May 19 Borner Farm Project

It wasn’t the prettiest or warmest day in May, but ten people, two mid-size cars, several winter hats, and many layers of clothes made the 35 minute drive to Borner Farm Project Pizza Night in Prescott, Wisconsin.  Borner Farm Project serves pizza every other Friday night and is located right in a residential neighborhood of Prescott.  Unfortunately, it is not enjoyed by some of the residential neighbors as much as we enjoyed it.  The main issue that comes up with the neighbors seems to involve parking.  On an unseasonably cold and gray day, it wasn’t much of a concern, but I could see it being a bigger issue on a nicer evening.

The cold gray weather also insured that we had our choice of seating.  Between the picnic tables and the bonfire, we choose the bonfire and set up our blankets close by.  We ordered at least one of each of the five pizza options for the week – classic cheese and tomato sauce, spring asparagus, spinach and pine nuts, sausage and sage, and arugula with walnuts and goat cheese.  All were enjoyed and although there wasn’t a runaway favorite, I think the spinach and pine nut pizza may have earned top prize.  The crust was good enough to comment on.  We also noted that there wasn’t a lot of tomato sauce options, but we hope that changes with the season. Spinach and Asparagus are pictured below.

We saved room for the signature seasonal desserts served in mini mason jars – this week the offering was Rhubarb Crisp with your choice of delicious vanilla ice cream or whip cream!  Borner is kind enough to provide forks, spoons, and knives and unlike most of the other pizza farms I have been to, can also provide recycling, composting, and a trash.  Don’t let them spoil you, though.  For most of the others, you have to bring any of your own utensils that you might want and you have to pack out any of the trash and recycling that you accumulate.  It was helpful for our large group that we brought our own plates.  With less people sharing, the cardboard serving rounds would probably do.  I also remembered from last time that Borner doesn’t have the typical pizza boxes for taking leftovers home, so I took my pizza farm planning ahead expertise to the next level and brought my own to-go containers to transport the few slices of uneaten pizza back to Minneapolis.

The uncertainty of the weather caused a bit of anxiety leading up to our first Borner excursion, but in the end the weather cooperated enough to help make it a successful trip.  It was the first Pizza Farm experience for the majority of our group.  And lastnightspizzabox has done their job well, because I feel confident they’ll be back for more!

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