Salt & Soil
An immersive dinner series celebrating flavor, fire, and Black cultural storytelling-one unforgettable dinner at a time.
What is Salt & Soil?
Salt & Soil is Virginia & Co.’s signature dinner series- a curated quarterly experience that explores the intersection of food, culture, and connection. Each event features a 7-course plated menu, an intentional theme, beautifully styled design, and a mood that lives beyond the plate.
Some dinners are rooted in tradition. Others are bold, playful, or sensual. All are curated with soul, flavor, and purpose
Why “Salt & Soil”?
Salt symbolizes preservation, memory, and the women who taught us to season with soul.
Soil represents grounding, growth, and the land our stories come from.
Together, they nourish every dish- and every gathering.
Our 2025 Dinner Lineup
Roots & Smoke: Our Inaugural Salt & Soil Dinner
November 1, 2024
A soulful celebration of Black BBQ traditions- where fire, flavor, and history come together at the table.
This immersive culinary experience honored the ancestral art of smoking, roasting and gathering with a feast rooted in Southern tradition and reimagined through the modern lens.
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Sugarcane Dreams
March 28, 2025
A 7 Course Culinary Journey that celebrated the sweetness, survival and soul across the African Diaspora. The dinner explored the legacy of sugar-its pain, its pleasure, and its place in our cultural memory- through seven imaginative courses rooted in Black tradition and joy.
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GIDI Gold- Summer 2025
Crenshaw meets the Continent.
West Coast x West Africa
Midnight & Mahogany- Fall 2025
A moody, sensual West-African-inspired homecoming dinner.
Rare Cuts: A Black Steakhouse Experience- Winter 2025
A luxe, smoky, ancestral take on the steakhouse-where fore meets finesse and flavor honors the roots.
What to Expect
A Salt & Soil evening includes:
A 7- course plated menu inspired by each dinner’s theme.
A curated cocktail hour with passed bites and signature drinks.
Music, scent, lighting and design storytelling.
Limited seating for an intimate, intentional guest experiences.
A beautiful atmosphere for guests who love flavor and feeling.
Experience the Full Season:
Become a Salt & Soil VIP
Your Seat at Every Table- All Season Long
The Salt & Soil Vip Season Pass is your exclusive invitation to experience every unforgettable moment of our 2025 dinner series.
As a Season Pass holder, you’ll receive:
Guaranteed access to the next three Salt & Soil dinners
An invitation to our private Season Launch Party for the 2026 series.
One complimentary ticket to gift to a guest for any remaining 2025 dinner
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Sponsorships & Brand Collaborations
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Salt & Soil is a cultural platform for brands, institutions, and creatives who value heritage, storytelling, and high touch-experiences.
Whether you’re a liquor brand, lifestyle company, university or community org, we’d love to collaborate.