About Local on the Menu

Local on the Menu is a way to connect restaurants and producers. It is an initiative launched by Southern Delaware Tourism, the Convention and Visitors Bureau for Sussex County, to better connect local producers and restaurants while promoting the region as a culinary destination.

The purpose of Local on the Menu is three-fold:

-Firstly, the program is designed to foster direct marketing relationships between Sussex County's producers and restaurants.

-Secondly, the program aims to create a recognizable logo for restaurants to use, a logo that will identify and recognize them as serving locally grown foods and as supporters of the local economy.

-Lastly, the program will be marketed to attract culinary travelers from the mid-Atlantic region of the United States

To participate in Local on the Menu, a restaurant must purchase food on a regular basis from at least one Sussex County farm (producer) and must purchase a minimum of four food items produced locally in Southern Delaware. A producer must be willing and able to sell their products to restaurants.

We hope to encourage communication between producers and restaurants that will result in long-lasting relationships.