Below is the
restaurant lineup and programming for October 18, 19 & 20 in Historic Fourth
Ward Park. Get your tickets now!
(Photo by Taste of Atlanta)
Cheers Y’all!
One of my
favorite fests is around the corner when it comes to eating and drinking the
best Atlanta’s culinary scene has to offer. Even better, it’s in my own Old
Fourth Ward Park backyard, an awesome venue to have it.
The info is
below straight from the source. Just know that besides the 100-plus restaurants serving up some of the best dishes to get us hooked, they don’t play around when it
comes to an awesome craft beer selection as well. Below is the inside scoop of
what’s in store to get your mouths drooling. See you there!
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Taste Of Atlanta Announces 2019 Restaurant
Lineup & Festival Programming
Featuring Over 100 Local Restaurants,
Cooking Demos & Classes from Chefs Including Jonathan Waxman of Brezza
Cucina & Chef Todd Richards of Chicken + Beer, Saturday Night Concert from
Yacht Rock Revue & More
October 18, 19 & 20, 2019 at Historic
Fourth Ward Park
Tickets Available Here
They say: Taste of Atlanta, the
city’s award-winning food, craft beer, wine and spirits festival showcasing the
local restaurant scene, announces this year’s festival programming and
restaurant lineup here.
Taking place over three days from Friday, October 18
through Sunday, October 20, 2019 at Historic Fourth Ward Park, the 18th annual
festival will feature more than 100 restaurants throughout the weekend. Plus,
there will be a Friday Opening Night Party, on-stage cooking demos, cooking
classes and new this year, Food Districts, a more expansive VIP Tasting
Experience and a Saturday night concert from one of Atlanta’s favorite local
bands, Yacht Rock Revue.
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Opening
Night Party (October 18):
Kicking off on Friday with the Opening Night Party hosted by Chef-Owner Nick
Leahy of AIX and Tin Tin, the evening will
showcase a roster of well-regarded local chefs who focus on sourcing
ingredients locally and cooking seasonally. From 7:30-11pm, participating
restaurants, including Tiny Lou's, Bellina Alimentari, KR Steakbar, Table & Main, Mission + Market and
dozens more,
will serve tastings alongside wine, beer, cocktails and live music from Moontower. A portion
of the evening’s proceeds will support Georgia Grown's restaurant partnership program.
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Main
Tasting Events (October 19 & 20):
Bringing together chefs from neighborhoods across Atlanta and representing
dozens of cuisines, Taste of Atlanta will serve as a destination to try bites
from over 100
restaurants all in one place. General Admission featured restaurants
include Barcelona Wine Bar, Joella’s Hot Chicken, Hawkers Asian Street Fare, Poke Burri, Sweet Spot and more.
Among the restaurants in VIP Tasting Experience – an exclusive area of the
festival offering all-inclusive tastings and pours from craft beer, wine and
cocktail makers – are 9
Mile Station, Golden
Eagle, STK, Casi Cielo and 5Church. Plus, this
year’s Best Bartender Competition, presented by Bulleit Bourbon, culminates
at the festival with finalists sampling their creations in VIP Tasting
Experience as well as presenting alongside chefs leading cooking demos and
classes.
·
Food
Districts (October 19 & 20): This
year’s festival will feature categorized Food Districts, including:
o Buford Highway – Offering the international cuisines of
Atlanta's most diverse culinary corridor, this Food District presented by WeLoveBuhi will feature
bites and sips from Northern China Eatery, Yi Fang Taiwan Fruit Tea and more.
o Tailgating – Guests can check out game day bites from
restaurants such as City BBQ,
Shake Shack, Taco Mac and Three Dollar Café
while watching the football games of the day! Plus, the Atlanta Falcons and
92.9 The Game will be there adding to the game day spirit.
o Hartsfield-Jackson Lounge – Attendees can swing by the lounge to get
a taste of what the busiest airport in the world has to offer! Chicken + Beer, TGI Fridays, Atlanta
Chophouse & Brewery and others will be serving tastes.
o Brunch All Day – Festival goers can enjoy brunch all day,
every day at Taste of Atlanta. Restaurants, including Waffle House, The
Little Farmhouse Cafe and Simon’s
Restaurant, will be dishing up the city’s best brunch dishes at this Food
District presented by The Extreme Bean.
