Farm-to-table dining in a converted 1900s post office
By Melanie Young and David Ransom, the Insatiably Curious Culinary Couple
Photos: Courtesy of David Ransom
It’s hard to believe that The Grange Restaurant and Farm Market was the local post office circa 1903 in Warwick’s hamlet of New Milford. A post office is usually in the town center, but this restaurant is tucked off a side street, identified by its hand-painted welcome sign.
Chef-Owner James Haurey opened The Grange in 2013 with partner Dominique Herman. Both Haurey and Herman cut their culinary chops at the legendary Ryland Inn in Whitehouse, NJ, under Chef Craig Shelton. The two also own nearby organic farm The Kitchen Garden, which supplies the restaurant’s produce. As Haurey noted, “Some restaurants source from farms. We own the farm—that’s real farm-to-table.”
