursevles for an evening […]

Michelin stars, a curated wine list, an attentive staff — these things matter.  But often, the most memorable dining experiences don't occur at a restaurant.  The things that stand out, […]

Join Community Dining, Lee Capps from the Chicago Chapter of Conscious Capitalism, Illinois State Representative Scott Drury, and social impact food entreprenerus for dinner sourced from sustainable farms with reverence […]

Please RSVP to repford@lashawnford.com Mother’s Day is a celebration honoring the mother of the family as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society.  Please join […]

We live in an era that is begging for innovative activism approaches.  Food has always been a bonding agent in the history of humanity and its potential as a conduit […]

Come join Kitchfix and Community Dining for a fermentation pop-up event hosted at Kitchfix Gold Coast Storefront with Plant-passionate recipe creator, vegan cookbook author, psychologist, animal lover, and curiosity chaser […]

Engaging in the means by which we fuel ourselves takes many forms.  This Community Dining event will take place in an exceptional venue (see pictures below) and focus on the […]

This will be the first in a series of smaller more intimate gatherings.  E-mail paul@communitydining.com for more information.

Chef Fiorenza, from Italy, and Laine, the Superfoodist and Founder at TheNutritarian.org & FastLanetoHealth.com (pictured below), will be preparing the following menu: Laine has a great vegan fudge dessert product […]

Here is the menu (food will be sourced as much as possible from either Whole Foods, Amish Healthy Foods, and/or Green Grocer) prepared by Chef Fiorenza and Laine DeLeo, the […]

The food will be catered from Kitchfix. Here is their catering menu. https://www.kitchfix.com/media/wysiwyg/Catering_2016.pdf And here is an article I wrote about Kitchfix: https://communitydining.com/blog/entrepreneurship-promotes-transparency/ Some other items I will bring include: […]

Contact me at paul@communitydining.com for details!  

Private home in Little Italy.

I’m excited to finally start hosting Jeffersonian Dinners.  As I mentioned, this dinner will take place at my home on Sat., Apr. 7 and the cost will be $40 – […]

Format 7 p.m.: Cocktails, light conversation before seating. 7:30 p.m.: Moderator opens by explaining the ground rules.  Most important: No talking to your neighbor; we are having a whole-table conversation. […]

Stay tuned for more details!