600 Attendees, Taste of West Roxbury Raised $22K for West Roxbury Main Streets

Compared to last year's Taste, the 2nd annual Taste of West Roxbury had more attendees, and raised more money for West Roxbury Main Streets' revitalization efforts.

"This year was a resounding success. We had roughly 600 people come through the Taste, as compared to around 400-450 last year," said Matt Gruber, board president of WRMS. 

In total, more than $22,000 was raised to support West Roxbury Main Streets' revitalization efforts, an increase of $3,000 compared to last year, said Gruber.

This year's Taste featured 24 restaurants, one more than last year, offering up what they wanted to show off, and was held at the Irish Social Club of Boston.

For photos of food from the 2nd Annual Taste of West Roxbury click here, and click here for a wrap-up of the evening with more photos of Tasters and politicians.

Corey Street Farmer's Market Impresses; Reusable WRMS Bags Appreciated

"We also had a table for the Corey Street Farmer's Market - a partnership between WRMS and Temple Hillel B'Nai Torah and got a lot of great feedback about the new farmer's market coming on June 23rd," said Gruber. "I think the resuable bags we gave away with the WRMS logo, which were stuffed with menus from some of our participating restaurants. were a huge hit!"

Gruber added that planning for the 3rd annual Taste of West Roxbury will begin sooner for the 2014 version. Anyone who wants to volunteer to help out should reach out to director@wrms.org.

He'd also like to see the Taste of West Roxbury grow out of its neighborhood borders. Added Gruber, "Next year, we would like to expand the reach and the profile of the event by bringing more folks from around the city and surrounding communities to see our restaurants. We had folks from as far as Worcester come through, so we'd like to get the word out in lots of the other neighborhoods and make this a destination event."

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