“Ya Gotta Try This” Tasting Party 2014
The Independence Visitor Center shut down early on Thursday, October 2, with restaurants moving in for the Second Chance Foundation’s inaugural “Ya Gotta Try This Tasting Party.” Guests bustled around the packed corridor, enjoying the many treats surrounding them.
Fox 29’s Mike Jerrick and District Attorney R. Seth Williams hosted the special benefit featuring cuisine and drinks from twenty-five of the region’s top restaurants, bars and eateries. Festivities included music (with many 2000s throwbacks!), dancing, and an expansive silent auction.
Check out the bites below:
Bridget Foy’s – “Cracker Jack Sundae” with popcorn and peanut butter ice cream
St. Lucifer Spice – St. Lucifer Spice’d popped popcorn and Spice’d bar snacks
Geechee Girl Rice Cafe – Southern delicacy with fried apple and peach hand pies
Moonshine – Blackened chicken pesto gnocchi and Spanish arancini
Ms. Goody Cupcake – Drunken cupcakes
Noord – House smoked salmon with dill vinaigrette and remoulade
Nick’s Roast Beef – Ground bacon burgers
SliCE- Assorted pizza slices
(We were more curious what the pizza cake tasted like!)
Xochitl – Chicken tacos with house made tortillas
Taproom on 19th – Squeal of Fortune with hickory-smoked pork shoulder with hickory-smoked sweet Italian sausage, with Southern Carolina mustard slaw on a potato roll
Verdad – Pork carnitas taco
Kitchen Consigliere Cafe – Sausage meatballs, pumpkin stuffed gnocchi with glazed walnuts, Gorgonzola cheese and dried cranberries
Palladino’s – Truffled grissini and whipped crostini
Rouge – Baked macaroni and cheese
SugarHouse Casino Refinery Restaurant – Meatloaf with sweet potato and boursin hash, wilted swiss chard and stewed green tomatoes
Brulee Catering with Chef Jean-Marie Lacroix – cones (Asian crab salad in a sesame cone, smoked salmon mousse with dill and chives in squid ink cone, sun dried tomato pesto hummus in fire roasted tomato cone) and savory macarons (BLT, beet and goat cheese, foie gras)
Cuba Libre – Chilled cilantro soup and corn-truffle mousse
— Nicole Woon & Katie Behrman