Tennessee Flavors 2015 ~ a giveaway!
The “Tennessee Flavors”, a benefit for the Culinary Arts Program at Nashville State Community College, is coming up soon! With over 50 local food and drink artisans (see below) already signed on to prepare “Homegrown Tennessee Products”, this is certainly a tasting event you don’t want to miss.
What:
Tennessee Flavors
When:
Thursday, March 12, 2015
5:30 – 8:30 pm
Where:
Nashville State Community College
120 White Bridge Road
Student Services building
Cost:
$50/person
$150 for VIP tickets
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.tnflavors.org or call the Nashville State Community College Foundation at 615-353-3222.
Participants:
8 Lavender Lane Catering & Events
55 South
1808 Grille
Amber Falls Winery
Amerigo Italian Restaurant
Arrington Vineyards
Bacon & Caviar BBQ
Beachaven Vineyard and Winery
Cabana/Midtown Café
Cielo Tequila
City House
Cork & Cow
Corner Market Catering Company
Corsair Distillery
Cumberland Cask
Eastland Café
Edible Nashville
Etch
Fido
Gaylord Opryland Hotel
George Dickel
Germantown Café
Goo Goo Cluster
Heroes Vodka
Hidden Jewel Wines
Holland House Bar & Refuge
Jack Daniels
Kickin Coffee and Tea
Lonely Cow Vineyards
Loews Vanderbilt Plaza Hotel
Margot Café & Bar
Martin’s BBQ Joint
McConnell House
MistaDale’s Specialty Foods
Music City Center
Napa Smith Brewery
Nicoletto’s Pasta Co.
Noble Springs Dairy
Nola Snacks
Noshville
Old Hickory Whiskey
Pick Tennessee Products
Popcorn Sutton Moonshine
Prichards
Provence Breads & Café
Puckett’s
Puckett’s Boat House
Rainforest Café
Randy Rayburn School of Culinary Arts
Red Eye Bloody Mary Mix
Red Pony
Renaissance Nashville Hotel
Ruth’s Chris
Saturday Night Red
Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee
Short Mountain Distillery
Stonehaus Winery
Strategic Hospitality (The Patterson House, Merchant’s Pinewood Social, Catbird Seat)
So now that you’ve seen that impressive vendor list, you want to go– right?!?! Well, as luck would have it, I’ve got a set of tickets to give away!
~Giveaway~
Contest Closed
The Winner is….
#7 Jess
To enter, all you have to do is this:
Mandatory
1. Leave a comment with your favorite memory or story about any of the participating food and drink artisans listed above.
Optional
For up to 2 additional entries, you can do either or both of the following. Note: You must leave a separate comment for each optional entry.
2. Follow me on Twitter (@betheats) and tweet “Get a taste of @TennesseeFlavor by winning a set of tickets to the event from @betheats! Enter here: http://bit.ly/1zHxXEV” then leave a comment telling me you’ve done so.
3. Like Eat. Drink. Smile. on Facebook and come back and tell me you did so (or just tell me you already do if that’s the case!)
Contest ends on Tuesday, March 3rd at noon CST. Once the winner is chosen, I’ll make contact via email and post the name here on the blog. If that person doesn’t respond within 48 hours, I’ll be forced to choose another, so be sure to check your email!
My favorite memory is of Goo Goo Cluster. My boyfriend and I were walking around downtown a little after Christmas this year, just listening to music and walking through various shops. We stopped in the Goo Goo Cluster shop, since he had never had one. We love the shop! It was neat seeing all the stuff. We only bought one regular one to split, since we had a big dinner, but it was delicious and he loves them now and we are planning to go back next time he is in town.
Hard to pick one! I’d say my most memorable was the breakfast my husband and I had at Noshville when we were dating. Love their corned beef hash!
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When my husband and I first moved to Nashville (3 years ago this month!) we spent a few weeks driving around, looking for a place to rent. After a few weeks of not finding a place, we were so discouraged. But then we met this awesome man who let us rent his apartment in Germantown. After he showed us the place, he took us to lunch at Germantown Cafe. That was our first meal as official Nashville residents and it would be amazing to go to this even and celebrate our 3 years in Nashville as well as enjoy the creations from the many restaurants and businesses in Nashville that we have come to LOVE in this city we now call home.
