Philadelphia Center City Restaurant Week runs for two weeks from Sunday, September 30 to Friday, October 5, 2012 and Sunday, October 7 to Friday, October 12, 2012, featuring over 100 participating restaurants offering 2-course lunches for $20 and 3-course dinners for $35. For additional information or to see a full listing of participating restaurants and their menus, click here. -guest contributor
Midtown Atlanta Restaurant Week runs from Saturday, September 1 to Sunday, September 9, 2012, featuring a variety of participating restaurants offering prix-fixe three-course menus at $25. For additional information or to see a full listing of participating restaurants and their menus, click here. -guest contributor
Our Empty Space, headed by Danyel Aversanti, organized its 2ndNew Haven Street Table on a balmy summer evening on High Street between Chapel and Crown. Following the success of the first table, the event increased attendance from 75 to 100 people, all seated at one long table. Eight restaurants were scheduled to serve various tables assigned to them, and proceeds from the event are being donated to Common Ground High School which promotes healthy eating and environmental awareness. IKEA jumped on board this round and provided colorful table linens and tableware. At the first street table, the plastic ware was kept together in the paper that you roll coins in. This time [...]
Earlier this week, I ate and drank my way through the New Haven Food & Wine Festival Grand Tasting that featured food from many of the city's top restaurants and wine sampling provided by The Wine Thief. Doing my duties, I stopped at every booth in the large tent to sample each and every fabulous savoy item. Those yummies included: 116 Crown's crostini with tallegio & vegetable spread from the restaurant's new organic garden Barcelona's chorizo bocadillo with spicy cabbage; and pork loin bocadillo with manchego, pimento and pickles Basta's farfelle funghi Caseus' fabulous cheeses and fresh fruit Geronimo's bison-elk Salisbury steak Ibiza's delicate shrimp & bay scallop ceviche Kitchen [...]
Boston Restaurant Weeks runs for two weeks this August. Specifically, from Sunday, August 19 to Friday, August 24, 2012 and Sunday, August 26 to Friday, August 31, 2012, featuring a variety of restaurants offering prix-fixe menus for lunch and/or dinner: 2-course lunch for $15.12, 3-course lunch for $20.12, and 3-course dinner for $33.12. Prices are per person and do not include beverage, tax, or gratuity. For additional information or to see a full listing of participating restaurants and their menus, click here. -guest contributor
Attended Noise On 9 earlier this month to try to support local New Haven merchants. The event — run by a rude older woman - coddled some local bloggers, feeding and imbibing them with wine hoping they'd tweet about it. Sadly, she had little regard for regular attendees. Not a good thing when promoting a city! Since there was little going on, we ended up having a nibble at Michaels's Downtown in the space that Blue Pearl had occupied on Court Street. The appetizer portions are almost entree size. Filling indeed. We shared their fried (actually sauteed) calamari in a spicy Sicilian marinara sauce, replete with capers and fresh scallions [...]
Dallas-Fort Worth KRLD Restaurant Week presented by Central Market runs from Monday, August 13 to Sunday, August 19, 2012, featuring over 125 participating restaurants offering gourmet prix-fixe dinners at $35. For additional information or to see a full listing of participating restaurants and their menus, click here. -guest contributor
The Third Annual Taste of Provincetown takes place Saturday, August 25, 2012 at 6pm at Provincetown Town Hall, 260 Commercial Street. Attendees will enjoy gourmet hors d’oeuvres, les amuse-bouches, and fine wines and cocktails contributed by some of Cape Cod’s most highly-rated restaurants and celebrity chefs. “I’m thrilled to be participating again in a Taste of Provincetown,” said Faison, who was one of two finalists on the first season of Bravo’s Top Chef and was the winner of Bravo’s 2007 Top Chef Holiday Special. “This event combines my passion for good food and fun, with my commitment to equality.” “Taste of Provincetown is a great night out on the Cape [...]
New Haven’s 2nd Table will take place on Friday, August 17th! The first one took place on Orange Street earlier this summer just off of Chapel. At the event, one hundred people will sit at a long table in the middle of one of downtown's busiest streets (specific location to be announced by 8/10), which will be closed to traffic, to have a three-course, family style meal served from one of eight area restaurants - along with generous amounts of wine. IKEA has joined as a sponsor and will be adorning the table with all their newest furnishings, tableware and textiles. Go with old friends, make new friends, it’s a fun evening of camaraderie in [...]
San Francisco SF Chefs Restaurant Week runs from Sunday, July 30 to Sunday, August 5, 2012, featuring a selected group of participating restaurants offering 2-course lunches at $20 and 3-course dinners at $35. For additional information or to see a full listing of participating restaurants and their menus, click here. -guest contributor
The fifth annual New Haven Food & Wine Festival Grand Tasting will return this summer alongside the New Haven Open at Yale and will feature more than 20 of the city’s top restaurants. Local chefs will offer roving diners a chance to sample a selection of menu items complemented by wine pairings. Participating restaurants for 2012 include 116 Crown, Barcelona, Basta Trattoria, Caseus, The Cask Republic, Claire’s Corner Copia, Geronimo, Gilt, Heirloom, Ibiza, John Davenport’s, Kitchen Zinc, L’Orcio, Miso, Oaxaca, Pacifico, Soul de Cuba, Thali, Thali Too, Union League Café, and Zinc. The Grand Tasting will be held on Wednesday, August 22 from 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm. Tickets to [...]
