by Steven Doyle
Taste Addison is this weekend, May 18-20, and there will be plenty to celebrate. Food, music and revelry to the maximum for friends, couples and families alike this fun event never disappoints.
We have an extra special way to celebrate the fun, we have more tickets to give away plus this beautiful wine head (lid or top to the casual non-winemaker). It is a fun bit of Texas etched into the barrel head. Continue reading
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A celebration of food, music, and fun, Taste Addison (May 19 – 21) dishes out the best food and flavor with a healthy side of jam. This year, guests will enjoy an array of activities, many of which are included with their admission ticket, such as the Wine Garden, Craft Beer Hall, cooking demos from Addison chefs and the Family Fun Lawn, featuring games, inflatables and face painting, in addition to all the live entertainment you can pack into three days.
Check out the schedule below then make a comment here for a chance to win a pair of tickets. Winner chosen at random Wednesday.
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by Steven Doyle
We continue down our road to Taste Addison 2013 held this weekend, May 17-19. Today we bring you not the sounds, but the sights of the Taste. Enjoy the food porn, and be sure to make a comment below to enter our daily Prize Pack that includes four enteries into the festival and a cool gift card to a fabulous Addison restaurant. Continue reading
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by Steven Doyle
Last week we started our Road to Taste Addison, and we continue today with information on the new feature added this year, the Tasty Run. The Tasty Run will feature a 5K and fun run, and all runners and walkers will be treated to culinary “tasting stations” along the race route. The run begins at 8am May 18, 2013.
Tasting stations? This may cause us to actually enter one of these runs. Continue reading
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by Steven Doyle
Taste Addison is beautiful way to spend a fantastic Spring weekend, dining on tasty bite from local restaurants and listening to cool bands. This year will be bigger and better than ever with bands such as blue October, The O’s and the Turnpike Troubadours.
This year’s Taste Addison offers plenty of family friendly events including arts and crafts, a kids carnival and as always, Bonkers the Clown. For the big kids we can enjoy a wings eating contest courtesy of Buffalo Wild Wings, wine seminars and a fair bartending exhibition performed by the folks at Sherlock’s. Continue reading
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by Steven Doyle
The Taste Addison festival starts today. This means you have three days to dine your way through the very manageable crowds on the grounds of the event, tasting smaller portions of each restaurants best offerings. We have a few suggestions, but if the event is anything like last year, there are no wrong choices.
We heard from chef Richard Chamberlain that he will be roasting a whole pig with the use of chef Kent Rathbun’s ginormous smoker that he graciously loaned out to his chef buddy. Each year Chamberlain embraces this event and donates all his proceeds to a local charity. There are at least two thing you will want to sample on his Steak and Chophouse menu. The pulled pork platter is a mere $8 and the legendary pork chop on a stick is also $8. Chamberlain also offers up some kobe beef items that are actually less pricey, but all is greatness and has that whole charity ring to them. Continue reading
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by Steven Doyle
We really appreciate all the entries in our Taste Addison contest. We try to have a contest like this each week, so please com by often. The winners today will receive four tickets plus extra restaurant swag worth about $150. Continue reading
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