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TASTE! A Restaurant Showcase: Wine and Dine with Top Local Chefs at SAVOR on Thursday

By Jessica Isaacs | jessica@highcountrypress.com

Prepare your taste buds! TASTE! A Restaurant Showcase is back this year, and the fun begins at 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 14.

Photo courtesy of SAVOR Blowing Rock.
Photo courtesy of SAVOR Blowing Rock.

This coming together of local establishments will give you an exclusive opportunity to try food prepared from the best chefs in town.

Part of SAVOR Blowing Rock, formerly known as the Blue Ridge Wine and Food Festival, the restaurant showcase is your best bet for trying a little bit of everything. Local chefs will serve up small plated portions of their signature dishes, and you can be sure that there’s something there for everyone.

The restaurant showcase will take place under the Main Tent at SAVOR, which will be located at 1021 Main Street in downtown Blowing Rock.

Stick with your favorites or try something new — you can’t go wrong! While you enjoy dinner, tap into a variety of North Carolina produced beers, wines and other beverages.

Wine and dine with friends and neighbors as you sit back to enjoy live music at this can’t-miss Blowing Rock event.

Taste! A Restaurant Showcase

Ugga Mugga Bakery’s Beth Zagst said she looks forward to collaborating with folks from other restaurants to offer this exciting event to festivalgoers.

“It is such a blast to network, visit and enjoy the company of other working professional chefs in the town. It’s a really great way to taste what everybody is doing, especially for me, because I can give referrals to my customers for restaurants in town,” said Zagst. “These people are my co-workers. A lot of the time we’re alone in our kitchens, so it’s great to get out and talk to each other. The wine festival is a huge event and it’s a most fantastic way for me to share my baking with people and let them know we’re open year-round.”

Tickets are $35 in advance and $45 at the door. Call the Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce at 828-295-7851 to get yours today!

While you’re around this weekend, don’t forget to enjoy some of the other SAVOR events. Tastings, seminars and celebrations galore await you in Blowing Rock! Check out the schedule here.

Establishments participating in the showcase will include:

  • Best Cellar
  • Roots
  • Canyons
  • Makotos
  • Casa Rustica and CR Catering
  • Twigs
  • Timberlake’s Restaurant at Chetola
  • Blowing Rock Ale House
  • McKethan Brothers Barbecue
  • The Table at Crestwood
  • Bistro Roca
  • The Restaurant at Gideon Ridge Inn
  • Covington Vodka
  • Six Pence Pub
  • Town Tavern
  • Pepper’s Restaurant
  • Woodlands Barbecue
  • Defiant Whisky
  • Rowland’s at Westglow
  • The Chestnut Grille at Green Park Inn
  • Ugga Mugga Bakery
  • Grandfather Vineyards
  • Lost Province Brewing Co.