Taste of the Town

Thank you for exploring the new Taste of the Town Blog! I'm very excited to have this opportunity to tell you about what's happening with the Taste of the Town so that when you do come out on May 2nd for the best party of the year, you'll have a good perspective on the event.

I take care of the restaurants for Taste which means I go to the restaurants and ask them to participate in our fundraiser. Interestingly, Taste of the Town has become a very well attended event and the restaurants that come have a terrific time, while showing off their wonderful cuisine and their staff's personalities. We ask the restaurants to decorate their booths to make the evening even more fun. During the event, the public votes on their favorite Booth, Dessert, Non-Dessert and Best All-around. I've discovered over the last five events, that restaurants are very competitive and thoroughly enjoy the awards ceremony at the end of the evening. We give the top three vote-getters in each category a medal that this year will say 2009 Taste of the Town, Place and Category. That occurs at the end of the evening along with presentation of medals to the top three restaurants voted on by three professional judges. Michael Hastings, Food Editor of the Winston-Salem Journal is one of those judges.

I am asking the restaurants participating to develop a dish/drink that will be featured for two weeks prior to Taste of the Town at their business. It might have a Kentucky Derby theme or just a name that relates to the Taste. This is not a requirement by us but we thought it might bring some new folks out for the Taste and some additional interest in the restaurants. More later on this.

Be sure to check out the list of restaurants at the right side of the page. Each one is attached to its website link so just click on anyone you're interested in.

We look forward to seeing you May 2nd!