Oliveto Beef Dinners 2010
October 14, 15, and 16
For our upcoming beef dinners, we are inviting a few notable local beef ranchers to join us each night so our patrons can meet them. We’re pleased that Mac Magruder will join us on Saturday, October 16th. Mac is probably one of the first grass-fed cattle ranchers in the alternative-to-feedlot era from northern California, and probably well beyond. For the past twenty years he’s been developing a very well-thought-out system of grazing and pasture management, and in the process has invented a business for himself which is enriching all of us. When interest in grass-fed beef took-off several years ago, it was Mac’s beef that showed us how tasty it could be.
Chef Paul Canales has been working with whole beef animals from Mac and other local cattle ranchers for the past three years. He’s been learning about breeds, diet (there’s considerable variation in grass-fed beef), maturity, aging, butchery and how best to cook each cut. So, Paul wanted to present these Beef Dinners as a way of showing some of the various, unexpected, and delicious things he’s learned.
Mac will be here with his wonderful family: wife, Kate, daughter Grace, and Ben–the new son-in-law. They’ll be in the cafe available for chatting from 5 to 6 PM, then have dinner with us upstairs; they’ll be back down in the Café to socialize after dinner.
We’ll be posting additional information/menus, and announce other guest ranchers’ dates in the coming weeks on the Oliveto Community Journal. But we recommend you reserve now.







What a darling video of the Magruder family…..unfortunately the audio was not very good, but I really like that you have personalized your business and food that you serve. Thank you.