A Taste of the Highlands

We are proud to announce that the “Toast to a Taste” cocktail party last night was a great success. We were able to raise over $3,800 for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta!

Thank you to all of you who were able to join us, donate and participate in the live auction and thank you to The Warren for hosting our event.

This was just the beginning for 2011 and we are looking forward to seeing you all at the main event, A Taste of the Highlands, on Saturday, May 14th!

Mark your calendar!

The updated date for Taste of the Highlands 2011: Saturday, May 14, 2011.

Location: Virginia-Highland, John Howell Park.

Lot’s of exciting plans in the works!

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Thanks for a Sell-Out Event for 2010!

InTown Friends and Fifth Group Restaurants THANK YOU for attending the 8th Annual A Taste of the Highlands benefiting Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, featuring Terrapin Beer Co., our exclusive beer sponsor.

For 2010, A Taste of the Highlands raised over $33,000 for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta!

Over eight years, we’ve raised over $183,000 in donations.

Thank you!

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Congratulations to J.P. Dorigo, the winner for the new Jake’s Ice Cream flavor with Cafe con Leche! Jake served this amazingly delicious flavor at our 2010 event, and it was a hit! With brown sugar vanilla and coffee flavors folded together, it literally melts in your mouth! Go visit Jake at the Irwin Street Market to get some ice cream today!

Thanks tremendously to our fabulous Atlanta Blogger Judges (EatUpATL, Running with Tweezers, and Savory Exposure), who had the difficult task of choosing a few top dishes from the delicious lineup at this year’s A Taste of the Highlands.

• Best overall: Pura Vida – Prize: A case of wine from Montaluce Vineyards
• Second place: Rosebud – Prize: Cooks Warehouse gift card
• Sweets: Tierra (tres leches cake!) – Prize: Urban Cottage gift card
• Cocktail: The Warren City Club (white peach sangria with watermelon) – Prize: Urban Body 3 month membership and a facial

A huge hoppy thank you to Terrapin Beer for partnering with us this year as our exclusive beer sponsor!

Taste of the Highlands is an annual festival in Atlanta’s Virginia-Highland neighborhood. It features samplings from favorite neighborhood restaurants, drinks, and live music. Tickets purchase unlimited samples from the neighborhood’s best restaurants, all drinks and live music.

All proceeds benefit Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.