By Chelsea Martell, Events Coordinator
If you haven’t already heard, this summer P.S. ARTS acquired the Venice-based organization Inside Out Community Arts and with it, their fabulous Taste of Venice event. Taste of Venice is an opportunity for the chefs in our eclectic community to open their doors for a unique tasting experience in support of our award-winning arts education programs. We have some exciting additions to this year’s event that will hopefully make the experience even more enjoyable for the generous participating restaurants and our enthusiastic guests.
This year, as in years past, the event will begin with an Opening Celebration at the Electric Lodge followed by a Tasting Tour on Abbot Kinney Boulevard. However, this year our guests will be divided into 25 self-selected tour groups, each led by a well-known member of the Los Angeles culinary community, who will help spark conversation about the great tastes at each stop along the way. We are so grateful to those confirmed thus far including Michele Gan, Chef and Owner of Serves Your Right! Catering, Chef Nick Liberato of Venice Whaler Restaurant, Jennifer Sommer of Sommer Dish, Gary Baum with the Hollywood Reporter, Kate Roland of the LA Brunchers, and Drew Hubbard and Ben Waters of LA Foodie; these culinary experts will also be at the Opening Celebration, which we are excited to announce will be hosted by Adam Gertler of The Food Network. The Opening Celebration will include a silent auction, cooking demonstrations, and music as well as sample bites from other Venice-based restaurants. Finally, this year’s Taste of Venice will include a Post Reception offering guests dessert and coffee to cap off the evening.
We would like to say a special thank you to all of the restaurants and culinary experts who help make this event so special (and delicious!), and we look forward to making this year’s Taste of Venice the best one yet. Also, be sure to follow the Taste of Venice Facebook page to stay up to speed on participating restaurants.
We hope you will join us on September 14th!
Confirmed restaurants for the Opening Celebration:
Barnyard Venice
Café Gratitude
Chaya Venice
Groundwork Coffee
Hotel Erwin – Barlo Kitchen & Cocktails
Komodo Venice
Poke-Poke
Superba Snack Bar and Superba Food & Bread
Venice Whaler Food & Bar
Confirmed restaurants for the Tasting Tour:
Casalinda
Hal’s Bar & Grill
Joe’s Restaurant
Lemonade
Primitivo Wine Bistro
TOMS drip coffee
Willie Jane
When:
September 14th, 2014
Opening Celebration: 3pm-4:30pm
Tasting Tour: 4pm-6:30pm
Post Reception: 6:30pm-7:30pm
Where:
The Electric Lodge
14161 Electric Avenue
Venice, CA 90291
Please note: Tasting Tours will begin promptly at 4pm. Please be sure to arrive in plenty of time to enjoy the many restaurants at the Opening Reception and find your Tasting Tour group. Stay tuned for tickets going on sale August 6th!