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We JUST moved to Nashville, but my fiancé is from the area, and my favorite memory of these participating companies is touring Jack Daniels with him, because he’s so enthusiastic about JD!
I love GooGoo Clusters, and one of my favorite Nashville food celebrations was when so many restaurants featured special GooGoo desserts in honor of their birthday. My friend and I made it our mission to try as many as possible, and it took us to some restaurants we had never been before. it was a challenge– almost a scavenger hunt of sorts. I would love for another event like that.
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My favorite memory from Germantown Cafe was taking my family there for a post-graduation brunch. My family along with several friends and their families joined together for one last brunch before we all went our separate ways (and fortunately now many of us have ended up back in Nashville!). It was such a special day!
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Puckett’s was one of the first restaurants I ever visited (with my now fiance!) when I moved to Nashville. I’ll always remember it as one of the first places that made me feel like I would soon be at home in the Music City.
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So many lovely vendors and restaurants on the list! I love Goo Goo Clusters!! Margot cafe was one of the first places I went to when I moved to Nashville for school! Love the diversity of food in Nashville.. there really is something for everyone!
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So many great places! My favorite from this list is Patterson House – I treated myself to a fancy cocktail night with friends my first week in Nashville, and it’s still one of my favorite bars in Nashville!
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Had a wonderful time having my bachelorette party at Cabana!
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Back in the 80s, my mom sewed doll clothes, which were sold at Aunt PittyPat’s Doll Shop in Opryland Hotel. I often went along with my mom when she visited the store, and she always took me for a walk through the Conservatory. I still love that place! It brings back great memories!
My then girlfriend and I were at Amerigo’s about 15 years ago and I realized we had changed from saying “if we got married” to “when we got married”. And the dinner was spectacular too.
Seeing Randy Rayburn honored by having the culinary arts school bear his name is such a well deserved recognition for all that he has done for the restaurant community here is Nashville. I have made so many memories at many of these restaurants over many years – it would be too difficult to name a favorite. Many of my local favorites are represented on this list.
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I have so many wonderful memories at Arrington Vineyards!
It is such a great spot to meet friends with a picnic, especially during Music in the Vines!
I have also taken my parents to celebrate their birthdays and they loved the wine tasting!
I am looking forward to it warming up so we can sit outside again!
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Had an anniversary dinner at Etch which was one of the best meals I have ever had with my wife. The cauliflower appetizer is still one of my favorite.
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Hard to beat the crab cakes from Germantown Cafe. They are the best in Nashville.
One of my first dates with my now husband was at Margot Cafe. Our waiter informed us that “the asparagus was making its debut,” and to this day, it was the funniest, most absurd way a dish has ever been described to me.
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I had my bachelorette party at Cabana. It’s something I’ll never forget!
I had a roommate in college who worked at provance. She used to bring home left over bread all the time! We ate so much bread with butter :-)
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I love enjoying Jack Daniels on the rocks.
First fell in love with Nashville when my daughter and son-in-law took me to Margot Cafe for dinner. We ate on the upstairs balcony and the atmosphere and food was memorable and scrumptious.
Stonehaus winery is in my hometown and I remember high school picnic dates with crusty bread, really good cheese, and a couple of bottles of Stonehaus. Perfect.
Red Pony is one of my favorite restaurants! It always makes me think of my mom, because it is one of our favorite places to go together in Franklin.
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I love so many of these places. The story that sticks out in my mind is when I got lunch a Provence Bread one day. I was in a huge rush and needed my food quickly. The staff was amazing. I was already having a bad day, but they made my day so much better! They knew my exact order, done to the changes, and got my food to me right on time!
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I was one of the original staff members for SH’s opening of the Patterson House. Before we opened we had many training and sampling (yay!) sessions. Their menu was excellent and the talent that each of their establishments showcase is always divine!
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I ordered an unassuming dish at Etch – the spaghetti squash – and could not have been more blown away. Flavor complexity, texture.. I was so impressed. Squash. Who would’ve thought Chef Deb could make it taste so good?
Fido – my husband (we were dating at the time) used to go there on our day trips to Nashville. Now we live here and make it a point to go together more often!
Four years ago, Fido was the first place I visited and the first meal I ever ate in Nashville! My current grad school advisor took me there for breakfast right after picking me up from the airport! Fido will always be special to me for that reason :-)