This allows Robert to share his vast knowledge of agriculture and charcuterie with children and adults alike so they can be a part of beekeeping, berry farming, native fruits and nut trees, cooking and baking giving them an understanding of sustainable agriculture and how important it is to our future and healthy living. Robert said he would rather be doing it this way, referring to his “open air restaurant,” than be in a brick and mortar building with a fancy name on the sign outside. Robert stated that they strive to be the most authentic representation of farm to table as well agro tourism that one can possibly achieved, he said everything is done in Churchville, and felt he needed to bring that “experience” to the people in this area and wanted to keep it on the farms. However, Robert refuses to leave the farm and area where the meat and produce are grown. Hissong said she had been trying to get Robert and Colleen Whitson to come to Harrisonburg, and set up there. Faulkner said the food was so good, and such generous portions, but that she forced herself to eat every bite because it was that good. She said they had planned the day to include pampering, shopping, a trip to a winery and coming to Mapleton Farms’ “open air restaurant” to meet their husbands for a picnic dinner. She had spent the day with her friend Regina Hissong who happens to be the co-owner of RocktownFoodBites in Harrisonburg and a regular at the Mapleton Farm. She said it was delicious food, especially for the size of the servings and the price. Kelley Faulkner, of Manassas, said she had gotten the mill burger and fries with the candied bacon onion jam on it, and a pumpkin mill cookie pie. I started talking to her and two of the ladies standing off to the side, who said the food was marvelous. I looked around at the beautiful fall mums and all the pumpkins and gourds they had for sale, and an enormous “corn horse” they had just put out on display this week, until the crowd thinned out.Ĭolleen asked me if she could help me and I told her I had gotten a call from my neighbor and she insisted that I come out and try your barbecue. I noticed several people standing at the table buying items to go, and there were people walking out from the gardens carrying folding chairs, blankets and one even had a card table.
#OUR MAPLETON AND CLEARVIEW FARMS FULL#
When we arrived at the farm and roadside produce stand, we saw a large barbecue grill that looked like a train and the air was full of this wonderful aroma of grilled beef and smokey pork.
So I got my husband to take me out to see what the fuss was all about. She said “you know we have been looking for the real deal, barbecue ever since we moved here and we finally found it, a wonderful pork barbecue.” Trish was so excited and told me I had to go. It turned out the “they” Trish referred to was Robert and Colleen Whitson and their son Zachary of Mapleton Farms. She said the smell of the food was so enticing that they turned around and went back to see what they were cooking. Trish said they were riding around on a “scoot” as they call it, when they took Hanger Mill Road off U.S. They have even gone as far as North Carolina and brought us back barbecue to try, and I must say it was good, it was vinegar based, whereas most of the barbecue in this area tends to be tomato based. They moved to our area about eight years ago from North Carolina, and they kept telling me they couldn’t find any “good” barbecue places around here. I’ve mentioned before that I love food cooked outside, and my neighbor and good friends Trish and Ray know this.
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