On a warm summer evening, 75 people gathered in the middle of Orange Street to experience New Haven’s first “Street Table.” I was one of them. The premise: each dinner pays $29.99 to be served a-3 course meal including wine from a participating restaurant. You don’t know which restaurant will be assigned to you, and you don’t know the menu in advance. Oh, and major point here…you’re all sitting at one long dining table, in the middle of the Orange Street, in a block closed off to traffic. The table was decorated simply, with brown butcher paper, flowers, candles, plates made of re-purposed leaves, and colorful plastic ware held together [...]
Enjoy the taste of summer year round as Emiliana Puyana of Jarred teaches you how to preserve vegetables at the Pickle Party. The event takes place Wednesday, July 18, 2012 from 6:30 - 9:00 pm at La Cocina (located at 2948 Folsom). The class is $65.00 per person or $95.00 which includes an apron. For more information, click here. -guest contributor
Get ready to sizzle at the 19th Annual Oxnard Salsa Festival celebrating salsa food, music and dance on Saturday July 28 - Sunday July 29, 2012 at Plaza Park, Fifth and “B” Streets, in historic downtown Oxnard. Presented by the Oxnard Downtowners, the two day event features food and entertainment and draws an estimated 45,000 salsa lovers to the City of Oxnard. Everything salsa – the food, the music, the dance – is on the menu. Event highlights include Main Stage entertainment with Salsa and Latin Jazz bands, the Salsa Tasting Tent featuring over 50 different salsas, a vendor marketplace, international foods, Kids Korner attractions, a salsa recipe contest and [...]
The 4th annual VERDE! event fast approaching. On Thursday, June 28 the VERDE! carnival-themed party is all about being LOCAL ... Local bands (Little Tybee, Adron, Christ, Lord!, Seven Handle Circus) ... Local cocktails (by Holeman & Finch and Pura Vida) ... and most importantly... Local food (thanks to White Oak Pastures and Riverview Farms) Buy Tickets. You can purchase advance tickets to attend VERDE! by clicking here. Social: Facebook Event link. Twitter #VERDE2012 Sponsored by The Georgia Conservancy and Georgia Organics.
The new Dallas walking food tour — launched by Food Tours of America — highlights the best of Dallas cuisine and culture. The tour is a complete sightseeing experience offering participants an insider’s view of Dallas’ most pedestrian-friendly areas with a special focus on the best local cuisine – from down-home favorites and Tex-Mex specialties to made from scratch desserts. The tour includes sit down tastings at area restaurants, historic commentary and a scenic stroll down McKinney Avenue to the West Village Shopping District. The walking tour also includes a look at community theaters and art galleries, and the State Thomas Historic District, ending with an optional ride on Uptown’s [...]
Enjoy brunch while taking in the views of New Haven Harbor with Brunch Sail on Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 10:00 am. The cruise will include a variety of brunch favorites with an opportunity to help raise sail or just sit back and enjoy coffee. The cruise will take off from Long Wharf pier. For more information or to purchase tickets ($45.00 for adults and $22.50 for children 12 years old and younger), click here. -guest contributor
The Fifth Annual Iron Chef Elm City 2012 will be held Sunday April 22, 2012 at 11:45 am at Delia, the Viking Center of New England in Wallingford. The competition is a battle between three chefs, requiring them to demonstrate their culinary prowess, while testing their skills against each other. Each chef must create an appetizer, entrée and dessert using the “secret ingredient,” sponsored by a CT based food company that is revealed at the start of the competition. Competing this year are David Brooks, owner of Judies European Bakery, Ben Gaffney of Atticus Bookstore Cafe and Jeremy Martindale, Executive chef at the Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale. Jim [...]
Attend a tapas reception at Delia in honor of Claire Criscuolo, author, chef and well known restaurateur and owner of Claire’s and BASTA in New Haven. The reception will be held on Sunday, April 29, 2012 from 5:30 – 8:00 p.m at Delia, the Viking Center of New England, 4 Laser Road, Wallingford. Claire will be introduced by Jane Stern, co-author of dozens of cookbooks and best known for her “Roadfood” series and “Roadfood” column in Gourmet Magazine and emceed by Emmy-winning TV journalist Jocelyn Mimenta. In addition to a silent auction, guests will enjoy complimentary wine provided by The Wine Thief, and indulge in tapas prepared by some of [...]
Join Taste of Pace on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 from 6:30-9:30 pm for their Tuesday Night Farmers Market Cooking Class (located at 652 Mateo Street, Suit 207). The class teaches you how to cook based on seasonal availability at the local farmers market. You use the freshest options to create a meal with food from some of Southern California's best farms. To see additional dates or to purchase tickets ($88.12), click here. -guest contributor
