Maritime Festive Board and Beefsteak Banquet

The Maritime Festive Board is the kickoff event for the 2025 Masonic Con New York! Go to MasonicConNewYork.com for tickets and information.

• Tuxedo (preferred) or Business Formal

• Everyone gets a Butcher’s Apron

• This event is open to Masons and male guests only

• Prepaid reservations required to attend

• Tickets are transferrable but nonrefundable

Check out this video of the Beefsteak Festive Board from 2018

First Course: Iced Shrimp, The Ancient Mariner’s Cured Salmon, House Pickles

Second Course: Pastrami with Rye Toast, Roast Pork with Rolls, Tomato-Braised Lamb Meatballs

Third Course: Memphis-Style Dry-Rubbed Pork Ribs, 48-Hour Braised Beef Short Ribs, Wedge Salad with Blue Cheese Dressing

Fourth Course: Strip Steak, Lamb Chops, Tricolor Potato Medley

Fifth Course: Assorted Dessert Platters

Beer from the famous Bronx Beer Hall

About the Masonic Festive Board

The Festive Board is a feature of the Masonry that extends back to our very beginnings. Operative stonemasons’ lodges would gather upon important occasions around tables laden with food and drink to celebrate in fellowship with the tangible fruits of their labor. Most common were feasts on St. John the Baptist’s Day and St. John the Evangelist’s Day, which were not coincidentally right around the time of the Summer and Winter Solstices. These traditions have been part of our Craft ever since. Indeed, one of the reasons given for forming the first Grand Lodge in 1717 was to hold an annual feast.