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Chef
Demos (October 19 & 20):
Attendees will also get an inside view into the Atlanta culinary world at
Chef’s Table and Home Plate Stages, where chefs will demonstrate how to prepare
mouthwatering dishes and provide tastings of their creations. For a full demo
schedule, please see here.
o All Things Fall with Brezza Cucina's
Culinary Legend Jonathan Waxman & Executive Chef Andrew Cacioppo – The duo is teaming up at Taste of Atlanta
to teach attendees all about cooking fall recipes with local and seasonal
ingredients, including a Roasted Fall Salad with Maple Vinaigrette, Lamb
Chops and a Warm Shrimp Salad. Plus, they'll be serving a seasonal cocktail
to pair.
o Somms and Sous – While head chefs tend to receive the
glory, the behind-the-scenes heroes who help keep kitchens running are the sous
chefs. Taste of Atlanta is putting some of the city’s best sous chefs front and
center as they demo how to prepare bites that are paired with wines selected by
their restaurants’ sommeliers. Not only will attendees learn how to cook,
they’ll get the chance to explore pairings with wines of Germany and
Bordeaux.
o Burger Brawl with Budweiser – There’s no doubt that restaurants
all across Atlanta dish up tasty burgers, but who will receive the top honor at
Taste of Atlanta? Guests are invited to watch as burger joints duke it out for
‘Best Burger.’
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Cooking
Classes (October 19 & 20):
Sponsored by The
Cook’s Warehouse, Garnish
& Gather, Hammer
Stahl and Sprouts
Farmers Market, The Kitchen Workshop offers hands-on cooking classes led by
Atlanta chefs, where cooks can learn to cook at individual stations. All
classes are first-come, first-served and free to join with a Taste of Atlanta
ticket. Please see here for the full list of classes.
o It’s All in the Cookware! – Festival goers can join Mary Moore,
Founder and CEO of The Cook’s Warehouse, and Bobby Griggs of Hammer Stahl in
the kitchen as they prepare Wild Mushroom & Marsala Chicken with Angel
Hair Pasta. Participants will learn how to make the classic
Italian-American dish using the cookware brand’s latest products.
o South Meets East – The brilliant chefs of Northern China
Eatery will teach participants how to make Dan Dan Noodles with a
peanut sauce made from Georgia Peanuts. Plus, Don Koehler from Georgia Peanut Commission
will be on hand to talk shop about Georgia Peanuts in this awesome mash-up of
South meets East.
o Rue Po’ Boy – Chef Darrell Johnson, founder of creole
and cajun bistro food truck NOLA Creations and winner of Food Network’s ‘The Great Food
Truck Race,’ will take center stage with his famed Shrimp Po’ Boy.
Attendees will learn how to prepare the fan favorite firsthand during this
workshop.
o Dinner at Home with Garnish & Gather – Atlanta’s local meal kit company Garnish
& Gather invites Taste of Atlanta attendees to join them in cooking a
farm-to-table recipe highlighting seasonal ingredients.
·
Georgia
Grown Pavilion (October 19 & 20): Chefs,
restaurateurs and food producers will welcome attendees to learn about Georgia
Grown products and ingredients through food conversations, mini culinary demos
and of course, recipe tastings. Programs include Cathy Conway of Avalon Catering
demoing a recipe with Decimal Place Goat Cheese; Ellijay Mushrooms
showcasing their passion for growing shiitake mushrooms; Chef Jennifer
Booker highlighting local apples and honey; Author Rebecca Lang talking
pecans and more.
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Saturday
Night Concert with Yacht Rock Revue (October 19): Taste of Atlanta will continue into the evening on
Saturday, October 19 with a concert from one of Atlanta’s favorite local bands,
Yacht Rock Revue.
The famed seven-man band will be crooning classic hits and Halloween tunes.
Plus, local food trucks, such as Che Butter Jones, YoJay’s Yogurt Treats and Zubi’s Taco Kitchen,
will be selling bites for purchase alongside drinks from beverage tents
throughout the concert. Gates open at 7pm, and tickets can be purchased here.
Tickets to
Taste of Atlanta can be purchased here. Prior to the festival, ticket holders will
receive wristbands equipped with radio-frequency identification (RFID)
technology, making Taste of Atlanta a cashless festival. The wristbands are
pre-loaded with Taste Points which can be used for drink and merchandise
purchases as well as food tastings, ranging from one to three points each.
Wristbands track tastes sampled and provide attendees with a post-event tasting
list, giving all ticket holders a customized roundup of restaurant
recommendations for future dining out.
About Taste
of Atlanta
Celebrating its
18th year in 2019, Taste of Atlanta is the city's award-winning food
and drink festival showcasing the local restaurant scene and attracting food
lovers from the region and beyond to Historic Fourth Ward Park on October 18,
19 and 20. Throughout three days of bites and bevs, more than 100 of Atlanta’s
favorite restaurants will show off their most craveable dishes alongside live
on-stage cooking demos from top chefs, hands-on cooking classes, an
all-inclusive Friday Night Opening Party, a Saturday night concert and more. Oprah
Magazine named Taste of Atlanta as the “Top Food Festival Worth the Trip,”
and Taste of Atlanta has won Creative Loafing’s “Best Food Festival or
Event” for six years running. This year’s sponsors include Garnish &
Gather, The Cook’s Warehouse, Sprouts, Georgia Peanut Commission and more. For
more information, please visit www.TasteofAtlanta.com and follow Taste of Atlanta on
Facebook (Taste
of Atlanta), Twitter (@tasteofatlanta) and Instagram (@tasteofatlanta).
