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Dining in the café does not require purchase of admission to the museum.

Museum members enjoy a 10% discount at the Café with their membership cards.

For reservations, please call (919) 684-6032.

Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday
10:30 am - 4:30 pm
Thursday
10:30 am - 8:30 pm
Sunday
12 pm - 4:30 pm
Monday
Closed

Full menu service available after 11am for lunch and 5pm for dinner.

	Nasher Museum Café Durham, NC

Thursday, February 2, 5 - 8 PM

The Nasher Museum Café welcomes Washington Duke Inn Executive Chef Jason Cunningham as guest chef on Thursday, February 2. Chef Jason has led the culinary team at Durham’s only Four Diamond Award-winning hotel since 2001, preparing seasonally inspired contemporary cuisine. A graduate of Johnson & Wales University, Chef Jason continued his training on the island of Lanai in Hawaii and at two acclaimed Relais & Chateaux properties: Restaurant Million in Charleston, South Carolina, and Blantyre in Lenox, Massachusetts.

For the dinner at the Nasher Museum Café, Chef Jason has created a three course menu around the same elements which inspired sculptor Alexander Calder: form, balance and joy. As the museum prepares for an exciting mid-February opening, please join us for this special evening of art-inspired fine dining.

Seating for dinner will begin at 5PM; the last seating is at 8 PM. Dinner reservations for Form, Balance, Joy can be made by calling 919-684-6032 or online. Museum members always enjoy a 10% discount in the Nasher Museum Café. The exhibition Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy opens February 16 through June 17. Tickets will be available starting January 24.

The Nasher Museum Café menu changes seasonally and features products from these local sources:

Blue Crown Farms
Chapel Hill Creamery
Cliff's Meat Market
Elodie Farms
Fowl Attitude
Francesca's
Guglhupf Bakery
Joe Van Gogh Coffee Roasters
Lyon Farms

Download the PDFs for Lunch, Dinner, or Brunch.

The Nasher Museum Café offers on-site catering service for meetings, retreats, or after hours events. During regular museum hours, the Café can provide continental breakfasts, lunch buffets, box lunches and coffee breaks. For after hours events, Café staff will work with you to create a signature reception or custom dinner menu.

For museum rentals, contact 919-684-3321 or nasherevents@duke.edu To discuss catering for your event, contact the Nasher Café Manager at 919-684-6032 or ariel.peters.gerth@duke.edu

For corporate event catering by the Nasher Museum Café, view the Night at the Nasher events package.

View photos of recent events catered by the Nasher Museum Café.

Since, July 2007, the Nasher Museum Café has been operated by Giorgios Hospitality Group. A native of Greece, Giorgios Bakatsias has been the creative force behind more than 25 restaurants, food venues and gourmet markets in the Triangle.

The Nasher Museum Café, featuring local farm products and seasonal choices, proudly proclaims "to graciously serve simple food is an art in itself." Seasonal soups, salads, sandwiches, and desserts are all freshly made from scratch. Thursday evenings the café is open late and features a prix-fixe dinner special as well as an à la carte menu. Brunch is offered each Saturday and Sunday.

Chef de Cusine Juan DiGiulio has an extensive culinary background in Italian, Creole, French, Southern and international cuisines, having worked in Baton Rouge, LA, in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and most recently in Durham at Vin Rouge and Beyu Caffe. A great fit for the Nasher, Chef Juan also holds Fine Arts degrees in Painting, Drawing and Photography.

Ariel Peters Gerth attended Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, and Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California, where she earned degrees in Political Science and Economics. Ariel has sixteen years of restaurant industry experience, including ten years at the Washington Duke Inn. She took over the role of manager of the Nasher Museum Café in spring of 2010. Warm and thoughtful service are her hallmarks.